Example sentences of "[adv] do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If ‘ the final aim of every living thing , creature , or being is the full achievement of itself ’ ( Phoenix , 403 ) it can only do this through another — typically the other of sexual difference . |
| 32 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 33 | Under duress it may flee and hide , but it can only do this occasionally . |
| 34 | Another method is to give the baby a small amount of boiled water from a bottle before the morning feed , so that it feels full more quickly , or to feed from one breast only — this will tend to reduce your supply of milk overall , so you should only do this if you know your milk is plentiful . |
| 35 | You can only do this safely if your pickup has a metal base plate . |
| 36 | Like so many crafts , if you are to enjoy flower pressing to the full you must find the method , materials and styles that suit you best , and you will only do this through trial and error . |
| 37 | Of course , I would only do this in the evenings when the streets were at their quietest . |
| 38 | However , they will only do this if they have a chance of hitting an adventurer — if a spell such as Zone of Sanctuary is in operation , for instance , the Skeletons will bide their time . |
| 39 | It allows the world the chance of proving it wrong , though ‘ the world ’ can only do this on the scientists ' terms . |
| 40 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 41 | And I I can only do this work I 'm sorry . |
| 42 | Most of the better bureau do keep libraries of older versions of the programs and will make sure that they use the correct one — but they can only do this if you ask . |
| 43 | I realised that I could have her full attention as long as I caught her interest , and I could only do this by telling the truth , for she could no more be bothered with the niceties of drawing-room small-talk than could a fox . |
| 44 | It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules . |
| 45 | Er , I think there is a tendending now , for them to say , oh , I 'm terribly sorry , we can only do this against payment . |
| 46 | It is VITALLY IMPORTANT that ALL fees are paid promptly , particularly P.A.F. and Insurance as the Sports Council Grant Panel will expect us to prove that we are measuring up to their requirements in the Autumn and we can only do this by showing monies actually received and in the Bank . |
| 47 | Instead of local authorities having the inherent right , or what in England is called the common law right , to conduct their affairs as they wished , it became established that local authorities could only do those things which Parliament had authorised them to do . |
| 48 | There was no Michael , it 's just only way , co mind you could only do these on one-sided because when you turn your key the other side , it 's got ta be th exactly the same to do the job . |
| 49 | To meet this point I think one must say that Bentham 's view was , in effect , that a right action must not only do more good than harm , but must also be such that neither the particular good it does , nor any other comparable good which might have substituted for it , could have been achieved at less cost in terms of harm done . |
| 50 | In a manufacturing company , he or she may not only do public relations for the Board of Directors and the general information about the company as a whole , but may also have to satisfy a marketing department who demand the benefits of public relations for their products . |
| 51 | But I can only do few animals , but that 's all . |
| 52 | Maybe we 'd only do half an hour before sloping off but , bit by bit , we were able to put a set together . |
| 53 | Then they 'll now go into a maths lesson let's go into this , they 're gon na perhaps do that eight times , then they 're gon na get a breather , then a few days time after that the form teacher 's saying right , let's do it again and summarise it , I think it 's too much ! |
| 54 | Colouring was done by hand , following pattern plates coloured by the artist , so that different copies of the same work , perhaps done several years apart in a slow-selling book , may differ considerably among themselves . |
| 55 | In my blunderings around Enniskillen , I may have inadvertently done some harm , as foreigners do in Communist lands by innocently befriending natives who are then shadowed by the secret police and later imprisoned or shot . |
| 56 | Why did he suddenly do that ? |
| 57 | They said at the trial that he was a kind husband , a good neighbour — why did he suddenly do this terrible thing ? |
| 58 | Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms . |
| 59 | ‘ It 's only done thirteen hours , ’ he replied . |
| 60 | he only done , they only done that to learn you a lesson . |