Example sentences of "may be done [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As with tensile and bend testing , torsion testing may be done under various stress or displacement programs .
2 So , please think carefully before you take an axe to any ivy and consider the harm that may be done to countless woodland birds and insects .
3 The political damage that may be done to governments by industrial conflict may be illustrated by the fall of the Heath government in the course of the 1973–4 British miners ' strike .
4 This may be done with the best intentions and will help empty the overflowing kennels , but mistakes can cause new owners some shocks .
5 This may be done with a reaper and binder or by scythe fitted with a special cradle .
6 If the work-force is unionised , this may be done with the union representatives on behalf of their members .
7 This may be done with the best intentions , but it can lead to frustration and arguments .
8 Common to them all is the fact that they are acted and are therefore simulations of reality , which may be done with varying degrees of realism or fantasy .
9 This may be done with the consent of the tenant and the leave of the court ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s38(4) ) .
10 All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects .
11 This may be done for a variety of reasons including someone 's anxiety that the original figures were just too unlikely to be reliable .
12 This may be done for rhetorical reasons and is a common ploy in politics .
13 Most merciful father who has told us to love you with all our strength and glorify you in our bodies , we commend to you for your continual blessings the hospitals of our land and those who serve in them prosper all that is being done in the healing of the sick , the conquest of disease and the training of doctors and nurses that your will may be done for the relief of suffering and the making of lives whole through Jesus Christ our Lord amen
14 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 . ’
15 This may be done for example by heating the layer radiatively through a grid of the appropriate geometry .
16 In Catholic and High Anglican circles it may be done on the basis of weekly attendance at Mass .
17 In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven .
18 I hope one day some research may be done on the subject .
19 ( This may be done on the spot or brought at a second visit . )
20 This may be done on the machine if it is available , or on a simulator or on some kind of mock-up of what the system will be like .
21 Genetic screening during pregnancy may be done on fluid or tissue samples surrounding the foetus which are obtained using amniocentesis or the newer chorion villi sampling ( CVS ) procedure .
22 Your doctor may want to carry out an internal examination to check the size and position of your womb , which will help indicate how far along you are , or this may be done at your hospital appointment .
23 This test may be done as an experiment in the laboratory , or by further data collection ‘ in the field ’ .
24 Skimming a chapter for its main ideas may be done over coffee .
25 In the case of ecclesiastical property this may be done through the church authorities ; in the case of other buildings it will be possible to consult with the agents who handled the commercial matters concerned ; these can be identified by consultation with the local authority .
26 It may be done through their general practitioner , or , if they are being discharged from hospital and obviously need help in the home , it may be arranged by the hospital social worker .
27 In such cases trading may be done through reciprocal dealing or swapping arrangements , with trade credit provided by a common bank or trading company .
28 This may be done through media education , grassroots actions , alternative models of media and other methods .
29 Alternatively , it may be done through linking rewards not to individual efforts but to organizational success and service .
30 This may be done through the employment of lawyers within the organisation or by the engagement of lawyers in private practice at the expense of the organisation .
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