Example sentences of "[verb] [been] make [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Buxtehude , which is studied first , is most interesting for the way in which an attempt has been made to treat a large area of a small town , ranging from centre to suburb . |
2 | The video has been made using a highly-experienced cast of comedy actors and a top television light entertainment director . |
3 | This is believed to be the first time that an attempt has been made to compile a complete statistical record of Soviet economic development assistance to the less developed countries since it started on a formal basis in 1954 ; by 1983 such assistance had gone to a total of 57 countries . |
4 | Every effort has been made to produce an accurate list . |
5 | As Dunsire ( 1982 , p. 21 ) has written , ‘ the bargaining network model has been made to look a little shop-soiled … |
6 | An application has been made to establish a hot food shop adjacent to the chip shop . |
7 | With the introduction of general management , an attempt has been made to address the clinician-management interface directly and to challenge formally , at least in theory , the tight grip of doctors over the NHS as an organisation . |
8 | An attempt has been made to identify a similar system in Britain , comprising the sequence of five intermediate stations which lie along Watling Street between Towcester and Wroxeter , at Red Hill , Penkridge , Wall , Mancetter and Cave 's Inn . |
9 | Nevertheless , an attempt has been made to identify the theoretical differences that are emerging . |
10 | ‘ A very positive start has been made to unlock the enormous potential of new routes to central Europe . |
11 | Returning to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Normanton , those of us who have constituencies north of London are anxious to ensure that when the channel tunnel opens in 1993 — that is the only certainty in the project — at least some attempt has been made to provide the essential services without which areas north of London will receive no benefit from this enormous project . |
12 | Although considerable effort has been made to develop an automatic release for the towplane , the problems are not as simple as they might at first seem and so far no really satisfactory technical answer has been found . |
13 | In fact , if it had n't been for Granpa I would n't even have been made to attend the local elementary school in Jubilee Street , and ‘ attend ’ was the right word , because I did n't do a lot once I 'd got there , other than bang the lid of my little desk and occasionally pull the pigtails of ‘ Posh Porky ’ , the girl who sat in front of me . |
14 | This person should have been made to feel the full weight of the law . ’ |
15 | And , despite Korda 's avowed belief in ‘ lightness ’ , little effort seems to have been made to mute the pompous misanthropy evident in the company 's two H. G. Wells adaptations . |
16 | The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use . |
17 | In 1918 , an attempt had been made to form a British Screen Club to influence the press in favour of British films . |
18 | If it had been down to that one offence , Daine would be in court for ever , kept on life support until the end of the trial , or until the judge ruled that enough medical alterations had been made to render the accused legally another entity entirely . |
19 | He had always banked on being good enough to play another Test match , even if he had been made to serve the full five-year ban . |
20 | The 32-page response , ‘ Making the Right Choice — A Quality Public Service ’ , concluded that no convincing case had been made to change the present arrangements . |
21 | For several years , a sustained attempt had been made to inject the institutional and cultural life of the nation with market philosophies and business values , to galvanize national complacency with the short , sharp shock of enterprise . |
22 | Although some efforts had been made to study the world-wide distribution of plants in the eighteenth century ( chapter 5 ) , the real founder of botanical geography was Alexander von Humboldt . |
23 | The heavy wooden door had been made to stand the occasional arrow from a dissatisfied Indian . |
24 | As the attached memorandum indicates , a large number of arrangements had been made to ensure a worthwhile programme , and representatives of all the other UK Links had agreed to attend our meeting . |
25 | Bernard Arenson , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs , claimed that the relaxation had been made to assist the poor in Haiti who had suffered unduly from the effects of sanctions depriving them of jobs and wages . |
26 | I 've been made to look an awful fool … so humiliated … |
27 | Attempts have been made to link the main periods of construction with known historical events , such as the bid of Clodius Albinus for the purple , first proposed by Dr Philip Corder in 1955 , developed by Professor Frere and now accepted , with reservations , by Mr Wacher following earlier doubts . |
28 | Many attempts have been made to compile a genealogical tree showing the relationships of these animals to one another and to man . |
29 | However , after the event several attempts have been made to estimate the direct cost of participating in the EC . |
30 | Attempts have been made to classify the various ‘ schools ’ of economics and law ; but convenient though these are , it must be borne in mind that the effective use of any interdisciplinary approach varies significantly according to how , where , and why it is being applied . |