Example sentences of "to be done for " in BNC.

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1 While preparing an early draft of the present chapter , the writer heard Bishop Cathal Daly of Down and Connor , a leading moderate among the bishops , respected by all except PIRA , repeat the adage that the Irish constitution was secular , implying that there really was little to be done for the moment .
2 There are hundreds of things to be done for tomorrow . ’
3 A decision to leave what is to be done for a particular child … to the school is not itself , in my judgment , a determination of the special educational provision for the child … which would necessitate the making of a statement .
4 Contained in the DNA are ‘ library rules ’ dictating what has to be done for the instructions for a particular protein to be taken out and ‘ read ’ .
5 What was to be done for Liselotte , who showed signs of severe mental stress from the age of five ?
6 I 'll not have my servants smelling like a cesspit , but there 's naught to be done for the present . ’
7 Sometimes this means taking a very definite stand on certain issues , but it has to be done for both your sakes .
8 Because of the division of labour , work soon became the perpetual repetition of a simple task , or the minding of a machine ; such work often had to be done for fourteen hours a day , six days a week , and there were no special provisions for the women and very young children who were considered especially suitable for work in the textile industries .
9 In early April 1946 U Sein Ywet and I did a seven-days tour in the Delta in which we visited two towns and ten villages , listening to government officers , elders , headmen , and representatives from nearly a hundred villages , which convinced me that much more needed to be done for the towns and villages outside Rangoon .
10 For some reason many professionals believe that they must do all they have time to do for people with problems , though without thinking through their view that this is ‘ good ’ professional practice : it tends to be done for its own sake .
11 Something had to be done for her .
12 Would you expect it all to be done for you now ?
13 it 's got to be done for safety purposes , please , for the infants .
14 There is much still to be done for our one profession .
15 I think I basically saw it as something that had to be done for the authority and not as something that was going to lead to any change .
16 If a separate PCR had to be done for each possible pathogen on each samples the work involved and the cost would be major drawbacks .
17 Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs .
18 erm I think in fact it would be better to ask Mr Bailey to explain what his concerns were erm I 'd just like to say first although initially it revolves around problems of drinking , I 'm looking at other issues of East Oxford , in that recently there 's been a great deal of concern about glue sniffing in sections there , and there have been various letters from residents in the local newspapers , and I think there 's a general level of problem for people living in East Oxford , and it 's not just that the people there want the streets cleaned up or whatever , they want something constructive and helpful to be done for people .
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