Example sentences of "[be] made at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of our cursory glance at the attempts that have been made at a new perspective on law and the legal system is thus both clear and complicated : the legal system can no longer be understood to be monolithic , but is differentiated , and this differentiation is structured by its relationship to other social sub-systems ; law , moreover , has a different ideological role in different national legal cultures . |
| 2 | The teaching of study skills should of course obviate the problems that arise in assignments and projects , but generally this provision has been made at a later stage of the pupils ' school career , at the sixth-form level , when a recognized amount of their time is allocated to private study . |
| 3 | The case for re-thinking what we mean by practice and its relation with theory has been made at an abstract level by writers who draw on the two very different philosophical traditions which contest the dichotomy , Marxism with its concept of praxis , and the American pragmatists who direct our attention to the consequences of our actions . |
| 4 | The presentation would be made at a Divisional Meeting in due course . |
| 5 | Sheer cliffs , 300–400 feet high , defend the island , relenting only where a breach permits landings to be made at a small beach ; nearby an ancient graveyard and ruined crofts are relics of a former occupation . |
| 6 | Therefore they need only be made at a higher level of aggregation and should highlight potential peaks and troughs . |
| 7 | A + mistake may be made at a single point or a length of DNA may become temporarily dislocated and be reinserted in the wrong place . |
| 8 | OK so the occasional ( ! ) taunt may be made at a footy game but it IS a football match after all and not a place for the fainthearted . |
| 9 | Such policies can not work , because cuts have to be made at a difficult time and even more jobs are lost . |
| 10 | Adjustment can then be made at an early stage before it is too late . |
| 11 | Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment . |
| 12 | Development and consultation time has been short , and there are a number of features which will require close scrutiny during the early stages of piloting , so that adjustments can be made at an appropriate time . |
| 13 | Challenges on this ground can be made at an earlier stage in the reference by a construction summons , which is a procedure by which a party who disputes the meaning of a document can apply to the court for a ruling . |
| 14 | Additional awards were made at a later stage to three individuals who were unable to attend . |
| 15 | Coins , especially those of precious metal , were made at a particular standard of so many coins to a unit of weight ( be this a Roman scripulum or an English grain ) . |
| 16 | Assurances that a new era was underway were made at a civic banquet to celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the People 's Republic . |
| 17 | Most gliders are very reluctant to stall in the slip ( try it some time ) , but if the recovery is made at a low speed , or the pilot forgets to ease forwards to prevent the nose rising during the recovery , there is a very real danger of stalling or of flying rather slowly as the glider encounters the wind gradient . |
| 18 | It has been in the initial stage in which wishing prevails over thinking , generalisation over observation , and in which little attempt is made at a critical analysis of existing facts or available means . |
| 19 | Finally , a good deal of inquiry is made at a local level by local authorities or local voluntary bodies attempting to assess a particular problem in the immediate area . |
| 20 | ( d ) whether any shares are held by family trusts ( trustees may become particularly vulnerable if an offer is made at an attractive price because a refusal to accept may result in allegations of a breach of trust ) ; |
| 21 | The suggestion was made at a joint meeting of all sides organised by North Yorkshire county council . |
| 22 | The award was made at a special ceremony at Admiralty House in London . |
| 23 | The last ditch attempt to fend off polltax capping was made at a special meeting of the council in the Shire Hall . |