Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] made [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each wavering , each attempt made to complete |
| 2 | Very little attempt is made to suggest alternatives in the syllabus plan or teachers ' books , very little attempt made to design or recommend more flexible materials such as reading or number cards , and this , despite enormous variations in ages , abilities and background of children . |
| 3 | And if they have been on the market the terms have often been unreasonable , with little attempt made to advertise them . |
| 4 | There was some attempt made to reach agreement at the continuous disarmament talks but the only real progress was a pledge not to test in the Antarctic , a gesture of more value to the species Penguin than the species Man . |
| 5 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 6 | As in post-Pearl Harbour U.S.A. , a meatless day each week was decreed , but little effort made to enforce it . |
| 7 | And while it is easy enough for an experienced journalist to write that synopsis from memory ( checking for the elusive name of Software Arts and making sure that it really was PrairieTek that vanished last year ) , it would take a deal of research and above all deep thought to put together a dissertation on why things panned out the way they did , the fatal mistakes , the good decisions that each company made to achieve triumph or disaster , or both in quick succession . |