Example sentences of "[noun sg] was made [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the September issue , mention was made in this column of the Spitfire Fund at the Cufton Cinema at Coseley .
2 However , the Oxford Study showed that in many cases it was not a factor , since very little use was made of this procedure , despite its obvious advantages to the defendant .
3 For the first time a mathematical definition of overcrowding was given by the National Government in their Act of 1935 , and a determined attack was made on this evil .
4 ‘ There is no suggestion we will waive the clause and if an exception was made in this case there might be other companies who have already sold who would see it as a special dispensation for Caldaire , ’ a spokesman said .
5 Although no firm progress was made at this stage much of the evidence is of interest as it deals with the environmental and development pressures resulting from such a link .
6 Little progress was made in this field before the 1950s , but in the 1940s a particularly notable drug came to light unexpectedly .
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