Example sentences of "[being] done [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DSM 's work has two purposes : to attempt to solve some of the practical difficulties associated with successful restoration , such as dampness and the type of pigments used in the paintings ; and to judge some the hypotheses put forward by art historians on their scientific merit ( this is being done with the plasterwork from St Servatius ) . |
| 2 | Mr Leslie Draper , her solicitor , said : ‘ She was appalled at the hardship following atrocities in Northern Ireland and was not convinced enough was being done for the people left behind . |
| 3 | WHAT 'S BEING DONE FOR THE 11,000 DEAF AND BLIND ? |
| 4 | Is it being done for the management , who have to justify it in terms of the policyholder ? |
| 5 | I should like to take this opportunity to emphasise that the work on the Iraqi material is being done for the United Nations and the IAEA . |
| 6 | In addition , they can be made to break off under a large side load and in so doing , perhaps prevent further damage being done to the fuselage . |
| 7 | Recently , however , it has been given added emphasis and urgency by the growing appreciation that the damage being done to the environment by the use of fossil fuels may require drastic restrictions on their use . |
| 8 | The damage being done to the education system does not benefit anyone and certainly not the youngsters . ’ |
| 9 | The fear was banished from his heart by pity for his fellow-countrymen and anger at what was being done to the little village of Granard that he had thought would be a haven of peace . |
| 10 | This may result in permanent damage being done to the previously friendly atmosphere of the classroom . |
| 11 | I think that they , you know , i i i i if there is da damage being done to the bridge , then we 've got to somehow address that in a different way . |
| 12 | By then the Government might be more receptive to financing new nuclear build because of increasing awareness of the damage being done to the environment by ‘ greenhouse ’ gases and acid rain . |
| 13 | Something very interesting is being done to the soles of my feet . |
| 14 | Does the Chancellor appreciate the harm being done to the economy by the 20 per cent . |
| 15 | Peace talks were set to resume in Caracas , Venezuela , on Aug. 26 between the government and the Simon Bolivar National Guerrilla Co-ordinating Group ( CNGSB ) , which had announced on Aug. 1 that it would suspend attacks on the country 's economic infrastructure , especially electricity pylons and oil pipelines , because of " the harm being done to the poverty stricken communities of the country " . |
| 16 | In our special reports this week we 've heard complaints of under-investment in railways , over-reliance on road building , and of harm being done to the environment . |
| 17 | They 're frequently mutants , because of the mating being done without the protection of the Enchantment . |
| 18 | And this one is a very interesting project because it 's being done under the director of , direction of Dr. Michael Eraut in the University , but it involves not merely the University but the East Sussex County Council . |
| 19 | Was enough being done about the vegetation ? |
| 20 | Hilary also reported that research is being done into the physiological and psychological aspects of breathing work and we will let you know the results that emerge from this study . |
| 21 | There is no sense here of any engagement with the writer on what the script should be like , nor does Hepworth anticipate substantial work being done on the text after his initial moments of introspection . |
| 22 | One of the two crew , the braver , told us it was on account of the work being done on the new landing stage that access was impossible . |
| 23 | At present little research is being done on the subject . |
| 24 | In particular , the government gave little attention to using its powers over investment to re-structure major sectors of industry , as was being done on the Continent and in Japan [ Estrin and Holmes , 1983 ; Hayward and Narkiewicz , 1978 ] . |
| 25 | There is an increasing amount of empirical work being done on the allocation of resources within marriage ; in this country Jan Pahl ( 1980 , 1983 ) and Anne Gray ( 1979 ) have concentrated particularly on the distribution of household income between marriage partners . |
| 26 | Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see . |
| 27 | The output was restricted due to work being done on the Main Boiler Pump Feed . |
| 28 | I 'd seen that being done on the telly the other night . |
| 29 | I heard a statement from the environmental health officer about what was being done on the environment , current position of the state , are we aiming to see that one ? |
| 30 | On the other hand , in another part of the press release , Ray Noorda ( the President and CEO of Novell ) makes a conflicting observation : ‘ This acquisition is being done at the urging of customers who have asked us to support the UNIX system directly and integrate it more fully within the Netware environment . ’ |