Example sentences of "do [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another reason for norm-referenced tests not providing a description of what a pupil knows and can do is the lack of clear specification of learning objectives , at least as far as the formulation of pupil performance on the test is concerned . |
| 2 | We 've got to realise that there 's going to families out and about , and what we 'll do is the aircraft er I have n't seen the scenario on paper , but just off the top of my head , I can tell you that the aircraft will make their approaches to the base as if it were a real target . |
| 3 | What should be done is the level of housing allocated to Selby should be assessed in terms of whether it can be satisfactorily accommodated , and if it ca n't then it should n't be allocated . |
| 4 | Probably the only person really aware of how good a job has been done is the selector and the selector 's line manager . |
| 5 | How this is done is the process of pattern formation . |
| 6 | The hypertext system for which the implementation has been done is the UNIX version of the Guide hypertext system , which is a product from the University of Kent at Canterbury . |
| 7 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
| 8 | However , by section 10 of the Employment Act 1988 the immunity is withdrawn where the reason or one of the reasons for which the act is done is the fact or belief that the employer is employing non-union labour . |
| 9 | The nub of the technical job to be done was the control of land use . |
| 10 | What I was gon na do was the front here was gon na be red yeah ? |
| 11 | All you wan na to do is the ventilation on it . |
| 12 | Assuming that your machine has a standard sized case and existing motherboard the important calculation to do is the value of what you would keep and what you would throw away . |
| 13 | and er , so all I had to do was the tenons really and , and at least you know that they 're symmetrical |
| 14 | I 'd like the words when they 're crytalised … since thefirst thing my daughter ( now 19months ) learned to do was the arm movements to ‘ ooh aah Cantona ’ , I suppose I should teach her something new … perhaps I 'll modify the last phrase though ; - ) |
| 15 | What they do see me doing is the school run , shopping , cooking their meals and running the household . |
| 16 | Of course the thing really worth doing is the thing that is too difficult — ’ |
| 17 | The principal reason for so doing is the effect of statutory duties imposed on the landlord in respect of the provision of sanitary facilities in a multi-occupied building . |
| 18 | The first thing we 're doing is the County Council 's going to introduce a charge for people who attend Day Centres . |
| 19 | Erm I mean , you can see what he , what he intended doing was the plans were beautiful ! |
| 20 | In ( 119 ) the bare infinitive do is the equivalent of " who did " and it is only by means of the indefinite pronoun anyone that the speaker is able to generalize from the particular performance of the event do which was directly experienced . |
| 21 | All I , I do is the books . |
| 22 | Sometimes both came together : very few of our sample lived as far out of town as the mining village of Gilmerton , but one woman compositor who did was the daughter of a miner and in due course she married a miner herself . |
| 23 | What they did was the nurses and the doctors took over the ward . |
| 24 | His face wore that concentrated look she had grown used to , as if everything he did was the focus of all his energies — like the look when he 'd taken her in his arms and made his kiss seem the still point of the entire universe . |