Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] is [adv] do " in BNC.

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1 Fly fishing which is also done in fresh water but sometimes in saltwater .
2 The analysis of required skills ought in principle to have an ergonomics input but in practice it is usually done on the basis of experience of similar system designs in the past .
3 In industry it is usually done with portable meters which measure the electrical resistance between two needles pressed into the wood and thus give the answer much more quickly .
4 It is a report and valuation for mortgage and insurance assessment which is usually done in half an hour and consists of a general look at the property to see that it actually exists as described , and is not in a state of collapse or major disrepair .
5 Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing .
6 Failure may motivate the bright and able child yet discourage and handicap the child who is already doing poorly .
7 Should one get out of the business altogether in order to enter another business which is probably doing the same ?
8 It is inevitable that as continental markets become more streamlined business which is now done in Eurocurrencies in London may move back to national financial markets .
9 This is the reason that the ‘ equal-value amendment ’ was passed , which means that a woman seeking equal pay can compare herself with a man doing work of similar value , and not the more stringent condition of a man who is actually doing exactly the same work .
10 But at the same time it is surely doing more than assert what God is not .
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