Example sentences of "have [been] make [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the introduction of general management , an attempt has been made to address the clinician-management interface directly and to challenge formally , at least in theory , the tight grip of doctors over the NHS as an organisation . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , an attempt has been made to identify the theoretical differences that are emerging . |
| 3 | ‘ A very positive start has been made to unlock the enormous potential of new routes to central Europe . |
| 4 | Returning to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Normanton , those of us who have constituencies north of London are anxious to ensure that when the channel tunnel opens in 1993 — that is the only certainty in the project — at least some attempt has been made to provide the essential services without which areas north of London will receive no benefit from this enormous project . |
| 5 | In fact , if it had n't been for Granpa I would n't even have been made to attend the local elementary school in Jubilee Street , and ‘ attend ’ was the right word , because I did n't do a lot once I 'd got there , other than bang the lid of my little desk and occasionally pull the pigtails of ‘ Posh Porky ’ , the girl who sat in front of me . |
| 6 | This person should have been made to feel the full weight of the law . ’ |
| 7 | And , despite Korda 's avowed belief in ‘ lightness ’ , little effort seems to have been made to mute the pompous misanthropy evident in the company 's two H. G. Wells adaptations . |
| 8 | The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use . |
| 9 | If it had been down to that one offence , Daine would be in court for ever , kept on life support until the end of the trial , or until the judge ruled that enough medical alterations had been made to render the accused legally another entity entirely . |
| 10 | He had always banked on being good enough to play another Test match , even if he had been made to serve the full five-year ban . |
| 11 | The 32-page response , ‘ Making the Right Choice — A Quality Public Service ’ , concluded that no convincing case had been made to change the present arrangements . |
| 12 | For several years , a sustained attempt had been made to inject the institutional and cultural life of the nation with market philosophies and business values , to galvanize national complacency with the short , sharp shock of enterprise . |
| 13 | Although some efforts had been made to study the world-wide distribution of plants in the eighteenth century ( chapter 5 ) , the real founder of botanical geography was Alexander von Humboldt . |
| 14 | The heavy wooden door had been made to stand the occasional arrow from a dissatisfied Indian . |
| 15 | Bernard Arenson , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs , claimed that the relaxation had been made to assist the poor in Haiti who had suffered unduly from the effects of sanctions depriving them of jobs and wages . |
| 16 | Attempts have been made to link the main periods of construction with known historical events , such as the bid of Clodius Albinus for the purple , first proposed by Dr Philip Corder in 1955 , developed by Professor Frere and now accepted , with reservations , by Mr Wacher following earlier doubts . |
| 17 | However , after the event several attempts have been made to estimate the direct cost of participating in the EC . |
| 18 | Attempts have been made to classify the various ‘ schools ’ of economics and law ; but convenient though these are , it must be borne in mind that the effective use of any interdisciplinary approach varies significantly according to how , where , and why it is being applied . |
| 19 | In studying these movements attempts have been made to assess the comparative abundance of each species . |
| 20 | Proposals have been made to replace the outmoded apprenticeship system by a proper training course , but they have foundered because no one is willing to put up the funds . |
| 21 | In addition to such steps , in Canada , New South Wales and Michigan , attempts have been made to tackle the non-consent requirement itself . |
| 22 | In this and other ways some attempts have been made to integrate the differing traditions of music and worship . |
| 23 | Some moves have been made to deregulate the private rented sector , but this still accounts for a relatively insignificant part of the housing stock . |
| 24 | Equally it is to be welcomed that two major attempts have been made to address the general nature of Conservative ideology . |
| 25 | Hardly a scientific viewpoint , but efforts have been made to review the available evidence and assess the plausibility of such an idea . |