Example sentences of "do [adv] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again perfectly good adaptive reasons — they have two pairs of fins for the same reason that sensible aeroplanes , i.e. the aeroplanes that I used to design before people went crazy , have a wing in the front and a tailplane behind , and basically they do so because two surfaces — one in front of the other like that — is the minimum number of surfaces needed if you want to produce a vertical force through any point along your body . |
| 2 | A further complication is that some plants , especially foliage houseplants , seldom flower in this country , or only do so when many years old . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the Roman Catholic diocese of Leeds said : ‘ Those who criticise or accuse do so as private individuals . |
| 4 | Those who are studying on a part-time basis as members of a regional course do so as non-residential students , with regular residential weekends and summer schools . |
| 5 | ‘ Do so and dear Uncle will simply laugh and put it down to my youthful impetuosity . |
| 6 | Patients who start out using high levels of gum — about one piece every waking hour for the first six weeks of quitting — do better than half-hearted chewers . |
| 7 | The superscalar 7100 will operate at up to 100MHz and do better than 120 ( old ) SPECmarks , the company claimed at its announcement ( UX No 373 ) . |
| 8 | My old man works at Dunlop and he wants to make sure we [ he and his brothers and sisters ] do better than that . |
| 9 | WHETHER today 's Greeks do better than poor Sisyphus and Tantalus will be decided chiefly by the success or failure of the attempt to stop them being tax-dodgers . |
| 10 | The report confirms that younger academics appointed under the UGC 's ‘ new blood ’ scheme do better than average in obtaining research funds . |
| 11 | The survey , surprisingly , shows that high-rise flats do better than average , with the main offenders being terraced houses . |
| 12 | They also do better than most in soilless composts . |
| 13 | In fact , students who have taken a subject at A level do not , by the end of their courses , do better than those who have kept off it — as a recent study of economics graduates showed . |
| 14 | If , for example , we find that the flowers in one corner of the garden do better than those in another corner , we make various comparisons between the two sites , and perhaps reach the conclusion that it is the lack of sunshine on the second site that is causing those flowers to do so badly . |
| 15 | The realisation of this aim has remained elusive ; in all societies the children of the powerful do better than those of the powerless . |
| 16 | Professor Madeley said : ‘ There is no doubt that patients with a strong network of friends do better than those without . ’ |
| 17 | While Sears ( 1983 ) study of university students reported that mature students are less likely to be more successful than their younger counterparts in the areas of science , engineering and medicine , Brennan and McGeevor ( 1985 ) , in their study of CNAA graduates , report that mature students do better than younger students in all areas of study except those relating to engineering subjects . |
| 18 | It would appear that older students do better than younger students ( under the age of 21 at entry ) in arts and social sciences , whereas this is less likely in disciplines such as science , engineering , health studies and medicine . |
| 19 | Evidence also shows that mature students in general do better than younger students in all areas of study except those relating to Engineering subjects . |
| 20 | If you run any schemes with voluntary car drivers who do more than 4000 miles a year and feel this may effect your volunteers please contact Hilary on ( 0604 ) 670092 . |
| 21 | The report , Research support for young investigators , by the Science and Engineering Policy Studies Unit ( SEPSU ) on behalf of SERC , counters concern that young scientists and engineers have problems getting research funding and suggestions that they do worse than older colleagues because they have no established track record . |
| 22 | Well I , I do n't whether that 's of much interest to anybody . |
| 23 | stuff I was listening to this morning I do n't whether that was one of the things but she 's certainly looking at areas like that . |
| 24 | Batty was sub , though I do n't whether this was due to inadequate recovery from injury or radical selection tactics . |
| 25 | It 's merely recording the words we use are taken down on a scrap of paper context I do n't but used . |
| 26 | The optimistic consensus is that they do n't but that one has to be very careful about making them , and the level of detail one can achieve may not be as great as one may like . |
| 27 | ones , he likes them , I do n't but that 's |
| 28 | I for one have formal qualifications in electronics and know when the wool 's being pulled , but others do n't and that 's your job . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I do n't and that 's that . ’ |
| 30 | Well what happens if they do n't and Thirty pound social security . |