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

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1 Washing was done to a final stringency of 0.5 SSC , 0.1% SDS , 65°C .
2 You know : the things youngsters stick on their cars to make 'em look like racers — but I 've never seen it done to a clapped-out old van before . ’
3 There are some things that do have to be done to a certain standard .
4 These exercises can be done to a strong rhythm , so choose a record that you will enjoy working out to .
5 Drawings were not done to a standard scale ; the metric system was just being introduced in France and its conquered territories , where it replaced a range of different miles , fathoms , feet and inches ; and there were no standard interchangeable parts , even nuts and bolts and screws being individual .
6 The immediate aim , especially for the average and more able pupils , should probably be to take what is done to a greater length than to introduce content that is new .
7 She spoke as she might have done to a nervous child .
8 Basically , I come to praise the positive steps taken by Health Ministers over the past five years , although in a minor way I will ask for reconsideration of a wrong done to a medical practice in my constituency .
9 The work must be done to a high standard as the Firm 's fee may depend on the asking price being achieved .
10 This company is well-known to us , and they know our equipment , and we are satisfied that any after-sales service work they carry out for us will be done to a high standard .
11 It is sensible for a contractor to apply for payment for work done to a specified date to limit the amount of funding required .
12 If injury is done to an unborn child , no duty is broken .
13 I remembered about acid rain , and what it had done to the noseless bishops in their crumbling niches , and the warning notices on this boarded-off turret : Condemned …
14 Not least among the contributions was the continual damage done to the terrible local roads by the movement of heavy carts carrying ore and finished products .
15 Also , can you give me any information on what , if anything , can be done to the standard gearbox other than fitting overdrive to improve its performance .
16 They spent much of the winter , from Palm Sunday until late August , in the centre of a chilly and miserable bay at what is now Puerto San Julián — a winter made doubly wretched by an appalling mutiny and the consequent executions and maroonings that Magellan ordered ; by the stranding and wrecking of the Santiago , which the Captain-General had sent on a sounding expedition ; and by the realization of the dreadful damage done to the remaining ships by the constant chomping and feasting of those plank-gourmets of the seas , the teredo worms .
17 But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man .
18 Let's have a look in and see what you 've done to the poor old thing .
19 and see what you 've done to the poor thing .
20 The answer is not difficult , if we remember that each meeting of the Assembly was different in composition from all others ; personal oratory and ascendancy , not party organization , decided the issues , and that is why the absence of Kimon mattered so much : he would have given his usual speech on the ‘ special relationship ’ with Sparta , urging that nothing be done to the Athenian constitution to which oligarchic Sparta would take mortal offence .
21 Clifford Smyth stresses the damage that would have been done to the electoral appeal of the DUP if it had been too closely associated with the Free Presbyterian Church and offers this as the main reason why the Presbytery of the Free Church refused to allow ministers other than Paisley and Beattie to stand as DUP candidates .
22 ‘ The Palace at the highest level is very angry at the damage done to the Korean trip and the wrong impression given that the Queen ordered Diana to go . ’
23 The only way to solve it is for something to be done to those four officers , something done to the Korean lady who shot the girl , something done to the Compton policeman who killed those two Samoan brothers …
24 ( c ) Property held by husband and wife and a third party In circumstances where the husband is to convey his interest in the house to the wife , little needs to be done to the legal title other than for the husband to retire as a trustee ; the wife and third party ( possibly her mother ) will be left holding the legal estate , the beneficial interests being " behind the curtain " .
25 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 .
26 They 're asked to make two still images showing what the townspeople might be feeling at this moment — first , about their success in getting the railway to the town , and secondly , about what they have done to the old man , who is now homeless .
27 The sooner the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister come to the Principality , the better : let the voters there decide who should have the credit for what is happening in Wales and also what should be done to the Conservative party in view of the deplorable levels of unemployment to be found in Wales .
28 Then he raised his wings and lifted himself up as Slorne had done to the very top of his cage .
29 But if you do get one you have to be careful you get one that 's done to the proper standard because some do n't work apparently .
30 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 .
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