Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [adv] do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was generally done for the EC as a whole , and few attempts were made to estimate the redistribution effects of removing these trade barriers . |
| 2 | This was largely done by the process of ‘ enclosure ’ , the breaking-down of the medieval strip-farming system and its replacement by relatively compact holdings of almost rectangular fields ; it was not so much dependent on new farming techniques as on the more intensive use of ploughland and labour . |
| 3 | This was evidently done in the friendly but sharp exchanges in Kermode 's seminar in the early seventies . |
| 4 | Gooseberries and red and white currants can now be pruned if this was not done during the winter . |
| 5 | This was not done in the 1985 Act — with the result that it would be open to the Government not to comply with an order if it takes the view that the Tribunal 's decision clearly exceeds its powers under the statute . |
| 6 | With Augustus a jurisdiction was established , but this was not done within the formulary system or the existing structure of the civil courts . |
| 7 | I suppose this was partly to do with the heat — it is very hot here at present — but to tell you the truth I do n't remember very much about it . |
| 8 | Salsburg says this was never done for the NCI test , which throws doubt on the high percentage of compounds found to cause cancer . |