Example sentences of "had been made [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 1918 , an attempt had been made to form a British Screen Club to influence the press in favour of British films . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The heavy wooden door had been made to stand the occasional arrow from a dissatisfied Indian . |
| 9 | As the attached memorandum indicates , a large number of arrangements had been made to ensure a worthwhile programme , and representatives of all the other UK Links had agreed to attend our meeting . |
| 10 | 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 . |