Example sentences of "[adj] was done [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This was done with the best of intentions , to stop consumers damaging such records with mono pickups , but it opened the floodgates to many types of fake-stereo records in the following decades .
2 This was done with the frigid politeness of two people who do not like each other , know they do not like each other , but have never let that dislike come out into the open .
3 In the Chilean case , as is well known , this was done with the active collaboration of the US government and TNCs .
4 This was done upon the eldest son attaining the age of 21 years .
5 This was done in the early part of the summer and was just disclosed .
6 This was done in the following ways : ( a ) By extending the concept of legal right .
7 When the king commanded deer to be taken for his use in the royal forests it was usually the warden 's responsibility to see that this was done in the proper manner .
8 This was done after the basic stress analysis work had been carried out .
9 Most of it was done in the seventies , some was done in the sixties .
10 Much was done by the upper classes to cultivate the political awareness of the population at large , through various forms of propaganda ranging from tracts , newspapers , sermons , through to public celebrations and civic rituals .
11 And that was done with the new ball .
12 That was done by the Tory press .
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