Example sentences of "be done for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 2 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 3 | In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person . |
| 4 | And then , perhaps far back in the dim Permian Age , sufficient harm might be done for the further development of life forms to cease . |
| 5 | One of their spokesmen warned in January 1933 : Unless something is done for the American farmer , we will have revolution in the countryside within less than twelve months . |
| 6 | Probably by saying that he only supplied what custom dictated as appropriate to the social status of the deceased , and that everything was done for the complete satisfaction of his client . |