Example sentences of "do [adj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His flashy marketing campaigns have done little for the success of Midland 's new products . |
| 2 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 3 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 4 | And so I said , Yes , I would do that for the year and then I 'd get back into teaching . |
| 5 | I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair . |
| 6 | This behaviour undoubtedly enhances the survival of the transposon , but — as Crick , with Leslie Orgel , Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza argued , it does n't necessarily do much for the bacterium in which the transposon is a passenger . |
| 7 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 8 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 9 | Would n't do much for the value of the house , either . ’ |
| 10 | It would n't be fair for such a player — who could do much for the balance of the side as a genuine all-rounder — to be held back just because there was an ageing geriatric hanging around , trying to prolong his playing days . |
| 11 | While Colonel Sanders 's fried poultry has n't done much for the state 's image and few of us get to attend the Kentucky Derby , America 's leading spirit is becoming increasingly fashionable in Britain . |
| 12 | The UOC found that " it is patent that some feeling exists among the Unionist Press that , while in the past they have done much for the Party , the Party has not assisted in their work . |
| 13 | He justified the appeal by claiming that the smugglers had done much for the town 's " smugglers cove " image and that the town would benefit from the resultant increase in tourist trade . |
| 14 | It was a plain , basic , rock-bottom hatchback , but it would do fine for the distance and had the extra advantage of childproof locks on the rear doors . |
| 15 | Can I really expect her to do that for the rest of my life ? ’ |
| 16 | and you all know the register is closed before Christmas , after February we close , the register will be closed at the end of February , no more new members then unless they live on the estate , we have to do that for the Christmas party , okay ? |
| 17 | erm It can be daunting to go back and erm meet teachers again and talk to them as , as adults rather than in the way that you used to when you were a child and erm the teacher was very much above you , but erm try your best to , to do that for the sake of the child because it is very very helpful for children if they feel that their teachers and parents are on pretty good terms . |
| 18 | There was some glow from the tiny window on the half-landing above and behind him , but not enough to do much for the hallway ; the sliver of light under his door was hard-edged , bright , unmistakeable . |
| 19 | And if I 'm saying I really want to do less for the cracker bar now , because that was hard pushed . |
| 20 | Commenting on the compensation award , Mrs Taylor said : ‘ I was not doing this for the money . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 22 | The group 's belief in its own morality : ‘ We are doing this for the benefit of everyone . ’ |
| 23 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 24 | I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 26 | they did that for the school children |
| 27 | I did that for the nose |
| 28 | And so , if I do that for the army and then get them to do my degree as well . |
| 29 | But if you like , governments could do this for the non-teaching staff and not do that for the teaching staff . |
| 30 | No , but you do that for the reason |