Example sentences of "did [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they had already proved their skills with other publications , this book probably did most to signal the arrival of the Japanese as major quality printers in western markets . |
| 2 | A full survey even of German theology in that period would have had to mention very many more , and to bring out a far wider range of approaches and issues ; but we have attended particularly to those whose legacy did most to shape the background to more recent thought . |
| 3 | The imposition of an additional levy on alien exporters in 1303 had led to English merchants playing a major part in handling wool shipments later in the century , but it was Edward III 's war taxation for his French campaigns , much of which was derived from levies on wool exports , which did most to promote the development of cloth manufacture in England , by creating a tariff barrier which raised the costs of the raw material to the foreign manufacturers . |
| 4 | George Headley and Learie Constantine were the giants of the early Test years who did most to establish the team ; Garfield Sobers was for twenty years the supreme all-rounder of the game 's history ; Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them . |
| 5 | It was probably Thomas William Coke ( later the Earl of Leicester ) of Holkham Hall , Norfolk , on the other side of England , who did most to introduce the Devon elsewhere . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it was the British navy which pioneered the two inventions which did most to increase the efficiency of eighteenth-century men-of-war . |
| 7 | Close to the Inchnadamph Hotel , a monument commemorates the work of the two geologists who did most to unravel the secrets of these rock movements : Ben Peach and John Horne , colleagues of Archibald Geikie of the Geological Survey in Scotland in 1907 . |
| 8 | When Alan Cairns and other leading ministers opposed the candidacy of William McCrea and James McClelland they did so to preserve the interests of the Free Church and not to aid the DUP by reducing the public presence of Free Presbyterianism in the lists of candidates . |
| 9 | When early Christians adopted the pagan altar they did so to represent the table of the Last Supper and placed upon it a white cloth symbolic of the Shroud . |
| 10 | He claimed he only did so to seal the sale of a barbecue which was damaged . |
| 11 | When South Africa suspended its proposed seal hunt in 1990 , it did so to await the results of additional scientific research into questions about ‘ harvesting ’ or ‘ culling ’ Cape fur seals ( see BBC WILDLIFE , October 1990 , p699 ) . |
| 12 | There was no time to get back into the right position , take a breath and gently squeeze the trigger ; it was up and bang , and with my whole body unbalanced and both hands on the gun I fell forward , rolling as I did so to keep the gun out the sand . |
| 13 | O'Connell 's header found Graham completely unmarked inside the penalty box but Goram did enough to touch the ball on to the bar . |
| 14 | City boss Brian Horton said : ‘ I thought we did enough to deserve a point on our second half display . |
| 15 | Five minutes later the Larne keeper again did well to block a Ferguson shot on the line after the home defence had failed to clear a Williamson corner . |
| 16 | While Merseyside did well to restrict the opposition to 22 at Smethwick , the Midlanders were too strong for our local bowlers and an overall deficit of 53 shots speaks for itself . |
| 17 | The brave duo 's bid ended at Orrell but Rice did well to finish the stage in 10th place but Lotz came in 78th on the stage at 13 mins 25 secs . |
| 18 | A pass from Venus sounds like the definitive long-ball game , and Villa 's central defenders , Paul McGrath and Mountfield , did well to defend a series of attacks that came out of the night sky . |
| 19 | A person did well to reach the age of 45 . |
| 20 | Six minutes later Cliff Powell also went close but Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over . |
| 21 | With ten minutes to go , Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over the Milton bar on two occasions as Lane pressed for the equaliser . |
| 22 | The expansion of American medical research , much of the finest quality , attracted European doctors who aspired to a scientific career , and they did well to spend a year or two in an American laboratory , or even to emigrate there altogether . |
| 23 | Mick did well to hold a cross from Tony McGovern before , with a minute of the first half remaining , City scored their third . |
| 24 | Ants had to play the first quarter one player short and did well to hold the Saracens to 9–9 . |
| 25 | It is soundly led and NCM did well to place the bulk of its existing portfolio into the reinsurance market — not an easy feat . |
| 26 | Considering that , Ireland did well to win a game at all ! |
| 27 | For the boys , Robert Chapman did well to win the bronze medal in the 1982 boys ' butterfly and Philip Traviss brought his bronze tally up to three with third place in the 1980 boys ' freestyle . |
| 28 | Well Spinks did well to win the place from the young Australian this season with Bosnich having been the man in possession of the goalkeeper 's gloves most of last season . |
| 29 | Given these circumstances , the Division did well to achieve an operating profit of £20.5 million , virtually identical to last year 's contribution . |