Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel remarked gloomily that he did n't suppose it would make the programmes any better , but in a way it did . |
| 2 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 3 | ‘ He probably thought it better that you did n't know . |
| 4 | Ben studied his brother — the man he had always thought of as his father and saw suddenly that it did not matter what he was in reality , for Hal Shepherd had become what he believed he was . |
| 5 | There is still much that we do not know ; J. Hartley in a thirty-year survey ended shatteringly : There is a complex job to be done . |
| 6 | Ralph says basically that they do n't exist , so how could there be one and Simon 's view is that he would know if there was a beast and that they 're just really frightened of each other . |
| 7 | We made two hundred and forty five pounds on Thriller of the Year one hundred and nineteen pounds on Tea for Two but that is after we 've made the three hundred pounds donation to Whiston Hospital we made a thousand and eighteen pounds on the panto Wuthering Heights we lost four hundred and nine pounds , but that was basically that we do costume plays and have to hire the erm fixtures and set pieces from Wrightsons or wherever we 're always going to be in this position and I think it 's the tradition of the Garrick that we continue to do them , and I think we have to accept that we may have losses in future on those particular erm things . |
| 8 | She noticed belligerently that he did add ginger ale to the brandy . |
| 9 | Plan to eat often enough that you do not get extremely hungry and lose control . |
| 10 | Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean I think erm some of us were a bit disappointed perhaps that he did n't erm find erm a woman to put into his cabinet . |
| 12 | It is important obviously that you do n't go too far with these techniques . |
| 13 | With climbers , I 've always believed in the more the merrier , but it 's important to team up your plants so that one does not swamp and ruin another . |
| 14 | To use criminal statistics wisely necessitates some prior work in getting to know the difference between indictable and non-indictable offences and also some legal history so that one does not suddenly discover an enormous decrease in a crime such as stealing cars when the new offence of ‘ take and drive away ’ is introduced . |
| 15 | N Neighbourhood Watch is , is , is trying to establish that type of relationship in , in the area so that everybody does know each other . |
| 16 | Another place , for example , it might be a good idea to stagger the times of closing of late night discos and so on so that everybody does n't come out all at once . |
| 17 | The horse 's behaviour may be modified by trying to get it to have confidence in us and to like us ; and by keeping our own aggression under control , so that we do n't arouse the horse 's aggressive instinct . |
| 18 | You 're trying to blind us with all your scientific talk , so that we do n't see what you 're getting at , and leave you alone till it 's too late … ’ ‘ … you 're a wicked , evil man , like that other woman said , flying in the face of Nature and God … ’ ‘ … and what about Einstein ? |
| 19 | That is why we need windows of the soul , such as desire , happiness and joy , so that we do not lose sight of what our lives are truly all about . |
| 20 | Our responsibility is to filter information so that we do not over-influence the situation and create self-fulfilling prophecies of our own devising . |
| 21 | Indoors he can get through almost half a show with one guitar — but then I try and get him off that , so that we do n't have the problem of breaking strings . ’ |
| 22 | Women idealise male qualities of aggression , ambition and sexual confidence so that we do n't have to confront them in ourselves . |
| 23 | We ask indirect questions so that we do not cause offence or impose on other people . |
| 24 | In fact , the event was even more profound than that , because it was also an explosion of the four dimensions ( as well as , it is thought , a number of others , which almost immediately ‘ rolled themselves up ’ so that we do not recognize them as such — the matter and energy involved being only a secondary consideration ! |
| 25 | ‘ If we take off the reedbed 's top 30cm of vegetation — just enough so that we do not kill off the reeds — and put in some new dykes to give a good water flow we will restore the reedbed to its former glory . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Just so that we do n't overtax young Jimbo 's powers of resistance . ’ |
| 27 | Ciccolini is better in the more vigourous pieces , but even here he tends to play less softly than he should where Debussy marks pianissimo so that we do not get the full dynamic range needed . |
| 28 | This is why we have instituted imaginative reforms of education , of health , of the legal profession , of social security , and of other crucial areas of our national life — so that we do n't just do more , but also do better . |
| 29 | Jump on condition " always " is an unconditional jump , so that we do not need a special operation code for this ( although the assembler language may have a special mnemonic for it ) . |
| 30 | so that we do n't clash with each other statistically |