Example sentences of "work [vb -s] be [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Significant amounts of gas may have been generated , and it would be interesting to know whether geochemical work has been done on the gases found in Jurassic reservoirs to see whether any Palaeozoic contributions are present . |
| 2 | Though a certain amount of work has been done on the history of Africa 's media , there is room for research on a far larger scale . |
| 3 | Since then little work has been done on the loco by the small group of owners who like everyone else have been hampered by lack of funds . |
| 4 | Here again , a large amount of work has been done on the analysis of written discourse for students of ESP and EAP ( see , for example , Selinker , Tarone , and Hanzeli 1981 ) , but there is no reason why the same techniques can not be applied more widely to the production and processing of writing of more general interest . |
| 5 | As a second , hypothetical example , suppose that I was keen to make some contribution to human physiology or anatomy , and suppose I noted that very little work has been done on the weight of human earlobes . |
| 6 | All these studies acknowledge that Mills and Boon is a ‘ phenomenon in publishing ’ but little work has been done on the marketing and production side of a phenomenon which claimed a readership of 250 million worldwide during 1984 . |
| 7 | The harmful effects of unemployment on mental and physical health are well established , although much less work has been done on the effectiveness of various interventions . |
| 8 | Tourism and its influence on the environment is clearly of great interest to CPRW , however no recent work has been done on the subject . |
| 9 | Since wage pressure is the main factor impeding the reduction of unemployment much work has been done on the factors affecting this . |
| 10 | Previous research on government-industry relations has concentrated either on rapidly declining industries such as steel or high technology sectors such as microelectronics ; relatively little work has been done on the chemicals industry . |
| 11 | This means that work has been done on the system . |
| 12 | Already much work has been done on the impact of the single market on voluntary organisations . |
| 13 | Simmel 's work has been selected on the grounds that I consider it to be the most convincing analysis of modernity consistent with the concept of objectification as outlined here . |
| 14 | As discussed in section 8.4.3 , the bacterium Rhizobium spp. is one of the main bacteria involved in nitrogen fixation via its symbiotic relationship with leguminous plant species , and much work has been undertaken on the beneficial effects on crop productivity which may ensue if seeding with this bacterium is undertaken . |
| 15 | Tennis Courts Considerable work has been carried out to the pavilion but no work has been undertaken on the playing surface or the fencing . |
| 16 | Tennis Courts Considerable work has been carried out to the pavilion but no work has been undertaken on the playing surface or the fencing . |
| 17 | Paragraph seven making it clear put that an initial assessment has already established er it has already passed the preliminary assessment stage er and that er the director is undertaking the data collection procedure so that the site can be properly assessed and I do drawn er Mr attention er to that I erm have taken the opportunity during the last adjournment Chairman to speak to Mr about the appropriateness of the wording of his er er amendment and I believe that he he may wish to er move something which is slightly different er which will certainly er we 'll deal with that er if he does move that but er it clearly is the intention of this report and of the committee that when the work has been completed on the assessment of traffic calming measure in Shalford and its priority established , that we would then bring er another report er to the highways and transportation committee in response to this petition er as as indeed is set out in paragraph ten B and if Mr wished that to be brought forward through to council then that will be done but I leave to him if he wish to move an amendment to make it quite clear , since er I must say this motion is rather bland . |
| 18 | Since then most archaeological work has been concentrated on the fortifications , with all too little excavation being carried out in the interior , mainly because of the presence of modern buildings . |
| 19 | It is probably not an exaggeration to say that far more work has been published on the first type of task than on the second . |