Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Isle of Man Coastal Path or Raad ny Foillan ( Way of the Gull ) is a route that does n't get half the publicity it deserves . |
| 2 | Our results show that the causal agent exits the wounded cotyledon when phloem translocation is blocked , so the systemic effect must either arise from a chemical signal travelling through a route that does not involve the transport of photosynthate , or a physical signal . |
| 3 | If one finds , as one sometimes does , that an Act contains a provision that does not make sense , it is only too easy to assume that it is the draftsman who has made an error . |
| 4 | and this is really sad , and he told me mum that he 'd been to a hairdressers and done it . |
| 5 | ‘ Pack a case and do n't be long — jeans , tops , a dress or two and perhaps one formal outfit . ’ |
| 6 | His brother Gavin frets him , and he has a longing for Gavin 's wife , together with a more urgent one for a teacher at the school , Alison Houston , who could be felt to lead him on a bit but does n't want to have a ‘ relationship ’ with him . |
| 7 | Then , after I 'd walked about a bit and done my errands I suddenly felt much better . |
| 8 | ‘ do a bit , look a bit and do it again ’ . |
| 9 | With a sigh , she rolled over and floated on her back for a bit and did her best to talk herself out of her feelings for Guido . |
| 10 | Note that in certain cases this has to be done as a formality and does not necessarily mean that there is anything suspicious about the death . |
| 11 | The leader slithers down the flake , places a runner and does the crux , leaving the hapless second the harrowing job of reversing the flake with the rope running downhill and the prospect of a major fall into space should he muff the moves . |
| 12 | It accepted that the administration of the Court ( and subsequently the General Assembly ) acting qua organisation , and not qua member States , had made a decision that did not comply with the formal requirements of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice , but held nevertheless that the Court had jurisdiction . |
| 13 | He says well I 'm not paying you for it , he says you put it on and it do n't work , he says well we want it back , he says well you take it back and put my parts on that you took off , he says we ca n't , he says well I 'm not paying you hundred and forty pound for a part that do n't work and he says , anyway he says er , are you sure it 's a hundred and forty pound he said , an oil filter cost ten pound at some places but they 're actually only two so if you di divide it by five that 's forty pounds , he says I 'll pay you forty pound , but I 'm not paying you no hundred and forty he said . |
| 14 | If ‘ life ’ is defined broadly ; perhaps , as we suggested earlier , as any kind of chemical system that can evolve adaptively , then it is possible to envisage life of a kind that does not involve water . |
| 15 | First , has the state conferred special benefits on the corporators such as to justify a right of intervention of a kind that does not exist in regard to other business forms ? |
| 16 | The world has invented many industrial processes which often create pollutants of a kind that do not occur in nature at all . |
| 17 | ‘ Scheduling , ’ he repeated blandly with a patience that did n't fool her for an instant . |
| 18 | Our ideas about faith were taken from my readings of Unamuno , and in this poem from one of the essays , ‘ Faith , Hope and Charity ’ , from The Tragic Sense of Life : ‘ A faith that does not doubt is a dead faith . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd like you to go on to a university and do music , but I think you 'll do that anyway , and I 'd like you to stop playing other instruments . |
| 20 | The French architect Philippe Robert 's new Terra Museum at Giverny , due to open in June , is another fine and thoughtful example of a building that does not pander to a public born with a Mickey gene . |
| 21 | It can enhance a building if done sensitively . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) If the defendant has delivered a defence but does not appear then if the plaintiff so requests and can give evidence of the facts and as to quantum , judgment may be given or alternatively directions ( Ord 17 , r 8 ) . |
| 23 | A positive aspect of such a map is that careful scrutiny of the data provides a more direct indication of the nature of a response than does the sequential presentation of information in verbal description . |
| 24 | If Jones has never heard of Tolstoy or read any of his books , it is meaningless to assert that Jones either likes Tolstoy as a writer or does not like Tolstoy as a writer . |
| 25 | You arrange the material into the order you want and have it photocopied , preferably using a photocopier that does the collating for you . |
| 26 | No I say Jim , I want a Chinese , I 'll write you a cheque but do n't cash it tonight please . |
| 27 | She took an almost cold shower , then pulled on a clean pair of jeans and found a T-shirt that did n't have too many paint stains on it . |
| 28 | Well , well that brings us on to those of you who do n't have a license and do n't drive , which is my sums are right something like twenty eight of you . |
| 29 | What , what do you do , what do the twenty eight of you who do n't have a license and do n't drive do ? |
| 30 | Is it actually a computer that does things , as opposed to a computer that you do things to ? |