Example sentences of "that [prep] doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to think that after doing the stuff and the and that , that they actually get down to something solid . |
| 2 | What really matters is not how the horse won , but that he did win , and that in doing so he ended his racecourse career displaying that sparkling but short-lived turn of foot for which he will long be remembered . |
| 3 | The promoters of the Club would like to see more of the local tradesmen take up bonds , feeling convinced that in doing so they would confer indirect benefit upon themselves . ’ |
| 4 | Is the answer not to keep such breeds of dogs , or to accept that in doing so there is going to be a consequence of damage to the environment , albeit localised and perhaps , in terms of our global worries , extremely small ? |
| 5 | But it is hoped that in doing so , it will also help him to continue his untiring work for the Third World and enrich the lives of those poor people , particularly in Africa . |
| 6 | The significance of this case is not only that the House of Lords effectively over-ruled the majority decision in Candler but also that in doing this the judgment went beyond Lord Denning 's minority judgment . |
| 7 | We believe that in a fair , competitive economy , men and women will be able to develop to the full , and that in doing so they will create greater prosperity for all . |
| 8 | ( 40 ) She explained that she had worked as a volunteer in the parish and had felt that in doing this she was sharing his ministry — how ask him to give it up ? |
| 9 | The problem with this is that in doing so you are taking a risk : perhaps you are misunderstanding what you read , and so your notes become an incorrect version of what was said . |
| 10 | Burton claims that in doing so , the plant 's operator , AEA Technology , is in breach of regulations which demand that radioactive emissions are kept " as low as reasonably possible " . |
| 11 | But then again , Pontius Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus and thought that in doing so he had got rid of him . |
| 12 | Now my feeling is that in doing an evaluation one ought to try and develop each of these different viewpoints , then leave it to the people concerned that have to make the decisions to pick up each of these and to make the decisions , but at least the evaluation itself is not sort of ruling out of court any of the viewpoints that could be important in that situation , so any person who 's involved , even if they 're in a minority of one , at least feels that his views are there in the evaluation somewhere and they 're made legitimate by it . |
| 13 | They could , in fact , be located offshore in shallow water , and lying on the beach watching these large structures with their whirling blades in the murky or hazy distance might be quite satisfying thought that without doing anything they are just providing the nation 's energy , or some of it . |
| 14 | Q. You thought that by doing that you had wiped out every document that existed that would reflect ( the diversion ) , did n't you ? |
| 15 | It is felt that by doing this the planning department can gain a better understanding of the information needed by the business units , their concerns and possible ways in which they could be assisted . |
| 16 | There was a feeling that by doing so I was siding with the white community , not showing solidarity with my own people . |
| 17 | Sociology will need to make use of psychoanalytic theory to the extent that it seeks to be not only accumulating knowledge and developing theory for its own sake , but also acknowledges that by doing this it is changing society 's own self-understanding . |
| 18 | It is only that by doing so , the accounts are reflecting the economic reality more closely . |
| 19 | We would hope that by doing this we 'd actually mobilize the whole country to get down into London and to protest at the House of Commons against the closures in the Health Service . |
| 20 | With fitzAlan , de Villiers and a chastened but still influential Bishop of Winchester listening to every word , Isabel had answered as best she could in the hope that by doing so she might appease her conscience . |
| 21 | We have locked them away , in the vain hope that by doing so we could make them disappear . |
| 22 | ’ Can pay , wo n't pay ’ is shorthand : written out in full , their credo was , ’ We have the money to make our proper contribution to the cost of essential local services , but , because we wish to indulge in political point-scoring , we will withhold that contribution — knowing full well that by doing so we will force local authorities either to increase charges for the great majority of law-abiding citizens , or to cut services . ’ |
| 23 | What appealed to both partners was that by doing so well in the revue , Ken had become an established comedy actor — not comedian , but comedy actor — and that was the kind they were looking for . |
| 24 | Dillon LJ echoed this point in Alec Lobb. 9 Pleading restraint of trade In the typical case of an action by an employer against a former employee the employer will plead in his statement of claim that by doing a certain thing the employee has breached express or implied terms of his contract . |
| 25 | It could be said that by doing so he was simply in some way earning his living . |
| 26 | But you have to be careful that by doing something like that you 're not making life completely onerous |
| 27 | ‘ I believe that by doing sports , eventually I wo n't want to smoke , ’ she predicts . |
| 28 | ‘ He genuinely felt that by doing this he was helping others , and something good might come out of his suffering . ’ |
| 29 | Ponyboy feels he should become tough to fit in with his friends , but soon realises that by doing this he would never achieve a better life . |