Example sentences of "had been make [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Owing to her advanced pregnancy and Stephen 's frequent absences on business , no efforts had been made to appoint a governess for Victoria . |
2 | But in April 1980 the lengthy trial proceedings ground to a halt because of allegations that attempts had been made to bribe the jury . |
3 | Some attempt had been made to turn the area immediately in front of the door into a rose-arbour by the erection of a bit of trellis work at right angles to the wall , and he crouched behind the little protection this afforded . |
4 | He felt that his trust and position had been taken advantage of : that he had been made to look a fool . |
5 | No attempt had been made to secure the tape and its existence was never revealed to the Crown Prosecution Service . |
6 | During the crisis which preceded the Civil War , an attempt had been made to tie the Crown to regular Parliaments with the Triennial Act of 1641 , but this Act had been repealed in 1664 and it was not until 1694 that an Act guaranteeing triennial Parliaments was passed . |
7 | Despite the underlying racism of so many , a deliberate effort had been made to attract the ethnics into the Party , if only to deny their votes to others . |
8 | Successful efforts had been made to bring the work of the schools for pupils aged between eleven and thirteen closer together , and to encourage co-operation among the various subject specialists — most of whom eyed one another warily , hedging their bets until decisions were taken . |
9 | It was at the bottom of a 5ft deep pit and no attempt had been made to disguise the body . |
10 | Various improvements and realignments to the river had been made to aid the flow to the mill , but by the mid-1880s , steam power was also in use . |
11 | An attempt had been made to have the case relisted before the sentencer within the 28 day period during which variations in sentence are permitted by Supreme Court Act 1981 , S.4 ; , and if the matter had come back before the sentencer within that period it would have been open to him to review the sentence and impose a lawful sentence . |
12 | The analysts also said that Shell might have to write off another £37 million , though the company claimed that efforts had been made to ensure the situation would not arise again . |
13 | For some years attempts had been made to prohibit the sale of firearms and a Pistols Bill had been presented to Parliament in 1893 . |
14 | In these private centres , applications had been made to run a total of almost 700 individual modules . |
15 | It was satisfied that every reasonable effect had been made to obtain a certificate of service . |
16 | And there the newsreader told the British people that efforts had been made to obtain an interview with the local Plant Manager , who had declined to comment . |