Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1985 he was made Head Gardener of Killerton , an arboretum famous for its rare trees and shrubs . |
| 2 | On 4 March 1250 he was made chief justice of the forest on both sides of the Trent , an office which he exercised for two and a half years until 25 October 1252 . |
| 3 | Delamont ( 1980 ) in her case-study of a comprehensive school discovered that ‘ the more teachers tried to make the lesson material relevant and immediate to the pupils , the more likely they were to make sexist assumptions and remarks ’ ( p. 54 ) . |
| 4 | Below a certain height it may be a hopeless situation , but even where there is enough height for a recovery , you can imagine how hard it is to make that movement forward unless you have practised stalls and incipient spins until the movements are well drilled . |
| 5 | By July 1909 he was making successful flights of several miles , and in August was awarded the Aeronautical Society 's silver medal . |
| 6 | In 1884 he was made honorary LLD at Edinburgh University and an honorary member of the Medico-Legal Society of New York . |
| 7 | In 1976 he was made private secretary to Cardinal Hume and in 1982 he was made a Vicar General of the Archdiocese with special responsibility for priests . |
| 8 | He received an honorary LLD at Birmingham and St Andrews ; on retirement in 1935 he was made emeritus professor at Manchester . |
| 9 | Do you know know difficult it is to make this thing go slowly ? ’ |
| 10 | Unfortunately at long last we are making some progress along that line . |