Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [be] do [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This may be done for rhetorical reasons and is a common ploy in politics .
2 This may be done by grazing calves on new grass leys , although it is doubtful if this should be recommended for replacement dairy heifers , as it would result in a pool of susceptible adult animals .
3 This may be done by tight twisting , using small crocodile clips , or by soldering .
4 This may be done in various ways , but one simple and useful device is to adopt two auxiliary variables : unc and to write the equations in the form unc Then if we now write unc and unc proportional to exp unc and again seek the complementary function , the four equations may be written , with a little rearrangement , unc This equation can clearly be written in partitioned form as unc or unc where unc The quartic determinantal equation obtained from this first-order set of equations may be seen by inspection to be identical with that obtained from the quadratic formulation .
5 If the latter , this should be done in late summer or early autumn , when the main summer growth has flowered and is beginning to wither , but new shoots are just appearing at the base of the plant .
6 This must be done with open eyes .
7 This must be done with open eyes .
8 WATER TANKS AND PIPES Insulating water tanks is the next job and this can be done with special padded material , secured in place by wire , or with special ready-made padded jackets , or , if you have a standard-sized water tank , with special pre-cut packs of sheet insulation that are placed around the tank and secured with tape or wire .
9 Ideally , the diagnosis should be confirmed before treatment , and this can be done with capillary blood glucose test sticks .
10 This can be done through asymptotic deductibles .
11 All this can be done at minimal cost .
12 While one can see that a certain number of strategies might be conceived at corporate level before reference to the individual businesses , in general it is very difficult to see how this can be done at corporate headquarters unless the central authority has a careful analysis of the attractiveness and competitive strengths of the major SBUs .
13 This can be done in various ways .
14 This can be done in various ways , most of which can be found in eighteenthand early nineteenth-century fiction , but not used so artfully or extensively .
15 This can be done in various ways .
16 This can be done in slatted or packed towers or , if required , under pressure , by the injection of air .
17 This can be done in soft black pencil .
18 Providing that the construction logic is understood , this can be done by preserving work sequences in activities
19 Alternatively this can be done by decimal subdivision .
20 This can be done by direct road , passing through a number of attractive little towns on the way .
21 This can be done by direct measurements of the maximum dimension of a hundred grains through a calibrated eye piece graticule , or on a screen , followed by calculation of the standard deviation of these dimensions and application of a conversion equation which adjusts this value for the effects of random sectioning ( e.g. Harrell & eriksson , 1979 ) .
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