Example sentences of "[pers pn] does to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilton recognises that while it is apparently unreasonable for man governed by reason utterly to devalue himself and attribute any good things which he does to Christ it is nevertheless the route to true identity , away from the temporal accidents which attract the self , to its essential which is discovered in Christ himself . |
| 2 | In its defence , Smurfit would say that it is an international company and it should pay as much intention to its US hinterland as it does to London . |
| 3 | So far , it seems to the Palestinians that the US listens less to the ‘ moderates ’ of both sides than it does to Israel 's still very powerful , if increasingly defensive , champions , the Jewish lobby , its knee-jerk supporters in the Congress and the media , who are still ready to parrot the Israeli ‘ extremist ’ line that Arafat is , indeed , still Arafat . |
| 4 | The eastern capital , in turn , influenced the Venetian culture and the architectural form which developed here owes as much to Oriental bias as it does to Italy , particularly after the passage of two or three centuries . |
| 5 | This London belongs to the city gents with their regimental ties and their polished shoes ; it belongs as little to a Celtic writer as it does to Surkov and Rozanov . |