Example sentences of "of [noun] [be] made [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Significantly , the text of the Law of Succession was made public on 31 March , the eve of " Victory Day " , the anniversary of the end of the Civil War . |
2 | The Earl of Warwick was made Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire for life , and Arundel Sheriff of Shropshire for life , a sign than his reconciliation with the king was now complete . |
3 | The Anglo-Saxon earldoms were allowed to expire ; in place of the influence of the Godwines , Roger of Montgomery was made Earl of Sussex in 1070 . |
4 | The situation in the burgh of Inverkeithing was made plain by the provost , John Cunningham , who sought the intervention of Lord Milton in 1746 with the supervisory officer in charge of that port . |
5 | Millions of soldiers were made prisoners of war , and many other Germans were interned under the Allied policy of ‘ denazification ’ whilst their activities under the Third Reich were investigated . |
6 | The Earl of Arundel was made Justice of North Wales for life , and in a gesture of reconciliation towards the Despenser family Hugh Despenser , the heir to Edward II 's favourite , was restored to some of his father 's lands . |