Example sentences of "[be] done [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little else had been done to harmonize or soften the concrete 's grey immensity . |
| 2 | However , apart from the pioneering Ipswich project and Glasgow 's Kent Road Cabinet Works scheme , elsewhere in Britain little has yet been done to promote , or to try to demonstrate , the advantages of re-using redundant factories as dwellings . |
| 3 | Over recent years much work has been done to promote more positive images of women in mathematics , but this does not seem to have developed into a comparable awareness concerning race or class . |
| 4 | Studies have been done to assess how effective it is . |
| 5 | Such major physical impacts are fairly easy to assess , but not enough work has yet been done to assess the effect of visitors on wildlife itself , though it is known that shy species will decline , while common species will often increase , and that fauna both on land and in water will decline faster than flora ( Liddle and Scorgie , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Noting that despite the evidence of academic and government reports , which had pointed to widespread discrimination against young blacks , very little had been done to remedy the position , Scarman concluded that : ( a ) many young blacks believed that violence was an effective means of protest against their conditions ; and ( b ) far from the riots being a meaningless event , they were ‘ essentially an outburst of anger and resentment by young black people against the police ’ ( Scarman , 1981 , paras . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ This is apparently against prison regulations , but little seems to have been done to enforce the rule . ’ |
| 10 | Since then much has been done to improve and protect the area including a new information and exhibition centre and picnic areas . |
| 11 | However , little has been done to highlight their attractions for big plcs . |
| 12 | Erm the darkening of the edges , I suppose that 's been done to create a little more atmosphere in the picture , and I think it possibly does . |
| 13 | Detective Inspector Alan Brown said it had been done to create more addicts but resulted in a trebling of the number of fatalities . |
| 14 | Chris Davis , managing director of a Liverpool manufacturing company , said not enough had yet been done to restrict union power . |
| 15 | What has been done supplies the framework of justification for what is to be done . |
| 16 | She guessed that , whatever had been done to minimise the damage , he 'd have a headache by now , and she could n't stop herself feeling an immediate pang of sympathy . |
| 17 | He had fully intended to tell her exactly what he thought of her disgraceful conduct , for he had no doubt at all that what had been done had been done deliberately . |
| 18 | Should of been done had n't it ? |
| 19 | It was obvious that the plane had been repainted before its journey and Whitlock suddenly wondered if it had been done to erase the memories of the previous regime . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Nothing , however , had been done to implement the proposals when , in March 1778 , the French signed a treaty of friendship with the Americans . |
| 22 | Most of this work has been done using a standard binocular light microscope with variable ×8 to ×40 magnification , but extensive use has also been made of the scanning electron microscope . |
| 23 | It can be used to cast off a group of stitches at , say , the last row of the shoulder ( when the shaping has been done using the holding position ) . |
| 24 | For atoms and diatomic molecules , emission spectroscopy using discharge excitation is very useful , but for larger molecules most work has been done using absorption techniques . |
| 25 | When this operation has been done according to the conventional wisdom you then decide whether you like where you are apparently going to end up . |
| 26 | The public expenditure cuts forced on the government in 1947 and the false sense of security that enough had been done led to less vigorous reinforcement of regional policy programmes . |
| 27 | Something had already been done to mend its path of devastation . |
| 28 | I imagined that this might have been done to obliterate a directional ‘ fix ’ to throw treasure hunters off the scent . |
| 29 | Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help . |
| 30 | It believes more should have been done to ease the severity of the jobless situation . |