Example sentences of "do [adv] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oyster farming is certainly possible , and it 's been done successfully in a number of places . |
| 2 | Lacey 's report found that the Justice Department had conducted a " virtually perfect " inquiry into the affair and had done so in a manner which was free from political influence . |
| 3 | Those of us who believe that our future and national interest lie in such a course do not do so in a spirit of emotional faith or constitutional adventurism ; rather , we take a hard-headed view of where our economic interests lie and where the money will come from in the years ahead . |
| 4 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 5 | It acknowledged that states had the sovereign right to exploit their own resources ( by implication , therefore , ruling out coercive action to halt the destruction of , for example , the tropical forests ) , but added the rider that they should not do so in a manner which caused damage to the environment of other states . |
| 6 | It said that states had the sovereign right to exploit their own resources ( by implication , therefore , ruling out coercive action to halt the destruction of tropical forests ) , but added the rider that they should not do so in a manner which caused damage to the environment of other countries . |
| 7 | ‘ There is a great deal to take in in what you have said , too much to be done all in a moment . |
| 8 | T is a poor little short Wretch , but will do best in a Gown . ’ |
| 9 | It will do now in a couple of years time . |
| 10 | Labour , like other left parties , does not do well in a recession , but prospers when the economy is booming , unemployment is going down , and redistribution favours me-firstism . |
| 11 | Rockdwelling species , like Neolamprologus brevis will do well in a set-up containing Goby Cichlids . |
| 12 | It will do well in a gravel medium with plenty of detritus . |
| 13 | He 'd disliked anyone complimenting me and when I 'd done well in a race he 'd found it difficult to offer congratulations . |
| 14 | Most seemed to know what one should do there in a variety of situations in order to be an accepted member . |
| 15 | Theology , like other studies in the broad field of the ‘ humanities ’ or the ‘ liberal arts ’ , has been compelled to face the implications of that challenge , and has sought to do so in a variety of ways . |
| 16 | A wide variety of things could be construed as ‘ approaching ’ violence but to use that expression while condemning the violence of the previous day and to do so in a critique of Paisley while failing to mention the Cromac Square rioters is to exaggerate . |
| 17 | If he was to rule as well as reign he himself had to overthrow Mortimer and Isabella and to do so in a way which would not enhance the power of the magnates . |
| 18 | That Peel , leading the Tory opposition , recognised that the Whigs ' Bill would in the short run unite the middle and lower classes in support of the Government is one thing ; to infer from this that Grey and his team deliberately set out both to counter the threat of revolution and to do so in a way which would ultimately isolate the working class , quite another . |
| 19 | In particular , I will focus on those occasions when executives try to solve problems that are potentially threatening , and they try to do so in a way that communicates caring and respect for the other . |
| 20 | Of course we have to pay the mortgage , but it is important to be able to do so in a way which contributes to international understanding and equips our students with worthwhile and important skills . |
| 21 | The important point to remember is that all the sub-units are needed if the production function is to meet its aim of providing the goods required by its customers , and to do so in a way that meets the profit , growth and other objectives of the organization as a whole . |
| 22 | Even if subjects are deliberately attempting to recall the risky situations it would still be interesting that they are able to do so in a way that makes them distinct from all the other situations encountered . |
| 23 | Pressed to do so in a television interview on Thursday night with Sir Robin Day , Mr Kinnock allowed that he had formed a view , but he was not prepared to disclose it . |
| 24 | It is doing so in a way that does not give wind a good name . |
| 25 | In offering his or her response , the student should be doing so in a spirit of ‘ this is so , is n't it ? ’ |
| 26 | He was doing so in a book which , in the main , attacked eugenics . |
| 27 | Julie 's high-achieving life seemed as if it would continue on its upward curve with her two companies both doing well in a time of recession . |
| 28 | ‘ Once you had one Italian doing well in a place , more from their town or village followed . ’ |
| 29 | It was recognised that what would be most welcomed by policymakers and others was a service that not only helped to keep people out of institutions if that was their wish , but did so in a way that was both acceptable to recipients and less expensive than alternative institutional care . |
| 30 | However , the question was whether it did so in a way that was unfairly prejudicial to Mr Nicholas . |