Example sentences of "do with an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was done with an extraordinary vault of achievement . |
| 2 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 3 | Well we had er the business was quite good er we had er we could do , of course at the end of the war , we could have done with an awful lot more cars , but we could n't get them . |
| 4 | will the work be done with an existing installation or with specially built apparatus ? |
| 5 | It could only be done with an unacceptable degree of course content imposition . |
| 6 | They could have done with an easier game than Bristol but they beat them 38-11 back in October , so it can be done . |
| 7 | Indeed , the idea dated way back to Sydney Newman 's original brief about the series , as handed to Donald Wilson , where he expressed a wish to see a show done with an everyday garden made to appear every bit as hostile as an alien planet . |
| 8 | It could do with an awful lot more trees all over it . |
| 9 | If you want to go back to basics and try to assess the sort of person you are , and the kind of working environment best suited to you , then there are a number of exercises you can do with an honest friend . |
| 10 | Trevor Anderson has proved what an astute manager can do with an average squad , imagination — and money . |
| 11 | Ask Tony Pickard what he could do with an additional £250,000 for the development and training of the Davis Cup squad . |
| 12 | hits his clearance to the halfway line , controlled immediately by inside the centre circle , he was unmarked , has to careful here , and he is n't careful , it 's won back by , now he 's got to the right , running into the penalty area , could do with an early cross , holds it up , slips it back , knocks it in to the middle now , jumps , does n't make contact , it 's headed away by and good play now between and , gets it back to , 's clearance , onto the head of , good header on too to . |
| 13 | If you have a special skill , such as being a trained accountant , a hairdresser , or even a public relations consultant , there are always charities who can do with an honorary treasurer , an old people 's home that would love some free hairdressing for their residents , or an organisation that needs a brochure or press release written . |
| 14 | But think what you could do with an imminent ! |
| 15 | What does one do with an old piece of linoleum , especially one that covers another old piece of linoleum . |
| 16 | I 'd get a brand new keyboard and Dad would have to make do with an old car — one that was always going wrong and making him embarrassed in front of his friends . |
| 17 | Spreadsheeting is one of the few applications that you can do with an old , low cost XT machine . |
| 18 | it is inconsequential , removing any sense of import to do with an imagined situation ; |
| 19 | Together they discover that the circumstances of Paul 's death have less to do with an alleged policy of ‘ shoot to kill ’ than the secret and politically motivated activities of non accountable intelligence services : activities which subvert the integrity of parliamentary democracy . |
| 20 | It 's something to do with an extraordinary oddity in British history , compared to world history generally . |
| 21 | It is possible to identify a number of strands which should feature in their development as writers during these years ; these are to do with an increasing ability to : |
| 22 | Just as Hobbes rejects Descartes 's view of sense-perception as having to do with an immaterial mind , so his moral philosophy is purely materialistic , and appeals only to the idea of matter in motion . |
| 23 | The boom has less to do with an ageing population than a growing interest from collectors and American tourists . |
| 24 | The concept of ‘ retribalization ’ , despite its ideological distortions , is referring to something actual ( to do with an instantaneous commonality of awareness , and with certain contents and techniques possessing ‘ collectivizing ’ tendencies and associations ; but it obscures the point that the important task is to investigate the precise ways in which these characteristics operate , sociologically and phenomenologically , in differing contexts , social , musical and political . |
| 25 | As height is genetically determined , it is difficult to see what it has to do with an acquired goal of achievement , except where parents or teachers convince tall children that they are achievers . |
| 26 | In the meantime , Ferguson and Booth have enough to do with an under-21 side who have scored only one goal and taken one point in three European Championship qualifying ties with Switzerland , Portugal and Italy . |
| 27 | There was nothing for it but to accept defeat , which he did with an ill grace , stamping off in disgust followed by the jeers of the crowd and several small boys who ran behind him mimicking his rolling gait . |