Example sentences of "was do [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This was done with a complete focus on shareholders of the corporation , ’ he insists .
2 It was done with a scornful glance at Keith and then a grin of agreement at Mrs Hollins .
3 And that was done with the new ball .
4 This was done with the frigid politeness of two people who do not like each other , know they do not like each other , but have never let that dislike come out into the open .
5 This was done with the best of intentions , to stop consumers damaging such records with mono pickups , but it opened the floodgates to many types of fake-stereo records in the following decades .
6 ‘ It was done with the best of motives .
7 In the Chilean case , as is well known , this was done with the active collaboration of the US government and TNCs .
8 The meta-analysis was done with the statistical technique which gave either the highest p value for association or the lowest p value for heterogeneity ( Cochran 's method , Mantel-Haenzel method , Peto 's method , difference of rates , logarithm of odds ratio , Der Simonian 's method ) .
9 And it was done with an extraordinary vault of achievement .
10 This was done on a haphazard basis , so that a Peruvian Indian from the Andes could be issued with papers proving beyond legal doubt that he had in fact spent all his life in Godalming .
11 ‘ It was done on a manual Adler typewriter , a machine about ten years old .
12 If that was done on a national scale we would wipe out this disease .
13 Flow cytometric ( Coulter Electronics , FL ) analysis was done on an Elite Dual laser machine with forward- and side-scatter gates set to exclude non-viable cells .
14 Cooking was done on an open , charcoal-burning stove , built at waist height , often in the corner of the kitchen .
15 The latter was done on an old cooker which was based on the storage principle .
16 The first one was done on an hourly basis , it 's the second one , where your Lordship applied the multiplier of two and half to a figure taken from Miss calculations of of thirty six thousand pounds one hundred and fifty .
17 At first , much building was done on the cheap .
18 This reduced price roughly equated to a 6% interest rate , which was passable in the 1960's , and was done on the recorded and explicit understanding that playing bondholders paid the full subscription ; although not obliged to do so it was regarded as a ‘ moral liberty ’ .
19 The reason for that is it was done on the old viewing system .
20 As for naval campaigning , much of it was done at a great distance .
21 Everything was done at a leisurely tempo .
22 That was done at a previous meeting , it was
23 The proposals were to be put before the congregation and this was done at a Congregational Tea in the Town Hall on Thursday 5 May 1966 at 7.30 pm .
24 If your camcorder has twin speeds , it might be a good idea to repeat the exercise at the LP speed , assuming the first recording was done at the standard speed .
25 Penguin 's chairman Trevor Glover , while unconcerned about the poor American turnout , said he doubted that much real business was done at the fair .
26 However , the damage was done at the discontinued line which simply reflects the fact that we had er , Elserver in for two and a half months in nineteen ninety one , as opposed to twelve months the year before .
27 Washing was done to a final stringency of 0.5 SSC , 0.1% SDS , 65°C .
28 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 .
29 And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that .
30 Probably by saying that he only supplied what custom dictated as appropriate to the social status of the deceased , and that everything was done for the complete satisfaction of his client .
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