Example sentences of "it was make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was made a compulsory subject in the schools , an essential part of the Leaving Certificate , and it was necessary to pass an exam in the language to enter the civil service . |
| 2 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 3 | The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations . |
| 4 | Abortion was a common-law crime until 1803 , when it was made a statutory offence . |
| 5 | And guess who it was made the original identification and said , ‘ Yes , that 's Uncle Mosse ’ and was his sole heir ? ’ |
| 6 | I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five ! |
| 7 | Oh it did n't look like it was making a hundred miles an hour anyway |
| 8 | The German Siemens was in a stronger position in several ways ; in addition to its computer and telecommunications equipment strengths , Siemens in the late 1980S was attempting to catch up with the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies ; it was making a major chip effort , with use by the German car industry especially in mind . |
| 9 | By adopting the Scottish term , Free Church , instead of Nonconformist , the movement was showing that it was making a new start with an eye to the twentieth , not to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century . |
| 10 | It was making a mewling sound . |
| 11 | And it 's no use giving out with the ‘ Try a little tenderness ’ technique , you know , ‘ Let Granny take the little fellow for the afternoon — draw the shades , chill the wine , slip into a backless silk negligee , and remind yourselves how much fun it was making the little fellow in the first place . ’ |