Example sentences of "[verb] [been] done [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To disturb them after all the work that has been done over many years would be a disaster . ’ |
| 2 | Much of the Committee and Department 's work has been done through joint bodies such as the JCT and the NJCC , CIC and BPIC , and the Architect 's Council of Europe , and this collaborative activity is expected to grown . |
| 3 | It will certainly not be possible to totally reconstruct all the streets of an area at a cost of up to DM 1 million/100m as has been done for single streets in the past ’ |
| 4 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
| 5 | Close provides a perfect English accent and mimes convincingly to the singing of Dame Kiri Te Kenawa but not all the dubbing has been done with such care . |
| 6 | This comment is correct if the bleaching has been done with oxalic acid . |
| 7 | Some of his biology is not too sound ; his statement that the gulls of the northern hemisphere may be exceptional — ‘ In the majority of species such gradual variation is not seen , and all the members are equally interfertile ’ — seems based on a plentiful lack of knowledge of the work that has been done on geographical variation in many groups of animals , including birds . |
| 8 | There is , admittedly , a long tradition both in linguistics and in literary studies of analysing the works of individual writers , particularly literary writers , but relatively little work has been done on such areas of text studies as the conventions of non-literary writing within a community or the preferred patterns of organization in different types of discourse . |
| 9 | It has been extensively investigated for large mammals ( Brain , 1958 , 1974 , 1981 ; Voorhies , 1969 ; Sutcliff , 1970 ; Behrensmeyer , 1975 ; Klein , 1975 ; Hill , 1975 ; Shipman , 1977 , 1983a ; Behrensmeyer & Hill , 1980 ; Binford , 1981 ) , but little work has been done on small mammals . |
| 10 | Extensive numerical work has been done on turbulent flows . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe the importance of genetic influences has been diminished in the amount of work that has been done on environmental influences . |
| 12 | That the court can take such an initiative is well settled and indeed it has been done on several occasions in the past . |
| 13 | Little sociological work has been done on Scottish agriculture ; hardly any of it on large-scale capitalist agriculture which would permit comparisons with English , Canadian and American investigations . |
| 14 | This has been done on these triangles . |
| 15 | What is surprising is that so few feminist researchers in the sociology of education have chosen to look at higher education , when so much work has been done on secondary education and , to a lesser extent , on primary education . |
| 16 | We thank you for those in Exeter who have granted permission for the work that has been done on this church building , and for the help that has been given towards the planning of the new building . |
| 17 | Some work has been done on this topic in recent years , but this study will differ from previous approaches by linking the unemployment flows much more closely to the other flows in the labour market . |
| 18 | Follow up geophysical work has been done at selected sites to assess what water resources are actually present . |
| 19 | Most of this research so far has been done by private companies ( mostly American ) . |
| 20 | The September issue of Catholic Voice , our diocesan newspaper , carried an insert — four pages giving an overview of the diocese — what has been done by many people — clergy and laity — during recent years — what should be developed or initiated , together with a general account of the financial position . |
| 21 | Imagine wanting to live in that room , that awful room , with walls like dung-heaps , what has happened in there , what has been done in that room ? |
| 22 | Sometimes this seemed indicated , as when he told the legislature they must beware ‘ When we are freeing ourselves from one form of imperialism [ against those who would ] … bind us to another one which would swiftly undo all the work that has been done in recent years to foster … a free and independent nation ’ ; ‘ As we would not have British masters , so we would not have Russian masters . ’ |
| 23 | Much has been done in recent months to draw those matters to the attention of the Department and , as I said , I believe that Ministers have been listening . |
| 24 | This sort of survey has been done in many communities since the 1960s when it first became popular . |
| 25 | To date , some work has been done in several areas including planning and learning and induction . |
| 26 | Perhaps they have read or heard of some of the research which has been done in this field in recent years , and it has opened up their minds . |
| 27 | Very little work has been done in this field but there has been sufficient to reveal that the refinement of economic theory ( especially in terms of mathematical sophistication ) is akin to fashioning scalpels to cut through jungle when it comes to the real world of policy-making [ Graham , 1975 ] . |
| 28 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 29 | In this assessment of the sexual climate we may now look at some of the more reputable work which has been done in this country to analyse sexual experience and attitudes among our population . |
| 30 | What little research has been done in this area suggests that the proportion of deprived youngsters heading for the great outdoors is disproportionately low . |