Example sentences of "do [pron] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the manager is expected to use his or her best endeavours to promote the artist 's career , while the artist should do nothing to jeopardize the reputation of the manager . |
| 2 | If giving or withholding this responsibility were possible options in a one-person game , then this criterion would do nothing to counter the charge of arbitrariness but I have already argued that they are not and could not be . |
| 3 | She must do nothing to antagonise the bitches . |
| 4 | If she is in breach of these and will do nothing to remedy the situation check with other neighbours , to see if they are suffering from any soot fallout on washing lines and so on . |
| 5 | The development of a business park on this site would not help the local community because of the need for unskilled/semi-skilled work , and it would do nothing to improve the environment for the residents of this area , with the use of the water frontage lost . |
| 6 | The land borders on the edge of the green belt , and the proposed development of houses , no matter how luxurious you intend them to be , will do nothing to enhance the area . |
| 7 | The London Borough of Lambeth says its SSD could do nothing to prevent the death of a 15-year-old girl on her return from Ireland . |
| 8 | I THINK I can safely say that Peter Greenaway 's latest film will do nothing to increase the appreciation of food in this country . |
| 9 | He argued , along with Balcon , Pearson and Woolf , that it would do nothing to achieve the FBI 's objectives . |
| 10 | The man representing the government washed his hands of responsibility , he could do nothing to meet the striker 's demands , he said , because Moscow would n't let him . |
| 11 | Even though it may do nothing to alter the circumstances , many people feel much calmer and more able to cope with the situation after ‘ a good cry ’ . |
| 12 | Now the opportunity had once again been given to them , she felt that they must do nothing to jeopardise the future . |
| 13 | Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . |
| 14 | The Bill will do nothing to assist the settlement of refugees in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | He had also quickly grasped that the islanders would do nothing to endanger the safety of Sycorax . |
| 16 | Elisabeth would do nothing to modify the arrangement of anything planned and executed by her parents . |
| 17 | Moreover , the achievement of equal retirement ages , when it eventually comes , though significant , would do nothing to remove the tyranny of fixed age retirement for both women and men . |
| 18 | Voice of Israel radio reported on Sept. 16 that Qian had assured Peres that China " would do nothing to complicate the situation " in the Middle East , adding that Israel 's relations with China " have made headway " . |
| 19 | Six years had done nothing to soften the horror of Israel 's death ; Ernest Kleiber would never come to terms with that . |
| 20 | Thus , so soon after the passage of the Reform Act was it shown to have done nothing to realise the aspirations of working men . |
| 21 | The Government have done nothing to reassure the public that their proposals for adult education will not be highly damaging if the Bill goes through . |
| 22 | But the programme — accused by parents and staff of misrepresenting Summerhill — has done nothing to dent the enthusiasm of Shinichiro Hori , the 48-year-old professor of elementary education at Osaka University who has spent the past eight years planning and raising money to open Kinokuni . |
| 23 | Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost in Leicester , the midlands and elsewhere in the past 13 years , yet the Government have done nothing to support the industry . |
| 24 | He might still only be a juvenile who had never flown freely on the wind but he felt he had done nothing to warrant the abuse and fury of an eagle whose name he did not even know . |
| 25 | The exertion and fresh air had done nothing to ease the pain Kelly felt in her head , the weakness in her muscles . |
| 26 | They insisted that the massacre was China 's internal affair , that China had done nothing to harm the United States ' interests , and that it was up to the US to take the initiative in repairing relations . |
| 27 | The prayers had done nothing to dispel the sense of night and stirring trees outside , the splattering of rain on the glass . |
| 28 | This seems somewhat cool behaviour , considering that the governors appear to have done nothing to put the medal up for competition . |
| 29 | Such scepticism has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the growing band of organisations that are embracing empowerment whole-heartedly . |
| 30 | The exceptions are Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales , experiments with regional offices and controllers in England having done nothing to alter the fact that both policy and much of the details of administration are still controlled from Whitehall . |