Example sentences of "made [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If reclaimed land is to be made part of a living landscape it is not enough simply to plant vegetation on it . |
| 2 | But the charge that sterling policy was the main cause of the British predicament is more difficult to sustain , even if it is made part of a vicious circle of poor performance . |
| 3 | The emancipation of the poor and oppressed is thus made part of a civilizing process , which is often seen to be conditional on assimilating their demands to the discourses of humanism and rationalism . |
| 4 | On the other hand , it is argued ( E. R. Dew , 56 Lqw Society 's Gazette 365 ) that the most likely ‘ other reason ’ for which an agreement might be void or unenforceable , apart from containing a provision against application to the court , would be precisely the want of consideration if the agreement be not under seal ; the legislature , it is urged on this view , would not have made inroads on the fundamental requirement of valuable consideration in a contract not under seal , by a provision purporting to deal with the maintenance rights of a wife . |
| 5 | The firm and its individual consultants have not unduly specialised in any one sector , and have made inroads into the new headhunting fields of working for non-profit-making organisations and the recruitment of non-executive directors . |
| 6 | One aspect of this fear was the way in which the new notion of female impurity rapidly made inroads into the popular imagination , with the result that women came to be seen as a constant stumbling block to man 's improvement , a blight on the possibility of his attaining the now required ( i.e. post-exilic ) standard of personal purity . |
| 7 | At 39 he was made chairman of the Conservative Party by Sir Alec Douglas-Home , but was never in favour during the Heath years . |
| 8 | In that year Bevin became Chairman of the General Council of the TUC and Dalton was made Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party . |
| 9 | Beaker pottery is characterised by often skilfully made vessels with an S-shaped profile and zones of geometric decoration produced by impressing twisted cords , stamps or combs into the clay . |
| 10 | Being a Silver Jubilee , passengers were serenaded by the Eccleston Silver Band as they rode behind four steam locomotives in a range of stock from our own home made coach to a Welsh coach from our No. 1 steam engine 's home of Llanberis to the diminutive but delightful Groudle Glen coach from the Isle of Man . |
| 11 | Unless specifically agreed by us in writing at the time you make your booking , we can not accept any booking which is made conditional upon a special request being satisfied . |
| 12 | Unless specifically agreed at the time of making your booking , we can not accept any reservation which is made conditional upon a Special Request being satisfied . |
| 13 | Charles Booth also made reference to the large-scale absenteeism in London schools at the time of the hop harvest . |
| 14 | In 1920 he was made nuncio to the German Republic , although he did not move to Berlin until 1925 . |
| 15 | One spokesman initially described the plants as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ , only to be contradicted by another — IBM Europe has made noises about a 12-month period in which the plants have to prove profitability , while others deny that there is any particular timescale . |
| 16 | Sir Bryan had made par on the first hole by sinking a long putt and his tail was up . |
| 17 | These strange statements will be made plain in the next chapter . |
| 18 | The Austrian Habsburgs had made efforts in the same direction from the end of the sixteenth century , when the custom developed of sending with each internuncio to Constantinople a small number of boys ( Sprachknabe ) to learn Turkish . |
| 19 | Donald Maclean had in 1950 been made head of the American department of the Foreign Office after dramatic breakdowns and drinking bouts . |
| 20 | Maclean , a Cambridge contemporary of Burgess , fellow Apostle , and fellow communist , had recently been made head of the American department at the Foreign Office . |
| 21 | None the less , such a mass of available material has made nonsense of the old dream that historical judgment might , in principle , be preceded by a complete survey of every available piece of evidence . |
| 22 | Would have made matchsticks of the private car . |
| 23 | When Peter was made curate in a northern suburb of Bristol , Anna celebrated the event by becoming pregnant . |
| 24 | And somehow , having made contact with the deepest part of herself , the woman often gives permission to that womb to flower . |
| 25 | It followed growing pressure from within the ruling Communist Party for a dialogue with the opposition , and came after newly elected Communist Party leaders in the provinces had already made contact with the biggest opposition group , New Forum . |
| 26 | At first , they wondered whether they had made contact with an alien civilization ; indeed , I remember that the seminar room in which they announced their discovery was decorated with figures of ‘ little green men . ’ |
| 27 | At first Bell and her supervisor , Antony Hewish , thought they might have made contact with an alien civilization in the galaxy ! |
| 28 | Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets . |
| 29 | Have YOU made arrangements for a new class yet ? ? ? |
| 30 | The actions of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , when he was responsible for such matters , together with our recent announcement , have made arrangements for the coming winter much more generous . |