Example sentences of "[be] made about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those predictions which have been made about the impact of new technology on employment levels have come from two types of analysis . |
| 2 | We attempt to do this in the next chapter , but before embarking on this task we must note some of the criticisms which have been made about the Braverman thesis and its implications . |
| 3 | Various suggestions have been made about the meaning of this darkness . |
| 4 | This is a matter that is worth some brief discussion , since it is closely connected with the fuss that has been made about the application of the term ‘ altruism ’ to animal as to human behaviour . |
| 5 | To counter-balance any shortcomings on the domestic front claims have frequently been made about the major contribution which financial services rendered to the economy through invisible exports . |
| 6 | Erm it comes back to the point which has just been made about the er , about the erm why have this system of election by thirds and almost backfired on , on , on , on the leader of the council yeah ? |
| 7 | General remarks have been made about the role of mass media , pluralism , breakdown of traditional morality , etc. , but theorists have not as yet developed their ideas with historical precision . |
| 8 | Movies had always been made about the past , of course , if not so very frequently about that immediate past whose primary unit of measure is the decade rather than the century ; but it was probably Visconti 's The Damned in 1969 that inaugurated what were to be the definitive parameters of a new filmic style . |
| 9 | Serious allegations have been made about the running of some private homes . |
| 10 | A wide range of comments have also been made about the simplistic nature of the grids as specifiers of where investment should be placed . |
| 11 | IMPORTANT discoveries have been made about the early history of Glasgow Cathedral during recent archaeological excavations . |
| 12 | The Parish Council are very disturbed by the decisions that would appear to have been made about the sale and subsequent development of this small area of open land and more especially by the tactics used by the Land and Properties Sub-Committee and the apparent collusion with the Planning Department to keep the Parish Council , and therefore the local people , in the dark about what is going on . |
| 13 | 3.5 Let us start looking for answers to our questions by considering certain observations that have been made about the characteristics of postnominal attributives . |
| 14 | The point has been made about the importance of having local businessmen . |
| 15 | A Housing Executive spokeswoman said no final decision had been made about the case . |
| 16 | The most cheerful remarks seemed to have been made about the health of Michael Heseltine , who was making his first appearance at the cabinet since his heart attack . |
| 17 | The observational data reveal that qualitative judgements are made about the seriousness of particular types of crime , evaluations which are often conveyed in casual remarks made in the real-life situations of policing ‘ little crime ’ . |
| 18 | Even though school generated activities are not taking place at these times judgements are made about the standard of work on display and the general state of order and cleanliness . |
| 19 | What assumptions are made about the audience 's understanding of educational shorthand/jargon and their grasp of basic skills ? |
| 20 | Alternative energy technologies will be successfully diffused only if realistic assumptions are made about the real economic situation in the Third World . |
| 21 | However , as I will show , there may be no consideration of way of life when decisions are made about the closure of particular schools . |
| 22 | In this type of short story , large claims are made about the effect of the reading experience . |
| 23 | The criterion of distortion is that statements are made about the society which by social-scientific methods can be shown to be positively in error , whereas selectivity [ i.e. primary selectivity ] is involved where the statements are , at the proper level , ‘ true ’ , but do not constitute a balanced account of the available truth . |
| 24 | Various claims and counterclaims which we will outline later , are made about the media in use here . |
| 25 | Detailed recommendations are made about the amount and kind of training in English language teaching appropriate for primary teachers , and for English teachers and teachers of other subjects in secondary schools ; the report 's own model is recommended as a basis for these . |
| 26 | Will he accept its deep gratitude for the way in which his officials are explaining his Department 's needs so as to ensure that the right commercial decisions are made about the markets to go for in future ? |
| 27 | In the statistical analysis of economic data , assumptions are made about the way time series evolve , about the characteristics of the population from which a cross-sectional sample is drawn , and about the nature of the relationships between variables . |
| 28 | Similar remarks could be made about the abstract ballets by Balanchine , MacMillan and others . |
| 29 | Another type is problem-solving calls , such as helping owners with injured dogs ( provoking enough interest for subsequent enquiries to be made about the dog 's progress ) ; giving impromptu lessons on road safety to young children who have narrowly avoided accidents ; and dealing with arguments between neighbours ( usually over noise ) and family disputes . |
| 30 | It outlines data on trade in all these substances ; hazard possibilities and accident records ; and quantifies the relative risks , enabling decisions to be made about the safest mode of carriage . |