Example sentences of "that [prep] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | But then again , Pontius Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus and thought that in doing so he had got rid of him . |
| 9 | There was a feeling that by doing so I was siding with the white community , not showing solidarity with my own people . |
| 10 | It is only that by doing so , the accounts are reflecting the economic reality more closely . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We have locked them away , in the vain hope that by doing so we could make them disappear . |
| 13 | ’ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It could be said that by doing so he was simply in some way earning his living . |