Example sentences of "have [been] make [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | This may come more naturally and easily to some than to others , but it is possible that where a prolonged conscious effort has been made to tap this creative source , greater understanding and appreciation result than where only little work has been needed . |
2 | in this article an attempt has been made to extract some guiding principles which underline good goldfish keeping . |
3 | In the case of psychoanalytic theory , there needs to be an understanding , first , of an undistorted version of the theory as stated by Freud , and then various changes in the theory can be seen as either having been made to attain greater rational consistency , or to incorporate new ‘ findings ’ which refute some of the previous assumptions , or to have been made as a result of social pressures on theory-makers eager to find a role for their theories in the society . |
4 | Aims of subject syllabuses were very generalised , no attempt having been made to isolate any specific terminal or intermediate objectives in respect of knowledge , skills or attitudes to be developed . |
5 | De-selection had become something of a fashion in the Tory Party : an attempt had been made to de-select several Tory MPs who had campaigned for Heseltine in the leadership contest of November 1990 . |
6 | that save where persons under 16 have been exploited for sexual purposes or persons of any age have been made to suffer actual physical harm , sexual depictions should no longer be subject to the criminal law ; and |
7 | So it is not surprising that efforts have been made to apply New Critical methods to prose fiction . |