Example sentences of "have been made a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | John Thaw , star of Central Television 's Inspector Morse has been made a CBE in the new years honours list . |
2 | Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of |
3 | East Cleveland academic Dr Mike Featherstone , 45 , of Marske Lane , Skelton , has been made a professor by Teesside Polytechnic on the eve of its elevation to university status . |
4 | I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened . |
5 | His creator James Driscoll has just returned to Britain after signing a £20 million deal to create the 40-acre fun park in Samara , 600 miles east of Moscow — where Digswell has been made a Freeman of the City . |
6 | So now Marcus has been made an example of and locked up , and all for some crime committed from behind a desk . |
7 | If Piggy had not told Ralph his nickname in the beginning he would not have been made a ridicule of before the vote . |
8 | Eden was so angry at having been made a fool of that the Director General of MI6 , Sir John ‘ Sinbad ’ Sinclair , was obliged to retire prematurely and was replaced by the head of MI5 , Sir Dick White . |
9 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
10 | Butterworth was ‘ on the skids ’ , having been made a scapegoat by Acheson for the bankruptcy of American policy in China ; Butterworth would shortly be posted abroad , which was correct as he soon afterwards departed to be American minister in Stockholm . |
11 | One thousand babies later , in April 1919 , Edith Pye departed , one of very few women to have been made a chévalier of the Legion of Honour . |
12 | Ben had been made a Companion of Honour in the Coronation Honours List and the very fact that he was writing an opera for the Coronation created jealousy in some quarters . |
13 | New Zealand 's Foreign Affairs Minister , Don McKinnon , said that he was " appalled and disgusted " to learn that the agent had been made a knight in the National Order of Merit . |
14 | But by the end of the 1890s , although her work had long been recognized and she had been made a founder-councillor of the London county council in 1899 , Emma Cons was approaching a breakdown caused by overwork , not only at the theatre but in all her other housing and philanthropic efforts ( she was also vice-president of the London Society for Women 's Suffrage , an executive member of the Women 's Liberal Foundations , and a founder of the Women 's Horticultural College at Swanley ) . |
15 | The British egg industry had been made a scapegoat for food poisoning by the Government . |
16 | The Boro 's second leading scorer felt he had been made a scapegoat for the home defeat by Watford . |
17 | In his book Under Fire : An American Story , published on Oct. 22 , North avowed that former President Ronald Reagan not only " knew everything " about the Iran-contra project but also " enthusiastically " backed it , and that he had been made a scapegoat by senior Reagan administration officials seeking to protect the President and themselves . |
18 | Even now that she had been made a director of the firm , Laura was well aware that it did n't mean that she had a job for life . |
19 | The COI also made it widely-known that the shy Blewitt had been made a Freeman of the City of London in recognition of Dunston-based DMB 's skills in tackling the restoration of the city 's Blackfriars Bridge . |
20 | It was stressed last night that Mr Trippier , once Mr Clarke 's parliamentary private secretary , was unaware that a 9 per cent ‘ final offer ’ had been made a week before his letter . |
21 | This boost did much to wipe out the effect of Balfour 's referendum pledge , which had been made a month before the Reciprocity Agreement and was erroneously believed to be its cause . |
22 | As it had been made an exhibit at trial they were entitled to inspect the tape in the jury room , subject to the discretion of the trial judge to prevent e.g. an unedited version containing inadmissible material from being handed over . |
23 | He had been made an object of fun and a target for abuse . |
24 | I am to be dominated by the truth because I have been made a Christian by the operation of the Holy Spirit within . |
25 | The lives of countless millions of people have been made a misery through the conflicts arising from prejudice . |
26 | It 's been made a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of its strength as a habitat for a wide range of grasses and rare plants . |