Example sentences of "do so [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | P5 Learning Outcome 1 — Centres who wish to do so may find it advisable to use realistic simulation to achieve this outcome , provided a multi-line switchboard is used . |
| 2 | Some of the companies that would prefer not to do so may have something to hide . |
| 3 | But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart . |
| 4 | The Prime Minister , Selim al-Hoss , called for Khazen 's resignation , but Hrawi refused to accept it , claiming that to do so would weaken his government . |
| 5 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 6 | The process of recovery involves making an inventory of one 's previous wrongs and defects of characters , admitting them to one 's self , to God and to another human being and making amends to those one has harmed , except when to do so would injure them or others . |
| 7 | They refused to sign the bond , arguing that to do so would prevent them from making any public protests . |
| 8 | However , he can not refuse to dispense a prescription on the grounds that to do so would make him overspend against his budget . |
| 9 | Such people are unable to move because to do so would require them to make good a substantial deficit on the mortgage . |
| 10 | failure to do so would cause them problems . |
| 11 | Many scientists would like to influence public opinion by speaking out about their work , but they know that to do so would put them in danger . |
| 12 | In some industrial marketing situations , suppliers work with buying organisations to solve technical problems in the knowledge that to do so will place them in a very strong negotiating position . |
| 13 | So it would be possible to go on : anybody who wishes to do so will find plenty of relevant material in the conscientious bibliography by Sultana Saeed in Law Justice and Equity : essays in tribute to GW Keeton ( 1967 ) . |
| 14 | Failure to do so could cost you the chance of winning one of the best prizes RUNNING Magazine has ever offered . |
| 15 | The representation of the river turns into an important symbol when crossing the river becomes highly significant — perhaps doing so will lead us into open conflict with the Abbey who are demanding an increase in tithes … |
| 16 | The ferrets will like to climb on this and while doing so will clean their feet . |