Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [pers pn] to do so " in BNC.

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1 There was no way that Émile could get in contact with me without Jean-Claude 's knowledge , and there was no legit-imate excuse for him to do so openly .
2 It was against the law for him to do so and for the store to serve him .
3 Over the past 20 years , more and more food producers and retailers have included nutrition information on the food label , although there is no legal requirement for them to do so .
4 On the first of the right hon. Gentleman 's three points — how many nuclear warheads we have — he knows that we have never indicated how many warheads there will actually be : I do not believe that it would be in the interests of our security for us to do so .
5 But there is nothing to support the theory that the crew made up the story , and no apparent motive for them to do so .
6 ( 25 ) If someone who has been instructed to construct a building is prepared to give the money to the town for it to do so itself , since the testator wished this to be done by that person himself , his plea will not be heard : so ruled the late emperor Marcus in a rescript .
7 At first he had suggested it might be fairer to everyone if he were to leave Kentucky and find work elsewhere — perhaps even return to England — but Cora-Beth had succeeded in making him see that there was absolutely no need for him to do so .
8 After all , there was no need for him to do so , was there ?
9 There was no chance that the ex-dictators would stand trial , and no real need for them to do so .
10 4.16 If you are handling cash , however small the amount , and you are not sure if there is an need for you to do so or you can think of an alternative method which will dispense with the need for you to carry cash in the course of your work , you should let your line supervisor know .
11 ‘ However , there 's really no need for you to do so , since this is where we get out , ’ he added , opening his door and helping her stiff , angry figure out on to the pavement .
12 There is no need for it to do so .
13 In 1971 the CNAA gave evidence to the James Committee expressing its willingness to take on the validation of the Teachers Certificate if there was a need for it to do so .
14 Where the dealer acted as counterparty to the contract he may be willing to unwind the contract with a customer but there is no incentive for him to do so at a competitive price .
15 Indeed , the hard-liners who always argue that monetary stability has to be a higher priority than growth and jobs have claimed that the Chancellor would be irresponsible in not raising taxes as soon as there is scope for him to do so .
16 Although some lenders are willing to let applicants have a copy of the valuation , the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors explained to us that there is no legal obligation for them to do so .
17 It was a natural thing for them to do so I did n't take any action — told them in no uncertain terms that this man was ill and he eventually came to and everyone was happy then .
18 There was no reason for him to do so because the claims that he wished to make were quite simple ( they did not involve complex interactions of different speaker variables ) , and because in his analysis the same patterns were repeated for every variable studied , tending in the same direction in every case in terms of both class and style ( several classes and several styles ) .
19 Provided that the government acted efficiently , the result would be that the aggregate demand curve would not shift down : the tendency for it to do so would be offset by government action .
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