Example sentences of "something [modal v] be done " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swift was soon appointed dean of St Patrick 's in Dublin , though he assured Diaper : ‘ I will move Heaven and Earth that something may be done for you . ’ |
| 2 | With good will from Government , charities , housing associations and local councils , something may be done . |
| 3 | What matters is that something should be done to give us jobs and money to live on . |
| 4 | It 's been going on for long enough and I think something should be done about it , ’ he added . |
| 5 | It was about time that something should be done . ’ |
| 6 | It is recorded that on 4 January 1965 ‘ Mr R J Henderson said that he thought something should be done to start a Building Fund . ’ |
| 7 | FINANCIER George Soros 's £35 million donation to Bosnian aid agencies was generous but surely something should be done about the crazy money markets that allowed him to make so much money so quickly . |
| 8 | Once again , something should be done to remove the ugly spectacle of a Government department negotiating a compromise settlement that saves work all round , but which may lead to a claim by another department . |
| 9 | Something should be done about it . |
| 10 | Something should be done in that quarter . |
| 11 | Mrs Whitehouse was determined that something should be done , and arranged for a QC to visit the theatre and watch a performance . |
| 12 | When Telford Development Corporation began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes , a group of countryside wardens , foresters and a lecturer in 3D-design got together and decided that something should be done with the waste timber . |
| 13 | people do understand that there ar , if there 's a problem and you can do something about it without being a hero , as Mark said then something should be done . |
| 14 | ‘ Fortescue is hopping like a cat on hot bricks , demanding something should be done , but he has no more idea than I what can be done . |
| 15 | Will the Minister confirm that it is now five years since the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized , with tremendous loss of life , and two years since the committee for the research programme into the safety of roll on/roll off ferries said that something should be done about the safety of existing ferries — those built before 1990 ? |
| 16 | Local residents , the Thames Valley police and I were urging , long before the events of the summer , that something should be done . |
| 17 | I believe , however , that when it is felt almost unanimously in the House of Commons that something should be done — on a ’ no-line Whip ’ — Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer questions properly . |
| 18 | Something should be done . |
| 19 | Staff at the hospital accept that if parents felt pressured into treating their own children on the wards then they something should be done . |
| 20 | Something should be done . |
| 21 | There as you probably know are various groups who feel that they , ought to erm , they ought to take a stand because they felt that Port Meadow actually the character of Port Meadow was changing and ultimately the Council I think agreed with them , that something should be done and this was the action that was taken . |
| 22 | erm yes , erm it 's very sad that there are people , and something should be done about it , but if you were to have a society , a perfect society , where there was no need for people to sleep out rough , or to sleep rough , you would still find some people who would sleep rough . |
| 23 | Of course something must be done to reduce road congestion : revenue taken from road-users urgently needs to be invested in roads . |
| 24 | It 's all right to build bridges with South Africa , but if bridges are falling down in Wales something must be done about it . ’ |
| 25 | Something must be done , but nothing could be done , seems a fair summary of the commission 's conclusion . |
| 26 | It is more than mere style , something beyond the old ‘ something must be done ’ concern . |
| 27 | But Something must be Done , and I collar our captain , who is not in his office but enjoying a cigar on the pool deck with the purser . |
| 28 | Something must be done . |
| 29 | So difficult are they , in fact , that the debate usually begins and ends at the level of aphorism , with lots of commentators wringing their hands and saying that something must be done , while doctors , administrators , and others scramble to make sure that they get a bit of the action . |
| 30 | The only thing I do know is that something must be done to get her away from here … anywhere . ’ |