Example sentences of "[noun] [be] done to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Chancellor appreciate the harm being done to the economy by the 20 per cent . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In music of a definitely pictorial kind such as this , every effort must be made in the direction of realism , provided that no violence is done to the musical outline of the original . |
| 5 | At the very least it would ensure that no further harm is done to the child and at best , that his wellbeing was enhanced in every possible way ( p. 45 ) . |
| 6 | Harm , and serious harm is done to the memory of Pope John when one attributes to him attitudes he did not have . |
| 7 | Professor Hurstfield has argued that they were not , and that , provided no harm was done to the state , it would be anachronistic for the historian to object to them . |
| 8 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman agrees that it is crucial that approved contractors are used to ensure that the work is done to the highest possible standard . |
| 9 | A lot of work was done to the bridge in the years 1648–50 and an inscription on it states that it was ‘ built ’ in 1650 . |
| 10 | Thus Richard Dyer has argued of gay machismo that , by taking the traditional signs of masculinity and ‘ eroticising them in a blatantly homosexual context , much mischief is done to the security with which ‘ men' ’ are defined in society , and by which their power is secured' ( ‘ Getting Over the Rainbow ’ , 61 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The damage being done to the education system does not benefit anyone and certainly not the youngsters . ’ |
| 14 | This may result in permanent damage being done to the previously friendly atmosphere of the classroom . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The sexual act does violate the child , but the real damage is done to the psyche , wherein lies the trauma — the memory , the damage to self esteem . |
| 18 | It is when the claim to neutrality is seen , as it must be , as a sham that damage is done to the judicial system . |
| 19 | The problem here is not so much to prevent partners leaving before reaching retirement age ( any such general prohibition would be unrealistically restrictive in all but a few firms ) as to ensure that as little damage is done to the firm as possible when they do . |
| 20 | Michael was taken by ambulance from the place where the surgery was done to the Christie cancer hospital . |
| 21 | During the Second World War considerable damage was done to the docks by enemy action , and they have now been restored as part of the World Trade Centre , with the dock as a yachting harbour and the surviving warehouses used as trading floors with shops beneath , an imaginative example of redevelopment combined with conservation . |
| 22 | At this stage I noticed that two of them were ‘ pairing off ’ and defending a rock at one end of the tank , their main targets being the other chromides , although no damage was done to the ‘ victims ’ . |
| 23 | Damage was done to the playing surface by the Maltese team who played Scotland last month , and next week the ravages of time , climate and fixture congestion will worsen when Andy Roxburgh 's side play Germany in a friendly . |
| 24 | No one can represent fully the lives of those met during a case study ; nor can full justice be done to the complexity and the range of issues , interpretations and concerns experienced by each individual . |