Example sentences of "were made [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four raids were made on Malta on Sunday 13th. , but the Hurricanes were involved in escorting four destroyers into harbour much of the day , and only two interceptions were made . |
| 2 | The conditions under which loans were made on security of goods remaining the property of the borrowers were strictly regulated by the Bills of Sale Acts . |
| 3 | Table 3.4 gives details of government bond issues during the last three months of 1991 and shows that , of the five issues , three were made at prices below par and two at prices above par . |
| 4 | Twelve awards were made for programmes of research , all of which were under way by November 1983 . |
| 5 | A good pastel by Francesco Clemente ( lot 165 , est. £10,000–15,000 ) fetched £17,000 , two important paintings by Christopher Lebrun attracted keen interest , ‘ Marcus Curtius ’ ( lot 167 , est. £14,000–18,000 ) being purchased by private dealer , Desmond Page , and sales at admittedly low prices , were made for works by Donald Baechler ( lot 168 ) , Kenny Scharf ( lot 177 ) , Matt Mullican ( lots 185 and 186 ) and other New York artists rarely seen in London . |
| 6 | Disclose that payments were made for insurance of officers or auditors against liabilities in relation to the company or group . |
| 7 | The two claims were made for damage to machines , and neither was serious or a Police Court case . " |
| 8 | It is probable , however , that this was an exception rather than the rule — most deaf people before the start of deaf education did not marry , and those that did , like Sir John Gawdy , Sir Edward Gostwicke and Alexander Popham , all came from wealthy families where there was a desire to continue the family line and marriages were made with daughters of families that were of the landed gentry . |
| 9 | Petitions were fastened to a statue of Julius Caesar set up in the Roman Forum , and appeals for justice were made to statues of emperors in later antiquity . |
| 10 | Advisory visits were made to schools in Tanzania , Pakistan , India and Jamaica . |
| 11 | In Peru , where uncuttable contacts were made to plants of Triplaris americana ( Polygonaceae ) , Crematogaster ants invaded more frequently than otherwise , even carrying off larvae and usurping the resident Pseudomyrex dendroicus . |
| 12 | Stoltenberg 's comments were made after talks in Strausberg near Berlin with his East German counterpart , Rainer Eppelmann , when it was agreed that " official relations " between the East and West German armed forces would be opened on June 1 , 1990 . |
| 13 | Our observations of the maser emission were made from January to June 1992 with the Nobeyana 45-m telescope . |
| 14 | A number of reconstructions were made from time to time , especially under Julius Caesar and Augustus . |
| 15 | ‘ All normal programmes were cancelled and brief announcements were made from time to time , interspersed with solemn music , ’ recalls Jean Williams , of Noel 's Court , Catterick Village . |
| 16 | Popular protests beginning on Nov. 17 in support of democratic reforms forced the authorities to surrender the communist monopoly of power [ see p. 37026 ] , and the necessary constitutional amendments were made by parliament on Nov. 29 . |
| 17 | Surprisingly similar findings were made in England by Richard Wright . |
| 18 | As I was looking through the products of many well-known ‘ British ’ firms , I was disgusted to find all were made in countries like China , South Korea and Taiwan — anywhere but Britain ! |
| 19 | Politically , Alexander 's interventions were made in company with Langton 's other protégés amongst the English bishops . |
| 20 | In both 1978 and 1986 the Library Association 's statements were made in response to censorship in a number of public libraries , largely instigated by local authorities ; and the appeal was directed to the local authorities . |
| 21 | It is , of course , undeniable that they were made in response to events in Mozambique and Angola . |
| 22 | The poppies were made in France by war victims ' families . |
| 23 | Statements were made in reply by Konstanty Kalinowski , Poznan Museum ; Theodore Enescu , National Museum of Art , Bucharest ; Lubomir Slavicek , National Gallery , Prague ; and Miklós Mojzer , Museum of Fine Arts , Budapest . |
| 24 | These were made in consultation with Yeltsin , and replaced the latter 's interim appointments of the day before . |
| 25 | Judicial sources said the arrests were made in connection with Fiat 's Cogefar-Impresit construction arm , which is suspected of illegal dealings in the building of Milan 's metro railway . |