Example sentences of "[be] done to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Slade LJ continued by pointing out that , although the breach of a positive covenant is not always capable of remedy : Nevertheless , I would , for my part , accept … submission that the breach of a positive covenant ( whether it be a continuing breach or a once and for all breach ) will ordinarily be capable of remedy … the concept of capability of remedy for the purpose of section 146 must surely be directed to the question whether the harm that has been done to the landlord by the relevant breach is for practicable purposes capable of being retrieved .
2 Seeing that no serious injury had been done to the Chamden player , Darren settled on grabbing the referee 's notebook and booking himself .
3 Ignored by the guard , who was running towards the house after being startled into wakefulness , the Doctor eyed the cloud of grey smoke critically , wondering how much damage would have been done to the villa itself .
4 The attack was over , but how on earth could Shelley know what damage had been done to the heart muscle ?
5 The National Trust is currently undertaking a structural survey which will reveal the full scale of the damage , but it is already known that extensive harm has been done to the brickwork , windows and terrace .
6 Refusal ‘ Clyde Walcott , the match referee , was entirely satisfied that nothing illegal had been done to the ball at the Oval and we want to point out that there was no suggestion of it being tampered with . ’
7 Anyone capable of sight-leading a route protected by bolts without clipping them has the right to remove them ( a regular bolt hole closed by a rock dust/epoxy mix is virtually undetectable , and no meaningful harm will have been done to the crag environment ) .
8 We all know , and indeed can see with our own eyes , the damage that has been done to the countryside in pursuit of production .
9 The problem is often not just whether it is genuine or fake , but rather how much is original , and what has subsequently been done to the object , when , by whom and why .
10 As a result , in each instance , the harm that might have been done to the environment was at least delayed or controlled .
11 Considerable restoration has been done to the property recently .
12 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 .
13 The danger in being too rigid is that justice will not be done to the flexibility and complexity of human performance .
14 As Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ Honour must ever be done to the Tsar and Russian nation for the noble ardour and loyalty with which they hurled themselves into the war . ’
15 Will my hon. Friend confirm that he received representations from both the British Tourist Authority and the English tourist board about the damage that would be done to the industry by the restrictions on part-time working and on working hours which are so beloved of Labour ?
16 There were exceptions , recognised by the statute and the courts , but this was not such a case ; all that could be said was that economic damage , perhaps very severe , might be done to the defendant if publicity were not withheld .
17 It is also important to ascertain that if fixtures and fittings are to be removed from the property , that no damage will be done to the fabric of the walls , floors , ceilings , etc. ( g ) Home improvements Ask the client whether any additions or alterations have been made requiring planning consent in recent years .
18 On the one hand , business leaders agreed that something had to be done to the health-care system because the cost of covering their workers was eroding their profits .
19 Jazz here is ‘ about fidelity , about the sole real art there is , about what one must be true to , come hell or high water ; what must be done to the point of collapse ( Škvorecký 1980 : 8 , 20 ) ; and in Škvoreck ý's; own Czechoslovakia , the persecution in the mid-1980s of the ‘ Jazz Section ’ — which has supported rock and punk as well as jazz — confirms the subversive potency and ‘ alternative ’ status , still , of this music .
20 There will be a note of those jobs that require to be done to the property and also a valuation .
21 This is a difficult decision for the Ministero di Beni Culturali in Rome , and its new head Alberto Ronchey , as it is unable to provide all the funds for the extensive restoration work that needs to be done to the city fabric of Urbino to prevent any further deterioration .
22 Does my hon. Friend feel that justice could possibly be done to the coal reserves in that pit with such a small squad ?
23 However , these blades do increase the damage which can be done to the model when you get it wrong .
24 Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight .
25 The damage being done to the education system does not benefit anyone and certainly not the youngsters . ’
26 Does the Chancellor appreciate the harm being done to the economy by the 20 per cent .
27 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 .
28 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 " .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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