Example sentences of "[pron] [be] done [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a prospect the Rowes dread and one which adds weight to Jan 's claim that unless something is done to eliminate the badgers carrying TB , there will never be a long enough period between outbreaks in the herd to do any sensible farming . |
| 2 | Unless something is done to reverse the effect of such early programming , the former child will grow up to be nervous and unsure while the latter is likely to have no confidence in himself whatsoever . |
| 3 | Could nothing be done to restore the traditional balance of advantage to the defender ? |
| 4 | The officers in the merchant bank , who know of the proposed take-over , and whose knowledge is itself unpublished price sensitive information , may deal , or counsel , or procure others to deal , provided it is done to facilitate the completion or carrying out of the transaction , that is , the bid . |
| 5 | It is done to keep the ball low , and can increase backspin , almost as is the clubhead is being dragged through the shot . |
| 6 | What is curious about Carnot 's work was that it was done using the obsolescent theory that heat was a weightless fluid , driving a steam-engine like water driving a water-wheel . |
| 7 | But we think , ’ Rose said , ‘ it was done to disguise the fact that the poison that killed Sir Thomas was not in the entrée at all , but in another dish . |
| 8 | Nothing is done to prevent the snake from eating a frog : each frog merely does what it can to reduce its chances of being the unlucky one . |
| 9 | The B Specials were not disbanded , nothing was done to reverse the gerrymandering of local government boundaries , and the great new development plans were side-tracked by traditional Orange discrimination . |
| 10 | William Craig , the Minister for Home Affairs , refused to take the advice of moderates to ban the Paisley demonstration and although there was a considerable police presence , nothing was done to stop the Paisleyites blocking the civil rights marchers . |
| 11 | So what is going wrong , and can anything be done to prevent the situation becoming worse ? |