Example sentences of "from do " in BNC.
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| 1 | His part is notated in the soprano clef , and ranges from d' to e ’ . |
| 2 | AT1 : ‘ Where 's the money coming from to do all the things recommended in the report ? |
| 3 | Simply parking the trailer with the stands firmly down will not prevent really strong winds from doing irreparable damage . |
| 4 | Even within a GP practice , it is likely that doctors will wish to use different hospitals and consultants , but may now be constrained from doing so . |
| 5 | He did not shrink from doing what was right . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Baker was applauded when he said : ‘ He did not shrink from doing what was right … |
| 7 | That is , policing is experiential : it is based on the common sense that is built up from doing the job , and senior constables have some influence on the meaning which new recruits give this ‘ common sense ’ . |
| 8 | A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in . |
| 9 | The obvious course of action — to dilute the imported spirit in a similar way with other spirits — was not an option , since importers were banned by law from doing so . |
| 10 | In the last resort the only satisfactory answer to the question , ‘ Why do you devote yourself to the attempt to understand ? ’ is , ‘ Because I derive so strong a satisfaction from doing so . ’ |
| 11 | Aszal says that he tried to call a doctor or an ambulance from the public telephone but was prevented from doing so by the guards . |
| 12 | Any irritation Tolkien felt at this appropriation of his own imaginative world did not prevent him from doing his best for the book . |
| 13 | The pace never slackens , even though on the night their big set-piece , the cloud swing , had to be cancelled because the performer had injured herself : not from doing what is actually one of the most dangerous of aerial tricks , but as is so often the way of circus , from doing something offstage unthinkingly , in this case , dancing . |
| 14 | The pace never slackens , even though on the night their big set-piece , the cloud swing , had to be cancelled because the performer had injured herself : not from doing what is actually one of the most dangerous of aerial tricks , but as is so often the way of circus , from doing something offstage unthinkingly , in this case , dancing . |
| 15 | But if the operators are set against discounting it will not prevent the agencies from doing some on their own account . |
| 16 | To his credit , he wanted to give the markets a new nominal rule , on the exchange rate , but was prevented from doing so by Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's visceral dislike of the European Monetary System . |
| 17 | The potential benefits from doing so lay behind some ( but not all ) of the takeovers and LBOs of the 1980s . |
| 18 | Because he 'd pulled him back like that , stopped him from doing what he wanted , he was going to have one of his screaming fits . |
| 19 | I wanted to say that it was not a question of ‘ letting ’ Aunt Louise do anything ; I wanted to say I should like to see anyone trying to stop her from doing anything she had set her heart on . |
| 20 | It is therefore possible to have a battery without an assault ( e.g. where D strikes V from behind ) , as well as an assault without a battery ( e.g. where D threatens to strike V but is prevented from doing so ) , but most cases involve both . |
| 21 | This viewpoint seems to have prevented him from doing more than cast a supercilious eye over the book . |
| 22 | Mr Crosby wanted to take them back on the pitch but was prevented from doing so by police , who had acted quickly to prevent a pitch invasion when Byrne headed Sunderland into a 35th-minute lead . |
| 23 | Efficiency could vary from doing the most basic task well to decision making on complicated financial matters . |
| 24 | Our young men were quick-tempered , and i have had great trouble in keeping them from doing rash things . |
| 25 | For example , we can prevent factories that are obviously discharging their waste into rivers , from doing so ; and there is virtually no kind of effluent nowadays that can not be safely treated and disposed of , if we are prepared to spend the money . |
| 26 | Year after year the crisis never climaxed , perhaps prevented from doing so by the Committee 's success in improving the course and keeping the existing members together . |
| 27 | It must be said on James 's behalf that he refrained from doing so . |
| 28 | I 'd be glad to hear from anyone who feels they would like to be a volunteer and I can promise many rewards from doing such a worthwhile job . |
| 29 | Richard felt a pang of guilt , knowing that he was selfishly , and perhaps dangerously , preventing the man from doing his job ; he liked old Fiery , but at that moment the only company he wanted was his own . |
| 30 | All that holds him back from doing it himself is the desire for an heir to the clan — an heir of his own blood ! ’ |