Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Christians do eventually deliver a true case of satanic child abuse — and , who knows , God forbid , they may , for satanists are real enough and a bit of copycat crime is surely due after all this publicity — it will be seen by many to validate all their arguments . |
| 2 | However , as is well known , the sets Q , R , C do all satisfy a near analogue of A4 , viz : unc unique number , namely unc ( also written |
| 3 | Although the courts do not refuse in principle to review the exercise of police discretionary powers , they do nevertheless exercise a great deal of caution and restraint to such a degree that it is difficult to see how in practice the principles of judicial review are capable of being used to challenge decisions to issue warrants where these are considered to be necessary for the prevention or detection of crime . |
| 4 | These brief wakenings do not prevent a similar total quantity of sleep to younger men and women , since we tend to stay in bed slightly longer as we get older . |
| 5 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 6 | These arbitrators are experts in the non-legal sense of the word , and they do not perform a judicial function . |
| 7 | However , even if it is accepted that treaties do not perform a single function and should not all be subject to the same rules , there remains the threshold question of how treaties are best conceptualised and categorised . |
| 8 | When Rebekah , Potiphar 's wife , or Tamar uses a piece of attire for their own personal ends , they do not create a gratuitous disturbance in the order of things . |
| 9 | Do not wear a personal stereo headset so that you are unaware if someone comes up behind you . |
| 10 | The West 's new weapons do not represent a new dimension in warfare ; rather , they continue the strategy that has kept the peace in Europe for 40 years |
| 11 | They do not represent a complete list of the ‘ traditions ’ in English curricula nor are they timeless entities ; they simply represent three clear constellations of curriculum styles which recur in the history of the school subjects under study . |
| 12 | Thus , even if inquiry is a goal-directed activity , the goals in terms of which it is directed do not represent a substantive conception of the ‘ end ’ to which the process tends . |
| 13 | Horse and mare in 16a and b do not represent a genuine but contextually restricted form of synonymy : their semantic distinctness remains , and can easily be made manifest . |
| 14 | Many congenital abnormalities can be prevented , but as they do not represent a single pathological category there is no single strategy for their prevention . |
| 15 | If British Rail builds a railway line in South Wales by employing construction workers who would otherwise have been unemployed , the cost includes the wages of construction workers , but these do not represent a social cost if they would not otherwise have produced any goods . |
| 16 | The judges noted that some enticing covers were let down by their contents , and vice versa , but that ‘ accountability and imagination do not demand a high budget ’ . |
| 17 | Thus there is evidence that the better educated do not show a greater consonance between general principles of fairness and particular stances on racial issues , but may show greater flexibility in justifying the laying aside of abstract principles ( Sniderman et al . , |
| 18 | But it is certainly true that many of the variables that have been studied do not show a clear effect of social constraints , and it seems reasonable to suggest ( cf. |
| 19 | The examination statistics , for example , depressing though they are , do not convey a uniform picture of low achievement in or exclusion from mathematics learning for girls . |
| 20 | Other streets or lanes have been found at Tullie House , Castle Street and Keays Lane , but their alignments and positions do not fit a regular , rectangular grid . |
| 21 | A lot of the standard size plates do not fit a large number of the large-sized , non-standard , aquaria , unless of course you use the type of filter plates that come in small sections that can be slotted together , which can prove to be very expensive when the budget is tight . |
| 22 | Unlike workers or minority ethnic groups , women in most cultures do not form a separate community ( particularly not a publicly visible one ) . |
| 23 | Wills , leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title . |
| 24 | The score for the Ballet de la raillerie , for example , shows that the two violins , two flutes and two voices mentioned in the livret do not form a six-part ensemble , but echo each other in pairs . |
| 25 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
| 26 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
| 27 | But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment . |
| 28 | However , these links do not form a cohesive whole , and there are weaknesses in the development of the informal sector which have tended to disguise its potential . |
| 29 | The state is also characterized by a plurality of elites to which access is relatively open and which do not form a cohesive ruling stratum . |
| 30 | Everyone presenting data at the conference was careful to point out that they were not saying that lead is safe , even at low levels , but the ‘ do n't knows ’ do not form a powerful lobby . |