Example sentences of "[det] has [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But little has been done . |
| 2 | Although we have a clearer picture than we did of long-term changes in demography and household structure , little has been done to fill out the picture in terms of living experience . |
| 3 | Surprisingly little has been done on identifying the needs of managers . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , apart from the papers quoted above , little has been done to distinguish immature from adult digestive processes . |
| 5 | Much has been written on the larger species of mammalian predator and their importance as bone accumulators , but little has been done on predators of small mammals . |
| 6 | Little has been done by countries to implement the code and industry 's feathers remain ruffled . |
| 7 | However , little has been done to highlight their attractions for big plcs . |
| 8 | In two decades remarkably little has been done to alleviate the conditions of some of the poorest city citizens , who personified the unacceptable face of the urban crisis , even if the terms of the debate itself have changed dramatically . |
| 9 | But still very little has been done : only medieval Lincoln and modern Brighton have had some attention recently . |
| 10 | Most of this increase stems directly from government policies and , although some extra resources have been allocated for 1990/91 and 1991/92 , little has been done to remedy the situation . |
| 11 | Little has been done on the ecology of deep-sea species apart from observations on certain conspicuous species such as Ophiomusium lymani in the course of more general studies ( Barham et al. |
| 12 | Work has been done on contamination of fish and water and air , but little has been done to study it 's effect on the human population . |
| 13 | I am dismayed that so little has been done to decentralise , when so many other EC countries have clearly felt the benefits , both economic and political , of taking the decentralised route . |
| 14 | Painfully little has been done specifically to tackle car crime , which is a major aspect of youth crime . |
| 15 | However , although the UK government and others have a variety of policies designed to encourage and stimulate innovation , rather little has been done to assess the effectiveness of these measures , or to consider them in a broader context of structural change and adjustment in a mature industrial economy . |
| 16 | In Britain , archaeology has thrown a great deal of light on the Dark Ages : but British students , when they turn to the ninth-century Continent , are in for a disappointment , for relatively little has been done . |
| 17 | Very little has been said about the boom in modern prints . |
| 18 | Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions . |
| 19 | WHILST much has been said about the abilities of the players , the coaches , the referees , the managers etc , little has been said about the standards of journalism . |
| 20 | Very little has been said about what actually happens or , at least , there are still few readily available accounts of school evaluations conducted by teachers . |
| 21 | In this chapter I shall write only about women in the last group and their position in the British labour market since very little has been written about them . |
| 22 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 23 | So far relatively little has been written about the use of review meetings or family meetings in work with elderly people , although their value in practice is increasingly being recognised . |
| 24 | The work of women in both the RFC and RAF ( WAAF ) has of course been fully documented , but little has been written on the subject apart from in propaganda and other official literature . |
| 25 | Little has been written on the subject since then , but one may infer from the few remarks that are made on it that psychologists are no longer so impressed by ‘ the insuperable logical difficulty ’ James believed there to be in the way of saying that the difference between sensations may be one of ‘ place pure and simple ’ . |
| 26 | Although comparatively little has been written about the professions in the UK there are those who see these occupations in the same altruistic light . |
| 27 | In contrast , very little has been written on the presence of a risk premium for index futures . |
| 28 | Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment . |
| 29 | The ‘ state of the art ’ of soil conservation is clearly in a sorry mess : ‘ The need for soil conservation was emphasised by Bennett ( 1955 ) , Jacks and Whyte ( 1939 ) and many others … but so little has been achieved that most recent reports … are virtually undistinguishable in factual content and sentiment from the earlier studies . ’ |
| 30 | In this climate of caution and introspection , little has been achieved in the decade since 1977 . |