CAMBIA, a research centre in Canberra, points out, the sequence of many individual rice genes has been known for years, but little has been done with them since the necessary tools have not been available.
The group has faced criticism from members in the past when it has been perceived to have done too little to protect the economic status of its members.
The army has always managed to expel the rebels from towns that have been invaded, but only after the damage has been done.
As a result, a debate has flared up about whether more prescribed burns should have been done before the overheated summer that Australia has experienced.
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What mobile and tablets have really done has been to make PCs more vital than ever before.
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Everything that we have done has been with full communication.
In a sense, what I have done has been production with a lot of international producers and the music has been very much dance music - not predominantly African, not at all African.
People have felt that planning is something that has been done to them rather than something in which they have had a say and a chance to influence.
Which has done what all of us in the industry said should have been done anyway.
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Most Democrats have no idea what has been done by the more wild-eyed radicals in their midst.
Welsh government animal experts have confirmed the damage has been done by badgers.
The problem this reveals of course is that only one country has in fact done what economists have been recommending.
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You have been -- the work that you have done has enabled me to do other things that are also, hopefully, important.
This year it has been the Democrats who have done the wedging.
We have taken I think serious steps to reduce civilian casualties and have done that, and that has been effective.
We're not here to congratulate ourselves on what we have done but to challenge ourselves to finish what has not yet been done.
The anger and the frustration that the American people have at the fact that a lot of work has been done and they don't necessarily feel like their economic lives have progressed in the past year is understandable.
There have been periods when Congress has done even more in that period of time.
You have done everything that has been asked of you, and more.
"We have done everything that has been expected of us, " he said.
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Our correspondent says that for the third time in as many days, the pontiff has done what many Catholics have been asking for years.
R. 8 increases the tax rate on capital gains, and every time in American history that this has been done, tax revenues have gone down, not up.
Sonia Gandhi almost never gives interviews, although the few she has done on Indian television have been surprisingly open and direct, recounting the tragedy of her husband's assassination in 1991 and her own inclusive social ideals.
As you might expect, the cable industry has been taking measures to protect its business by asking the FCC to allow encryption of basic cable -- something that has never been done and that many have rightly opposed.
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It seems ominously consistent, moreover, with the sort of person who just might have done what it has been alleged Kerry did in order to secure undeserved medals in Vietnam and a trip home after only four-and-a-half months of his year-long tour of duty: manufacturing recommendations for decorations and end-running other officers who declined to approve them.
But gold has continued its run, and silver has risen even faster, and it has been a bit sobering to reflect that my portfolio would have done better if I had left well enough alone.
On Slugger O'Toole Mick Fealty has been pondering on whether Ireland could have done more to capitalise on its nearest neighbour's preparations for 2012.
As Carr observes in a sentence in which the passive voice is used, "a question has been raised whether the news media have done their job in keeping the American public informed" about the drone program.
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Of course, new-release naysayers have the same complaint, saying it has all been done before and twice as well.
It probably would have done even better if Disney has been able to persuade either Downey or Depp to take on the role.
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