Example sentences of "that [vb mod] be do [be] " in BNC.

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1 All that should be done is that , if that improbable and unlikely event ever takes place , the courts should decline to enforce the clause .
2 All that could be done was to work by analogy .
3 It is not very easy to arrange ventilation schemes when the designer has forgotten to do so and often the best that could be done was to arrange to leave the inspection doors open when on the ground .
4 So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) .
5 The best that could be done was to influence its shape in a way that gave the greatest help to the home market .
6 The best that could be done was to find a formula which , compatibly with this , gave something to the minority .
7 If the degree of rotation was very small , so that for each dot the nearest neighbour is its own image , this would not be surprising : all that need be done is to draw imaginary lines between all pairs of nearest neighbours , and those lines will circle the centre of rotation .
8 The most that can be done is that B may allow C to use his name to claim the money .
9 Clearly , therefore , there is no way in which oxygen can be obtained without any water loss : the best that can be done is to minimize the loss .
10 When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers .
11 The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is .
12 The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is .
13 All that can be done is to point to the factors that the courts commonly take into account when calculating the multiplier .
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