Example sentences of "[adv] do so [conj] " in BNC.

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31 And did you ever do so when you lived elsewhere , di you ever feel you , the need
32 I do love you — I shall always do so and no matter how many eligible young men my Uncle parades before me , I shall never marry . ’
33 Will they assume that people engage in this ritual because they have always done so and have been conditioned into it ?
34 When people write tutorials they usually do so as people who possess great knowledge about the subject they are discussing .
35 He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia .
36 They may also do so if they anticipate that their liquid assets may soon be squeezed by government monetary policy .
37 It also did so if a property was rented for a qualifying period .
38 THE Soviet team Stroitel Kiev , who were to play in this year 's World International Club Championships at Crystal Palace next week , will not now do so after the organisers refused their demand for £1,900-a-game appearance money .
39 RIGHT Reconstructions of finds are often done so that they can be better understood , studied and recorded , and also so that they are more meaningful when put on display .
40 This arises from the fact that no one really dances through life , though doing so once the curtain has risen .
41 That is clear because they often do so when there are areas nearby that are equally suitable which they leave entirely vacant .
42 Mr Gorbachev 's clear message was that the time had not yet come to abolish the party 's monopoly of power , but that it might well do so when a new political structure had been worked out , and the present economic crisis overcome .
43 Those who wish to practise the profession of solicitor in England and Wales may presently do so as sole practitioners , as employees of other solicitors ( either individuals or firms ) or in partnership with other solicitors .
44 For example , Manning ( 1977 ) showed how policemen and women in the ranks have an ability to bypass or undermine innovations introduced by police managers , some even doing so while appearing to endorse the policy change ( Chatterton 1979 ) .
45 Erm , so if anybody would like to erm put their hand up that would like to go to Denman this coming year er , please do so or let Margaret know .
46 More significantly , in practice it encouraged speculation in the more traditional sense — on assets whose prices were expected to rise by considerably more than the overall price level ( and would indeed do so if enough speculators made similar judgements ) .
47 This was important , because a national study in 1965 showed that one-fifth of women who were working part-time did so because they were caring for a sick or elderly person .
48 As she looked again at the faces of her family she was ready to burst into tears and almost did so but Erika , moving lightly into the kitchen , said : ‘ Fräulein Silber thinks that I should stay with her next week . ’
49 If you can get your fish into a temporary container , then do so and drain your pond , refilling it with tapwater treated with a suitable dechlorinator .
50 If you feel like withdrawing from the hurly burly and being reclusive , then do so and take this opportunity to recharge your batteries , and your energy will return soon .
51 The minister duly does so and reports to the House that the Belgian is a Polish immigrant .
52 Although the defendants had power to cut off the water supply for non-payment of rates they had neither done so nor threatened to do so .
53 But there is no doing so unless we accept that the literal writer has an imagination .
54 The course we have pursued has been a wise one — not cutting ahead of need but firmly doing so when required .
55 The ministers who like the House either do so because , in their opposition days , they enjoyed its fellowship and had few other contacts in London , or they feel so confident of their capacity to score off the Opposition that they like revealing their talents .
56 Fourthly , although the Second Vice-President had outlined clearly why he felt the Government could , and even should , take over all newspapers , it neither did so nor was , at this time , intending to do so .
57 Having to laugh when everyone else does so as not to appear stupid , hoping no one would be shrewd enough to ask for an explanation .
58 She had dutifully done so and together they had selected an array of clothes in the deep greens and blues , the rich wine shades that Thomas said best set off her porcelain skin and burnished hair .
59 It 's very easy then of course to punish the person er who communicates that with you er which ultimately can can er totally divorce an organisation from the reality of what it 's actually doing so that kind of philosophy , very destructive in terms of er effective communication .
60 Or there are weaker forms of behaviourism which attempt to make allowances for concealed mental states ; for instance , one might hold that my being in pain in my knee is for me to be disposed to behave in a certain way , whether I actually do so or not .
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