Example sentences of "is [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote in an essay published in 1937 that an artist must lead a " commonplace life " if he is properly to do his work . |
| 2 | An extreme form of the second is the Spanish fighting bull which undergoes considerable pain before being despatched by the matador , even if this is skilfully done , and often it is n't . |
| 3 | Sanger duty is particularly boring because there is nothing else to do but look out of the window , and since it is rarely done in pairs social interaction provides no compensation . |
| 4 | Obviously it is rarely done in humans , but is routinely carried out in non-human subjects . |
| 5 | This is rarely done but consistency in outcome is important for dealing with social casualties who may need services at any time . |
| 6 | It is , in fact , remarkably simple for managers to do this , though it is rarely done . |
| 7 | In some cases , then can continue with visits for up to 28 days , though in practice this is rarely done . |
| 8 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 9 | course the emphasis is on do n't smoke ! |
| 10 | Politics has very little to do with issues ; it is all to do with the personal vanities and ambitions of politicians . |
| 11 | Like any other business , it is all to do with contacts and getting introductions . |
| 12 | Every bend reveals another staggering visual feast and it is all to do with the light , the dynamic mountain ridges , the pure white sandy beaches and the undisturbed peace . |
| 13 | But the idea that this is all to do with long-windedness is quite wrong . |
| 14 | It is all to do with progress for progress ' sake . |
| 15 | I stood up and yelled at her , ‘ This is all to do with you ! |
| 16 | Empowerment enthusiasts say it is all to do with company culture and ensuring that employees are all fully conversant with the corporate goals and mission . |
| 17 | It is all to do with satellites . |
| 18 | The most moving thing that ever happened to them , they say — but secretly I think it is all to do with stealing thunder from the women . |
| 19 | It is all to do with the most effective means to ends , at least some of which must be given ( and thus are perhaps open to structural explanations of how the agent came to have them ) . |
| 20 | It 's just that feeling light or heavy is all to do with gravity . |
| 21 | The difference between the colours is all to do with the distances between the humps and dips . |
| 22 | But there , the distance between the humps and dips is all to do with the pitch of the note-the note that we hear . |
| 23 | This cruelty is all to do with looks and style . |
| 24 | And yet presenting food is all to do with drama . |
| 25 | This is constantly done , especially in small , old-fashioned towns ; but the foreigner must not think that this is provincial lack of knowledge . |
| 26 | This is constantly done in Mincing Lane [ a street in the City of London ] , and the person who acts in this way is , perhaps , a quasi-arbitrator or even an arbitrator , but he is an arbitrator of a particular sort , and it is not intended that there should be the same judicial proceeding on his part as there would be in the case of an arbitrator appointed under a formal submission . |
| 27 | Whose name the place is in does n't matter very much ; what 's more important is how long the marriage has lasted , what contributions each of you has made ( not just financial — the law considers the home-maker who brings up the children to be just as important as the breadwinner who brings home the money ) , and probably the most important factor , the future of the children . |
| 28 | The question of his knowing , or possibly failing to know that he is in the state he says he is in does not arise . |
| 29 | English , for Hirsch , is basically to do with educational and cultural values , helping ‘ to provide the myths and values we live by ’ , rather than generating ever new and more narrowly directed interpretations . |
| 30 | The suspension in such a case is merely done by way of good administration . |