Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 Thus an expert may need to carry out his own independent investigations if the parties have not submitted adequate material on which to make a decision : and the expert might be liable for professional negligence if he did not do so .
2 There are already law faculties which offer an extended course for European languages and I do believe that the expertise is available to set up more of such centres .
3 Three close neighbours from north-west Europe provide instructive comparisons which say more about political attitudes than they do about natural advantages for cycling as a mode of transport .
4 Mrs Hellyer knew all about weak men and she did not include Martin Bean in that category .
5 She thought of all the wretched women in the East End , and aye , in the West End too , not excluding her own maltreated self , and thought that at whatever cost she would carry out the task she had set herself — to find out how the under-privileged lived , and to strike a blow for suffering womanhood while she did so .
6 Totally unexpected because frankly no government , no civil service would have given us as much money for residential places as they did if they 'd known .
7 Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way .
8 In 1918 Sanders thought he had a chance to become Chief Secretary for Ireland , but was soon reduced to considering himself as a possible Speaker ; in 1921 he was passed over for Chief Whip because it did not suit the coalition to have such a partisan in so sensitive a post .
9 In the 1920s the owners of large private cellars did not , with the possible exception of vintage port , lay down wine for future consumption as they do now .
10 Some suggestions a that membership should be mandatory for those holding R Y A positions and appointments , well , that is certainly up for future debate but I do look forward to the day when our membership is truly representative at the individual level as it is currently at the club level and we w should n't forget that the R Y A is its membership .
11 Diary techniques may be useful for longer-term studies provided they do not alter the respondent 's habits .
12 Nephrite pebbles show up by their colour and translucency much more clearly when viewed through flowing water than they do when dry .
13 Stone is utterly convincing in his argument that the 1857 Divorce Act had nothing to do with perceived changes in the economic conditions of the labouring poor during early industrialization and everything to do with lawyers ' determination to do something about the chaotic state of the law .
14 There were outdoor tennis courts , which were a quarter the cost of indoor ones and you did n't get the smoke , and also two boules alleys , or pitches , or whatever they 're called .
15 The surgeon also abused the patient , and it was a misuse of professional privilege that he did so .
16 It is clear from the remarks of Labour Members that they do not like change , even though they have no ideas about what should be done to improve the education system .
17 Because the Australian aborigines still exist at the hunter-gatherer level of culture they have no need for a weaning trauma in early childhood as is found among all primitive agriculturalists , and consequently children , although experiencing a period of oral dependency as they do in the West , linger in that stage , do not have to give it up and , in a sense , remain unweaned until adulthood — or , certainly until initiation , which is essentially the same thing .
18 It was enough with Donnington 's preoccupation with his Home Guarding and a daughter who thought more of wounded soldiers than she did of family duty .
19 I think you mentioned earlier on in the meeting that some authorities have n't taken advantage of European money and we do n't want to fall into that trap .
20 It is now clear that the presence of the wall causes the fluid viscosity to enter in a much more important way into the dynamics of turbulent motion than it does for free flows .
21 Expect whoops of absurd self-congratulation if they do .
22 Why put yourself in a position of possible risk when you do n't need to ?
23 Paisley had acquired some further support for his reputation for prophecy by his prediction of the introduction of direct rule and he did not publicly regret the end of Stormont .
24 You can begin to find this out by using an ANNALS , which functions as a short-cut summary of historical facts if you do not know much about a text 's historical background .
25 I wash it every day and use plenty of light conditioner but I do n't stick to one brand .
26 However , with Britain deep in recession and more than three million unemployed , some people doubt if the firemen can carry the weight of public sympathy as they did in the 1970s .
27 Night temperatures in Scotland on the hill frequently fall to that level particularly in spells of high pressure when it does not snow naturally .
28 And , I think that level of real understanding that you do get from fellow sufferers , and indeed , it 's a su , it 's a support for erm families as well who are able to come along and , and share that kind of support .
29 So taken was I with this vision of perfect Iceland that I did not realise that I had walked into a skua colony , not , that is , until one fearless great skua hit me .
30 So United States courts have declared invalid service which met the requirements of state law or of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure but which did not meet the terms of the convention and a Netherlands court has refused to grant exequatur to a Belgian judgment granted after service which complied with Belgian law but not the convention 's requirements .
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