Example sentences of "do [adv] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 2 | It needs space to throw the dice and this is not practical in planes and trains where it can do most to relieve the boredom of a long journey . |
| 3 | The most frequent reason is that the chairperson gets too involved in the task and does n't do enough to manage the process . |
| 4 | Does the witness know how to contact you if they are going to be late ? ( 10 ) Do you do enough to help the witness get to court ; proper notice , instructions , map etc ? ( 11 ) Do you have a system for thanking witnesses regardless of whether they have to give evidence ? ( 12 ) Do you have an explanatory leaflet to give the witness ? |
| 5 | I found some cotton stuff that would do nicely to replace the sacking at our windows , and a pair of linen sheets . |
| 6 | They would do better to read the chapter ‘ Developments in Yugoslavia ’ in volume iii of Prof Hinsley 's official history of British intelligence , part one , for a refutation of the claim that Tito did not fight the Germans , supported by copious and conclusive quotations from Ultra |
| 7 | She 'd do better to throw the letter away unread , would n't she ? ’ |
| 8 | ( Mackie , 1974 , Ch. 6 ) We will do better to consider the objection that science does not in fact involve or make use of a conception of causal and other nomic connection . |
| 9 | Nor will it do just to ignore the problem , for if one does one soon finds that one 's semantics is self-contradictory . |
| 10 | But it will not do just to dismiss the evidence of their experience out of hand . |
| 11 | Will she do more to publicise the results of the recent negotiations on that issue ? |
| 12 | ‘ We believe that the British Government must do more to oppose the job discrimination that has created unemployment levels two and a half times higher for Catholic workers than Protestant workers . |
| 13 | But he must do more to suppress the air of lawlessness that now abounds ( which would incidentally take the wind out of the Congress 's sails ) and persuade people that paying taxes is a social virtue ( which would then help balance Russia 's books ) . |
| 14 | Eliminating tax breaks on corporate entertaining would probably do more to break the power of keiretsu than beefing up Japan 's feeble antitrust laws or passing intricate rules on cross share-holdings . |
| 15 | Democratising pension funds , putting workers on the boards of companies , sponsoring the international worker networking described by Gary Herman in last week 's issue ( ‘ Hooked on IT ’ ) , and making foreign-language training obligatory for company executives ( as well as MPs , especially left Labour MPs ) would do more to make the economy socially progressive and productionist than any campaign to turn the pound into a peseta . |
| 16 | Some analysts hope that the government will do more to encourage the spread of private pension funds to supplement the state 's creaky pay-as-you-go retirement system . |
| 17 | WEALTHY businessmen who have benefited from low tax rates should do more to subsidise the arts , the chairman of the Arts Council said yesterday . |
| 18 | There 's nothing that we can say or do here to add the distinction , to add distinction er to what was done here forty years ago . |
| 19 | Orrell will do well to heed the challenge of Bates , Davies , Clough and Lozowski . |
| 20 | Apart from their capacity to excite and frustrate in equal measure , the pair shared a common bond as they meandered away from Highbury — and both would do well to heed the advice given freely to them . |
| 21 | Some dealers would do well to heed the advice offered by Mark McCormack in his book What They Do n't Teach You at Harvard Business School — Awareness of when you are imposing can be an important asset . " |
| 22 | Equally , many countries would do well to acknowledge the honesty of subSaharan nations in being largely open about the nature and scale of the epidemic within their borders . |
| 23 | Vendors would do well to remember the principle illustrated in Finney Lock Seeds Ltd v Mitchell ( George ) ( Chesterhall ) Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 All ER 108 in that the damages incurred and awarded ( in that case nearly £100,000 ) can be far in excess of the purchase price paid for the assets ( in that case approximately £100 ) if the loss is a consequence of a defective asset . |
| 24 | ‘ In many Free Churches I fear that awe is an unknown factor ’ and ‘ some who sneer at elaborately worked altar-cloths would do well to cultivate the spirit of those by whom they were presented . ’ |
| 25 | Or when Tom says , ‘ My teacher made me stay in today ’ , parents would do well to resist the temptation to answer , ‘ Now what have you done ? ’ , or ‘ I suppose you deserved it ’ , replies which would have inflamed his feelings . |
| 26 | With that in mind , I am offering readers the thought that we should do well to upgrade the status of repossession from ungentlemanly pastime to true sport . |
| 27 | So , even with players of the class of Steve Hampson and Andy Goodway missing , Wigan look formidably strong , and Castleford will do well to repeat the victory they achieved in October at Central Park — the last time Wigan lost . |
| 28 | Piano duettists who have tired of presenting the Brahms Hungarian Dances or the Op. 39 Waltzes in recitals could do well to make the acquaintance of this work . |
| 29 | Visitors to Thailand would do well to avoid the donkey rides , where a notice reads : ‘ Would you like to ride on your own ass ? ’ |
| 30 | Border 's side would do well to approximate the sensitivity and skill the Reverend showed . |