Example sentences of "[was/were] made [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her marriage attempts were made to unseat her from the London School Board because of the alleged illegality of her name . |
| 2 | One consequence of this has been that further additions to the existing radio and television services would become deeply contested as efforts were made to detach them from the duopoly . |
| 3 | Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently . |
| 4 | Determined but polite efforts were made to interest her in the purchase of tomatoes , plums , oranges , artichokes , mussels , scallops , chickens and even a swordfish steak . |
| 5 | The biggest breakthrough in the farm came with the arrival on the scene of a small grey tractor called a Fergie and it seemed as though almost everybody had at least one and it became the jack of all trades on the farm and implements which had previously been pulled by horses had their shafts removed and couplings were made to fit them behind the tractor . |
| 6 | Having obtained a fairly comprehensive view of the farm situation in Great Britain as it relates to training an attempt was made to compare it with the position in Europe . |
| 7 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
| 8 | These contributions are not shown in official statistics of educational expenditure , but in 1990 an attempt was made to quantify them by the Mail on Sunday , which commissioned a survey of a representative sample of primary schools by the National Foundation for Educational Research . |