Example sentences of "[noun sg] is done [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Since individual media are competing with one another this is , perhaps , hardly surprising ; but where much of the research is done under the auspices of joint committees representing agencies , advertisers , and media it is slightly frustrating that so little seems to have been achieved . |
| 3 | The Guardian 's piece is done by the former Middlesex fast bowler Mike Selvey . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Harm , and serious harm is done to the memory of Pope John when one attributes to him attitudes he did not have . |
| 6 | He argues that most harm is done by the state 's imperviousness to ordinary Peruvians . |
| 7 | Much of the routine preventive maintenance is done by the operators who use the machines . |
| 8 | As Table 10 shows , in some 81% of households where a woman works full-time the washing and ironing is done by the woman . |
| 9 | This has been changing , as more work is done on the Athenian Council ( Boule ) of 500 members , lists of whom have been turning up since the Americans began to excavate the agora in the 1930s . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The dikes get all the credit for keeping the water out , but most of the work is done by the natural wall of sand facing the sea . |
| 12 | The work is done by the national branches . |
| 13 | Although the ADC has a Tory majority , most of the work is done by the ‘ Big 11 ’ ( cities like Swansea and Hull ) , of which six are Labour , two Tory and the rest hung . |
| 14 | The negative sign in the equation is necessary because work is done by the system . |
| 15 | No work is done in the fields today and Kalchu is sitting in the sun , making a necklace of marigolds by sinking a needle into the yellow hearts and sliding them together along coarse black thread . |
| 16 | We have a very lively time at Conference , we er conduct our business very differently from most of the Party Conferences , most of the work is done before the main debates in workshop sessions . |
| 17 | Note that the function of the object-glass is to collect the light , and all the actual magnification is done by the eyepiece . |
| 18 | But of course , as you and er , er er , rightly said , in an analysis you would always be able to confirm these interpretations from the patient , because in the end , of course , psychoanalysis is done by the patient , the analyst does n't do it . |
| 19 | The twist is done from the waist and generates tremendous power . |
| 20 | A similar system of farming is done on the sandy parts of the Lancashire Plain but here the land has been improved by mixing the wind-blown sand with the clay beneath it . |
| 21 | And Cap Gemini Sogeti SA is already suffering from the fact that so much of its own and Hoskyns Group Plc 's business is done in the IBM mainframe world . |
| 22 | That 's because Jonathan will have just returned from Japan where he will have been learning how business is done in the Far East . |
| 23 | He is the head of a great Government office — what may be called the secretarial office ; he is ‘ the King 's Secretary of State for all departments ’ ; whatever writing has to be done in the King 's name is done by the Chancellor or through him and his officers . |
| 24 | So the whole day is done by the time you get started , so you can close out the foreign and even the U S domestic edition , domestic news , before you |
| 25 | Considerable service is done by the taking of actions which resolve points of law , but public officials can rarely bring actions and the legal aid scheme will not support an action unless the case also passes the merits test . |
| 26 | All Unix development is done in the UK , at Dun and Bradstreet Software Services Ltd , of Bristol . |
| 27 | It may also be that the agent would be asked to advise on the cost , and , as with civil legislation , costs in parliamentary matters can in appropriate cases be taxed under the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act , 1847 , and the 1849 Act on similar lines for the House of Lords , the only difference in Scotland being that taxation is done by the Auditor of the Court of Session . |
| 28 | The switch from one mechanism to the other is done by the stimulation of three light-sensitive cells between the big compound eyes on their heads . |
| 29 | Often in such cases publicity is done by the person who seems keenest and most likely to succeed . |
| 30 | Its particular advantage to the marketer is that it may be used without extensive training in mathematics or computer programming , since programming is done by the package itself when in operation . |