Example sentences of "[be] be made [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Companion technologies such as page description languages and page printers have been developing apace but the real strides seem to be being made in the scanner market with both better grey scale capability and higher resolutions .
2 Unrealistic assumptions are being made about the extent to which — and the speed with which — the need for hospitals can be reduced by technological advance and improvements in primary care .
3 Hoover washing machines are being made on the site of the old steel works at Merthyr Tydfil .
4 Extensive preparations are being made for the transport of the boat people back to Vietnam .
5 Improvements are being made to the NHS cervical screening services .
6 The brokers note that representations are being made to the Treasury to enable USM companies that switched to the Official List to go on enjoying inheritance tax relief by extending this relief to all family-owned companies .
7 He added : ‘ These changes are being made to the organisation of the NHS in Darlington by the back door .
8 The new Business Rate , also known as the National Non-Domestic Rate ( NNDR ) , will come into effect at the same time as the Community Charge/Poll Tax on 1st April 1990. this leaflet is intended to outline the changes that are being made to the rating system and show how these changes will affect businesses in Oxford .
9 Considerable enhancements are being made to the services in the Library and the Bookshop through new computer systems .
10 Because of the ease of manufacture , an increasing number of so-called Cassegrain reflectors are being made to the Dall-Kirkham design .
11 Approaches are being made to the Countryside Commission and the private sector to help with the funding of the project .
12 Once Duncan has created his eldest son Prince of Cumberland , and named him his successor , we see the real language , the accents of desire : The paradox of these invocations of darkness and deception is that they are being made to the audience : the lies hide from men but face us , and in that respect we enjoy the privilege of God .
13 now some of you will also have seen a form being circulated , asking you to agree that the recordings that are being made of the discussions , can be used as part of a research project .
14 Studies are being made of the population biology and molecular genetics of the parasite world-wide with emphasis on variation in antigens and in genes responsible for response of the parasite to drugs .
15 The job losses , which affect more than half the workforce , are being made across the board affecting shopfloor workers , office staff and management .
16 The changes are being made under the Tobacco Products Labelling ( Safety ) Regulations 1991 , which were laid before Parliament by the Secretary for Health , Mr William Waldegrave , on 11th July .
17 Newsround felt it was worthwhile to give readers information about the efforts that are being made by the Council to ensure its views on reform are known and presented as effectively as possible .
18 This is not to suggest that no efforts are being made by the main-line churches in this country to care for and accommodate the traditions of those in their congregations who have come from overseas .
19 Massive commitments are being made by the world 's biggest hardware and software companies .
20 " A woman worker " wrote to the Despatch in late August , claiming that " persistent attempts are being made by the men to work on the motives of selfishness and self-interest of the women " .
21 But today , considerable strides are being made in the teaching and care of even the severely mentally handicapped , so that they are learning to do far more for themselves .
22 Finally , it seems that attempt are being made in the United Kingdom , Flanders , and the Netherlands to create a more positive image and role for residential care ( see National Institute of Social Work , 1988 ) .
23 It is still very unsure whether West Malling can be totally saved from the axe , but concerted efforts are being made behind the scenes by various parties , for not only West Malling but the other 72 threatened airfields in the UK .
24 On the stand of Rolls-Royce and Bentley , however , no excuses were being made for the reawakening of one of Britain 's best known and loved marques from 40 years of savage badge engineering .
25 Here in May 1942 — before the raid on Dieppe that August — plans were being made for the landings in North Africa that would put an American Task Force ashore on the Atlantic coast near Casablanca , a second force ashore at Oran in the Mediterranean , and a third further east at Algiers .
26 They will vouch that I stayed here , doing-accounts , going out to look at the carving which were being made for the pageant for the king 's coronation . ’
27 Perez says he is well aware that expert systems have n't lived up to the promises and claims that were being made for the technology three or four years ago , but claims Neuron Data was well aware of its limitations at the time and was already busy putting Open Interface together .
28 [ See pp. 38161 ; 38304-05 ; for 1991 First Compensation Law on expropriated property ; the amount of compensation under both laws would be calculated as if the total claim were being made on the basis of one law . ]
29 Urgent plans were being made at the London office to fly next of kin to Katmandu tomorrow .
30 Reg says many other decisions were being made about the churchyard without involving him .
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