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

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1 Obviously where frequent attempts are made at reconciliation the cost accounts may be reasonably accurate .
2 Arrangements are also being made to copyright the handbook and include it on the ‘ Barbour Index ’ which will result in the four publishing organisations receiving royalties .
3 At that time few attempts were made to measure the effectiveness of such activity , and advertising agencies tended to branch out into sales promotions with the aim of offering an all-inclusive package to their clients in an attempt to combat competition from the emerging sales promotion agencies .
4 Whenever a database request is made via Oedipus the details are recorded in the Trace Log .
5 Our model , which is made by Haws the specialists , is beautifully proportioned , capacious ( it holds ¾ gallon ) and painted a garden-friendly green .
6 Between 1963 and 1974 an attempt was made to measure the abundance and distribution of the common and widespread birds breeding in Sussex woodlands by a series of sample censuses .
7 The patients were monitored for any streptococcal infections during sampling , but no attempt was made to measure the amount of streptokinase absorbed .
8 By 1990 the museum 's concentration on twentieth-century art had made it an anomaly in the collection and the decision was made to deaccession the picture , valued at $10 million .
9 As this television programme was made in France the chaps thought the French might appreciate the little touch and make friends .
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