Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although traditional shopfronts add charm and individuality to high streets , unprecedented damage has been done over the last century . |
| 2 | The main problem when using crimps is you ca n't actually see whether any damage has been done to the main line when the pressure is applied to the crimp . |
| 3 | ‘ Checking to see how much damage has been done to it , ’ the Doctor said with some irritation . |
| 4 | In the past much damage has been done by taking moulds from sculptures in museums and elsewhere . |
| 5 | Close provides a perfect English accent and mimes convincingly to the singing of Dame Kiri Te Kenawa but not all the dubbing has been done with such care . |
| 6 | The most illuminating insights in philosophy are almost invariably the simplest , and a great deal of my most original thinking has been done in response to the innocence of my pupils — particularly of first-year students who are still philosophical virgins . |
| 7 | So a great deal has been done by the Scottish Office . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Funding has been withdrawn from Bristol and other similar therapeutic centres , and immense harm has been done to what was perceived as a growing trust and co-operation between alternative and orthodox medicine . |
| 10 | Curators feel that much harm has been done by the museum 's failure to articulate two indisputable facts . |
| 11 | Since then much research has been done into the basic biology of badgers as well as the epidemiology of TB in badgers and cattle . |
| 12 | Little research has been done into the problems generated by quota sampling since studies over thirty years ago pointed up some major problems ( Moser and Stuart 1953 ; Stephan and McCarthy 1958 ) . |
| 13 | Very little research has been done into its cause among adolescents and adults . |
| 14 | For example , Spears ( 1982 ) states that little research has been done on the cost of rehabilitation of severely eroded hillsides . |
| 15 | Very little research has been done on the literature guides and only one on their use by students , so all we have is speculation . |
| 16 | Despite the Gulfs long history of oil pollution , little research has been done on the long-term impact on marine life there . |
| 17 | A good deal of observational research has been done on what goes on in classrooms , including language classrooms . |
| 18 | No recent research has been done on the subject but my own experience suggests GP racing produces heart and breath rates matching those experienced during prolonged high speed running . |
| 19 | Yet , as Newton ( 1976 , p. 148 ) reminds us , while the ‘ dictatorship of the official ’ thesis has ‘ a certain commonsense plausibility … it has very little empirical evidence to support it … because little research has been done on the subject ’ . |
| 20 | While no systematic research has been done on language use within families in the Bradford Dominican community , Tate considers that her informants , who were Rastafarian members of a band , had competence in JC on a par with natives of Jamaica ( Tate is herself Jamaican-born ) . |
| 21 | What research has been done on their effects , especially in the United States , suggests that their importance is primarily as a reinforcing rather than a realigning agent . |
| 22 | From this community they have spread out and have now become a part of LE for adolescents and children of all races , though perhaps ( no research has been done to my knowledge ) only in areas where there is significant contact between the black and white communities . |
| 23 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
| 24 | Much of this research has been done by TV advertising agencies and TV organizations themselves — so we can only assume that they have used it to shape their programs to appeal to that level of consciousness . |
| 25 | What little research has been done in this area suggests that the proportion of deprived youngsters heading for the great outdoors is disproportionately low . |
| 26 | Although religious educators often refer to religion in the lives of children and young people , and recommend that religious education draw on this experience in their teaching , little research has been done in the area . |
| 27 | It is possible that the experiment had been done by an American embryologist many years earlier but its significance was overlooked . |
| 28 | Some of Peckinpah 's behaviour arose from his view of himself as a victim of the movie industry , because as much violence had been done to Major Dundee ( 1965 ) and The Wild Bunch ( 1969 ) as to the characters in them . |
| 29 | Over the years particularly prior to the formation of the BCRS considerable research had been done on the BCR and its influence on the area it served . |
| 30 | By the 1970s , the " West Indian language problem " had been probed and discussed by educators and policy makers , but still rather little actual research had been done on the language of the Caribbeans . |