Example sentences of "and [noun] to do so " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been given the status , resources and expertise to do so — on both sides of the Channel . |
| 2 | But Ruth sensed he wanted to speak , and was struggling through pain and craziness to do so . |
| 3 | Another Desert Storm , even another Somalia — where the United Nations appeals for someone to help , and America steps up with the will and manpower to do so — might give Mr Clinton an aura of leadership that could help at home . |
| 4 | In addition , the police are requiring promoters to observe the appropriate minimum age and failure to do so often results in permission being refused . |
| 5 | In all probability the machine would be replaced once the ‘ laugh ’ was over , and failure to do so might well lead to censure from others in the Rowdies group . |
| 6 | Nearly all of them had germinated , although it had taken them weeks and weeks to do so . |
| 7 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , implies that his reputation is already controversial , a truth of which he was justly proud , and it is a provocation aptly calculated to make one read on ; and to claim that the only way to escape misrepresentation is to say nothing implies that something momentous is about to be said , that it is his habit and custom to do so , and that he is widely hated because he does . |
| 8 | The only way that illegal wildlife trade will be successfully curbed is by governments committing more time and resources to do so . |
| 9 | inducing breaches of contract and threats to do so . |
| 10 | Even if he had the knowledge and inclination to do so , there are too many distractions . |
| 11 | We claimed the right to judge every individual case on its merits , and the wisdom , experience and self-control to do so successfully . |
| 12 | It is basically a call for people , oppressed people , to have more control over their own lives , to shape their world and to use modern resources and technology to do so . |