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Towards the end of the letter he says that employers locally—and this is true—are doing their damnedest to provide opportunities.
They are doing their damnedest to make sure that it does nothing.
They want the nation to prosper, but they do their damnedest to see that no one makes anything out of it.
Can he assure me that that is one of his objectives and that he will do his damnedest to achieve it?
At least we are doing our damnedest to sort out what we inherited.
We want only to provide them with employment, and we are doing our damnedest to secure that.
He has been doing his absolute damnedest—if that is a parliamentary expression—to remain and watch the match.
The police should do their damnedest to prevent that happening in order to get the co-operation that is to vital to the detection of crime.
