Example sentences of "[be] done [subord] the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , we think there is still a great deal to be done before the Bar is adequately recognised abroad , and gains the full benefit of such recognition in the now hugely enlarged international legal markets . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne tossed her head at this , and repeated that it was all nothing — ‘ And really you should not make such a fuss over so little ’ — but all the same she was happy to let Matey help her up to bed ; she felt strangely weak , and the thought of Sunday lunch and washing up , and all the work to be done before the day was over , made her feel worse than ever . |
| 3 | A cracking performance at the Lytham Trophy , where he finished fourth , could have heightened his chances , but a great deal more needs to be done before the side is chosen at the end of June . |
| 4 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 5 | This can be done when the wash is still wet . |
| 6 | In other circumstances all that needs to be done if the transaction is a domestic one , whereby , say , a shareholder transfers his holding as a gift to a member of his family or sells it to an acquaintance , is for the transferor to hand over to the transferee a signed share transfer together with the share certificate which the transferee will lodge with the company and the register will then be amended by adding the transferee and noting that the transferor has ceased to be a member or shareholder in respect of the shares . |
| 7 | How can this be done if the patient is 50 miles or so from home ? |
| 8 | Hall defended the action he had taken and proposed that ‘ during the recess , to look at the designs which had been approved by the judges , and endeavour to ascertain the expense of carrying them out ; but nothing further would be done until the House was informed on that point ’ . |