Example sentences of "do nothing [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , the manager is expected to use his or her best endeavours to promote the artist 's career , while the artist should do nothing to jeopardize the reputation of the manager . |
| 2 | If giving or withholding this responsibility were possible options in a one-person game , then this criterion would do nothing to counter the charge of arbitrariness but I have already argued that they are not and could not be . |
| 3 | She must do nothing to antagonise the bitches . |
| 4 | If she is in breach of these and will do nothing to remedy the situation check with other neighbours , to see if they are suffering from any soot fallout on washing lines and so on . |
| 5 | The development of a business park on this site would not help the local community because of the need for unskilled/semi-skilled work , and it would do nothing to improve the environment for the residents of this area , with the use of the water frontage lost . |
| 6 | The land borders on the edge of the green belt , and the proposed development of houses , no matter how luxurious you intend them to be , will do nothing to enhance the area . |
| 7 | The London Borough of Lambeth says its SSD could do nothing to prevent the death of a 15-year-old girl on her return from Ireland . |
| 8 | I THINK I can safely say that Peter Greenaway 's latest film will do nothing to increase the appreciation of food in this country . |
| 9 | He argued , along with Balcon , Pearson and Woolf , that it would do nothing to achieve the FBI 's objectives . |
| 10 | The man representing the government washed his hands of responsibility , he could do nothing to meet the striker 's demands , he said , because Moscow would n't let him . |
| 11 | Even though it may do nothing to alter the circumstances , many people feel much calmer and more able to cope with the situation after ‘ a good cry ’ . |
| 12 | Now the opportunity had once again been given to them , she felt that they must do nothing to jeopardise the future . |
| 13 | Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . |
| 14 | The Bill will do nothing to assist the settlement of refugees in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | He had also quickly grasped that the islanders would do nothing to endanger the safety of Sycorax . |
| 16 | Elisabeth would do nothing to modify the arrangement of anything planned and executed by her parents . |
| 17 | Moreover , the achievement of equal retirement ages , when it eventually comes , though significant , would do nothing to remove the tyranny of fixed age retirement for both women and men . |
| 18 | Voice of Israel radio reported on Sept. 16 that Qian had assured Peres that China " would do nothing to complicate the situation " in the Middle East , adding that Israel 's relations with China " have made headway " . |