Example sentences of "[be] [adv] done " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The BBC has always been classified as the station which tells the truth and they should make sure their research has been properly done before they publish anything else . ’
2 If your cross-breeding has been properly done , you should find no beetles with pearl eyes in this F1 generation , as the pearl eye feature is recessive or " hidden " .
3 Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done .
4 ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done .
5 ( iv ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the work has been properly done .
6 You do it with your body just like it has been successfully done millions of times before throughout history .
7 It would have been mostly done by hand .
8 A good example is the first movement of the D minor Cello Sonata ( Vol. 1 , Disc 2 , track 4 ) , which has seldom been better done , except perhaps by Tortelier and Jean Hubeau on an old Erato disc which surfaced in the UK on a World Record Club LP about 25 years ago , as well as in Erato 's fine box of Fauré chamber music .
9 Still less does one know whether people tend to resist suggestions from a machine that go against their unaided habits , or whether they rapidly and thankfully accept that some things are better done by a computer .
10 Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms .
11 I find the Epigraphes antiques short of that elusive Debussyan charm which needs pianistic half-lights , and although the other shorter pieces on this disc are thoughtfully done ( for example , La plus que lente , Le petit nègre and the Danse bohémienne ) , one looks in vain for the special insight and sensitivity that would make these performances memorable .
12 I prefer to pass over these and the other Strauss songs with orchestra , where there is little improvement , although both Morgen and Wiegenlied , where no pressure on tone is required , are ingratiatingly done and better tuned than Nilsson 's accounts with piano .
13 What happened was that we began to do all kinds of things that are normally done to support a tour that you farm out , but we used to do it in-house , so we had our own publicity department , our own travel department — we booked our own flights and our own hotels , we did n't use a travel agency .
14 Such calculations are normally done daily and are published in financial and other quality newspapers .
15 The high proportion of false negative results obtained emphasises that imaging studies on infants are best done by those who perform them regularly and have developed skill in paediatric diagnostic imaging .
16 The four things John loves most in all the world are best done in bed : sleeping , fucking , reading , eating chocolate ice cream .
17 But the damage had been largely done .
18 Now they have eaten and drunk , taking turns from their one glass with the broken pedestal , smoked their short pipe , and are finally done telling their experiences of the past day .
19 Damage to the sculptures during the Revolution was considerable , but the restoration has been excellently done ( PLATE 62 ) .
20 Erm downward convergence are generally done to reduce embarrassment between people of different statuses .
21 ‘ Beds are already done , boys will do breakfast things when they get home .
22 I mean some of those some of those are already done are n't they .
23 The painting and decorating are already done .
24 A lot of them letters that come out are already done and you just delete
25 Before turning on the water supply it 's wise to check all joints : little things like forgetting to roll the flush-pipe gasket over the horn are easily done , and two gallons of water can make an awful mess .
26 Soil tests to discover the pH are easily done , and the kits for doing them are provided with instructions by several garden product companies , and stocked at garden shops .
27 If the original heading ( showing source , date etc. ) is removed from the message or if the body of the text is edited ( both of which are easily done on most systems ) then the original temper or content of the message can be radically or subtly altered .
28 Well , said Abrams , almost visibly squirming , he was not in his department , and things are not done that way .
29 The estates then come to be seen as ‘ ghetto ’ , ‘ sink ’ or ‘ residual ’ estates , where no one wants to live , where the repairs are not done , and only people who have no chance of being offered anywhere better are forced to live .
30 He also has the rather unenviable job of being the go-between between the leadership and us , which means he has to tell us any things which ‘ are not done ’ ( for example that I ill-advisedly introduced Confucius into one of my examples ) , and also has to clear any demands we make with the leadership .
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