Example sentences of "do [adj] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the presence of a substantial Korean minority has done little to weaken a sense of identity whose strength is indicated by the virtual denial of Japanese nationality to those who are not racially Japanese . |
| 2 | It is in these countries , particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom , that significant upturns in the economy have done little to relieve a sense of urban crisis reminiscent of the 1960s , although the political terms of debates that address urban problems have changed dramatically over this time . |
| 3 | Sociologists have concentrated on social reality as the product of conscious and preconscious processes , but have done little to develop a sociology of the unconscious . |
| 4 | Fairlie argues , in the same fashion as that employed above , that Britain has an executive-dominated legislature , that the House of Commons can do little to stop a government and that its traditional functions are largely meaningless . |
| 5 | Occupational health staff who are skilled counsellors can do much to alleviate a problem and direct those in need to other agencies when appropriate . |
| 6 | This level of communication can not do much to enhance a relationship because it is too noncommittal . |
| 7 | Therefore , co-operation at an early stage between environmental health officers and planners can do much to prevent a nuisance arising from such trades , many of which fall within Class IX of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 . |
| 8 | This debate should do much to add a note of sanity to controversies that have been hitherto based more on rhetoric than argument . |
| 9 | Mark Kleiman , of Harvard University , argues that Mr Bush 's policies , put in place soon after the peak in cocaine 's popularity , did little to affect a decline already under way . |
| 10 | Piers Gaveston and his Gascon allies were partly instrumental in arousing Albret 's hostility and the Despensers did little to achieve a reconciliation . |
| 11 | Prince Albert , who did much to promote a concern for working-class housing , not least by dying himself from typhoid , gave his name to a model building for four families which , although again intended for artisans , had been rejected as too ambitious by the organizers of the Great Exhibition ( Fig. 37 ) . |
| 12 | Just because you had the good fortune to pay nothing for your very expensive university education does little to justify a system of higher education which , at the same time , excluded 85 per cent of your age group from the privileged position you evidently enjoyed . |
| 13 | This does much to encourage a client to be confident of your ability and to cement relationships . |