Example sentences of "do so much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers and schools , however well resourced and staffed , can only do so much to counter the effects of social disadvantage , and it is too easy to use them as scapegoats for the failure of political and economic policy . |
| 2 | The history of these various expansions has occasionally been recorded , none showing better than that by Harloe ( 1975 ) , in his study of Swindon , how local personalities ( in that case , Murray John , the dynamic Town Clerk ) could do so much to determine particular courses of action . |
| 3 | A servant arrived with some freshly made jus de citron and for the next half-hour the three of them remained with heads bent over the materials which would do so much to enhance Félix 's English collection . |
| 4 | In these schools , while national legislation will nudge staff to introduce procedures for involving and informing parents where this is required by law , it will not encourage them to go beyond such procedures to establish the kinds of voluntary open dialogue and day-to-day collaboration which can do so much to enhance the quality of a child 's education . |
| 5 | Ron says : ‘ It 's wonderful that people will do so much to try and help someone in trouble , just because it is the right thing to do . ’ |