Example sentences of "was made [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was made FRSL in 1947 .
2 Cenwulf 's brother Cuthred was made sub-king of Kent no later than 801 , and they granted land there jointly and individually until Cuthred 's death ( 807 ) .
3 His eldest son , Prince Edward , was made Duke of Cornwall , the first time a dukedom had been conferred in England , and six new earls were created .
4 One privilege of his Gascon subjects was that the duchy could never be alienated to anyone except an eldest son — hence the outbreak of conflict under Richard II when John of Gaunt ( the king 's uncle ) was made duke of Aquitaine ( 1390–4 ) .
5 Shortly after the commission 's report was made public , Alan Soloman , a computer virus expert , invited hackers , and those whose business it is to keep them out , to a tournament which will test the expertise of both sides .
6 The news that Karen and I were married was made public at a buffet brunch given by Thomas and Lynn Carter to which we had been invited — or rather Karen had been invited , and had asked if it would be all right to bring me along .
7 But Downing Street mandarins grew so alarmed at reports of a snub yesterday that the text of private diplomatic traffic , a telex sent by Mr Clinton on Saturday , was made public .
8 Waite does not admit it , but author Con Coughlin says the Anglican envoy was introduced to Spiro before North 's arms for hostages deal was made public .
9 Last week — when the text of a sensational phone call alleged to have involved Charles and Camilla was made public — he issued an unprecedented statement supporting her .
10 On the day the inside information was made public , the price of the share concerned jumped to reflect it .
11 The agreement to develop Vines for SCO was made public at last year 's SCO Forum .
12 A letter was made public in which Mr Frohnmayer submitted his ‘ resignation ’ , effective 1 May .
13 When the current petition for amendment of the trust indenture was made public , Glanton also circulated a letter , dated 24 January 1992 , from National Gallery director J. Carter Brown , detailing the gallery 's willingness to assist the tour , and endorsing the Barnes trustees ' ‘ active course to assure the institution 's future ’ .
14 According to Mason , ‘ The foundation was set up six months ago before the Canaletto 's sale was made public .
15 This decision was made public on 27 May this year when the auctioneers filed a motion in the New York Supreme Court seeking to be discharged from current litigation over the silver 's ownership involving Lebanon and Croatia , both of whom claim it was smuggled from their territory .
16 it was years before the full story was made public .
17 All the ducking and weaving since the report was made public has convinced no one .
18 The petition was made public at a conference in the House of Lords as part of a campaign by the Alert group which aims to meet growing concern about the threat of legalised euthanasia .
19 The scandal , dubbed " Danubegate " because of its similarities to the notorious US " Watergate " affair of 1972-74 , was made public on Jan. 5 at a press conference by members of the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) and League of Young Democrats ( FIDESZ ) .
20 In an attempt to formulate a credible political platform from which the JSP might successfully contest the forthcoming elections , a foreign , defence and economic policy review was unanimously approved during a meeting in August 1989 of regional JSP officials , and was made public during a press conference on Sept. 10 by JSP leader Takako Doi .
21 A new State Administrative Council ( Cabinet ) was made public on May 24 .
22 An internal document containing the European Commission 's official proposals for economic and monetary union ( EMU ) , prepared in anticipation of the intergovernmental conference scheduled for December in Rome , was made public on Aug. 21 by the Commission 's President , Jacques Delors .
23 On Sept. 15-16 a list of 68 names of Volkskammer and government members alleged to have worked for the Stasi was made public .
24 On Oct. 26 a letter from 12 veteran FLN leaders was made public , calling for an emergency session of the FLN congress to discuss the country 's and the FLN 's future .
25 The government was further embarrassed in April , when a supposedly private car-telephone conversation between Benegas , the PSOE secretary-general , and other party members was made public .
26 US President Bush , in a letter to the US Congress which was made public on Oct. 26 , stated his intention to provide renewed military aid for Jordan ( cut off because of Jordan 's stance in the Gulf war — see pp. 38024 ; 38119 , 38311 ) .
27 A new State Administrative Council was made public on May 1990 [ see pp. 37455-56 ] .
28 A video recording of a visit made to North Korea in mid-May by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , and a team of inspectors , was made public on June 3 .
29 A list of goods on which the USA might impose punitive tariffs , covering about one-fifth of Chinese exports to the USA , was made public on Aug. 21 for discussion .
30 Significantly , the text of the Law of Succession was made public on 31 March , the eve of " Victory Day " , the anniversary of the end of the Civil War .
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