Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A suitable satellite in high orbit should do it nicely . |
| 2 | The illustrations must do something that the text has not done or that the text can not do : ‘ You must never illustrate exactly what is written . |
| 3 | The national curriculum should do nothing but good if it is a means of ensuring that schools do not , for example , permit children to give up all science subjects at the age of thirteen , or fail to reach a reasonable competence in read g and calculating by the time they leave school . |
| 4 | To hell with the risk , I had three minutes to create an impact ( being carried off on a stretcher should do it ) . |
| 5 | The reason for this is that the snake must do its best to protect its precious fangs . |
| 6 | He did not like an excess of specialization and thought that a university should do what it could to counteract the trend , and help arts undergraduates to learn a bit of science or vice versa . |
| 7 | One good shove should do it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Premier should do what the people want … ‘ |
| 9 | Dean Acheson was actively involved as Under-Secretary of State in dealing with the subject and believed that the United States must do what was feasible to sustain south Korea . |
| 10 | It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world , without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace … there must be some agreement among the countries of Europe as to the requirements of the situation and the part those countries themselves will take in order to give proper effect to whatever action might be undertaken by this government . |
| 11 | I 'll come round with the skin and some shots protein and Zip should do it . ’ |
| 12 | The choice of a slow , careful style is made for the sake of convenience and simplicity ; learners of English need to be aware of the fact that this style is far from being the only one they will meet , and teachers of English to foreigners should do their best to expose their pupils to other varieties . |
| 13 | ‘ I must confess ’ , Stamfordham wrote to St Loe Strachey , editor of the Spectator , ' … at the present moment I feel that His Majesty should do his utmost not to hamper in any way Ramsay MacDonald in , what we must all admit will be , a task of almost incalculable magnitude . |
| 14 | But while we 're on the subject a dose of hard living might do you the world of good . ’ |
| 15 | Radar and sonar were still highly classified developments in military technology , and the notion that bats might do anything even remotely analogous to the latest triumphs of electronic engineering struck most people as not only implausible but emotionally repugnant . |
| 16 | I do n't think even the most jealous Committee of Privileges could do anything with such a sentence , but its meaning is clear enough . |
| 17 | No horse could do it , not even this great-muscled giant . |
| 18 | If Mr Mitterrand could do it , why not Mr Rocard ? |
| 19 | A few games in the reserves could do him some good . |
| 20 | ‘ The Computers could do it without trouble . |
| 21 | Shortly afterwards Milligan 's cross was almost turned into his own net by Winterburn , O'Leary recovering an awkward situation , but Arsenal could do nothing when Barlow , having a fine match at left-back , floated a diagonal cross to the very back of Arsenal 's defence . |
| 22 | A DG could do nothing about this . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's a weird coincidence , ’ said Stanley , ‘ because I really think ‘ Deeply Dippy ’ sounds like the Rockingbirds could do it . ’ |
| 24 | Let them show the enemy that they were not the only ones who could attack by sea ; and show also that the Scots could do it in less blundering fashion . |
| 25 | The certainty that the abnormality of this relationship with Johnny could do her harm was , for a fraction of a second , clear and undisputed in her mind . |
| 26 | No fighter aircraft could do it . |
| 27 | Hahnemann felt that the ‘ single dose and wait ’ philosophy left too long a period of inaction and the speed of cure often too slow as the practitioner could do nothing but wait for the remedy to complete its ' curative curve . |
| 28 | In 1881 , for example , Lancashire Independent College abolished all preparatory classes as Owens College could do it so much better . |
| 29 | This would enhance professional confidence in what schools are achieving and the methods used to do it . |
| 30 | As I shall illustrate later , that cost could not be met , and I do not think that Labour would do it . |