Example sentences of "as they do to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their bizarre appearance and seemingly mysterious but treacherous way of life , the dodders have certainly latched on to human imagination as successfully as they do to the innumerable species of plants they parasitise , spawning fables , myths and fascinating names such as love vine , immortal vine , vine in the sky , beggar vine , strangleweed , devil 's gut , scald and so on . |
| 2 | This , and many companion volumes on overseas registers which Air-Britain produces , are much more serious volumes than those spotters ' guides of yore , their contents likely to prove as useful to aircraft dealers , brokers , insurers , buyers ( and tax inspectors ? ) as they do to the binocular-and-bobble-hats brigade , not to mention we scribblers , who occasionally have a compelling need to know how many PA-28s there are in the country ( a lot ) or whether the Miles Student jet trainer is still extant ( it is ) . |
| 3 | These relate perhaps as much to the tunes as they do to the text . |
| 4 | Woe unto them , say I , who do not seek to improve themselves but cling with misplaced loyalty to the speech of their parents , as they do to the homes they were born into . |
| 5 | In the classified columns of the same newspapers advertisements for the return of runaway apprentices testify as much to harsh treatment as they do to the restlessness of youth , resentful at the constraining nature of apprenticeship . |
| 6 | The FPCR apply to a single justice exercising any of the above delegated functions as they do to the court and all references to " the court " should be read accordingly ( see Chapter 5 ) . |