Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] make [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No decision has been made to do any follow up , ’ he said , but ‘ you could stay tuned . ’ |
| 2 | Issues of institutional design do n't disappear once a decision has been made to adopt internal organization . |
| 3 | The issue of the document should not be taken to imply any commitment of any kind has been made to pursue possible solutions to the requirements described . |
| 4 | Certainly , no good ethical case has been made to justify differential or inequitable treatment on such arbitrary grounds . |
| 5 | In this chapter an attempt has been made to explore some evidence about teachers , teaching and teachers ' work . |
| 6 | Within the space available , an attempt has been made to describe some of the techniques available for obtaining and utilizing chromosome preparations from different stages of embryogenesis . |
| 7 | No attempt has been made to choose worthwhile bars that can be visited for a coffee break en route . |
| 8 | Clearly an attempt has been made to select key groups , but they are not used very effectively to date major sequences and odd conclusions were drawn , which were to have far reaching effects . |
| 9 | Since the FMI 's launch some attempt has been made to address these problems through courses at the Civil Service College , and more generally through what Tyson ( 1987 , p. 70 ) describes ‘ as a long-term process of personal development and change ’ ( see also Financial Management in Government Departments , 1983 , pp. 7–8 ) . |
| 10 | In the above , some attempt has been made to produce well-sounding harmony , but the whole-tone system has so little conflict within itself that almost any combination of notes can sound tolerable . |
| 11 | Transcripts of tape recordings have revealed a fascinating array of meanings ; an attempt has been made to interpret these in the social and cultural context of the pupils ' experience . |
| 12 | in this article an attempt has been made to extract some guiding principles which underline good goldfish keeping . |
| 13 | Aims of subject syllabuses were very generalised , no attempt having been made to isolate any specific terminal or intermediate objectives in respect of knowledge , skills or attitudes to be developed . |
| 14 | An attempt had been made to offset recent enclosures by letting out a few five-acre plots , rent and tithe free , to deserving poor , but the newer legislation continued to make things difficult . |
| 15 | An attempt had been made to sell this document to a Sunday newspaper , and Ashdown had secured a " gagging " injunction preventing mention of anything to do with the matter . |
| 16 | A crude attempt had been made to erase three initials , but they were still plainly visible . |
| 17 | However , this concealed the fact that many ‘ listable ’ churches had never actually been listed , for , as the Church was exempt from listed building control , no systematic attempt had been made to list any but the most obvious churches . |
| 18 | De-selection had become something of a fashion in the Tory Party : an attempt had been made to de-select several Tory MPs who had campaigned for Heseltine in the leadership contest of November 1990 . |
| 19 | He was admiring a stylish flower arrangement , observing how cunningly a spray of jasmine had been made to tremble half in , half out of the vase and trail against the console table , when the girl came back and told him Mr Vigo would see him now . |
| 20 | Some heads have been made to lie flatter , or more upright , and so on . |
| 21 | The delay has been made to avoid potential sales conflict with the soundtrack album for the Trespass movie , which features new tracks by the film 's stars Ice-T and Ice Cube . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 23 | Since the 1970s efforts have been made to organize residential care into small , autonomous units accommodating no more than ten youngsters . |
| 24 | Data compression is so vital to the future of information media that considerable international efforts have been made to create global standards governing the way in which compression is handled . |
| 25 | But , as Roger Lawson of Southampton University has pointed out , more efforts have been made to counter this localism by the Money Advice Association ( founded in 1984 ) and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux . |
| 26 | So it is not surprising that efforts have been made to apply New Critical methods to prose fiction . |
| 27 | Strenuous efforts have been made to program such recognition abilities into microcomputers and several packages for manipulating and comparing spectra are available . |
| 28 | Efforts have been made to attract foreign investment . |
| 29 | A modest start has been made to recruit young , able staff , but further progress will depend on adequate resources being available to fill posts that for financial reasons are currently left unfilled . |
| 30 | Questions whirled in her brain as the play progressed , unfolding its tale to an appreciative audience , yet she was no nearer to an answer as the curtain dropped for the final time after the cast had been made to take several bows . |