Example sentences of "[was/were] make [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further advances were made following a rising of the Illyrians in 9 BC , and the final subjugation of the Illyrians in the western Balkans was achieved under Tiberius in AD 9 . |
| 2 | It said that the company regretted the job losses , which were made following a reduced demand for certain products , due primarily to lower production rates of civil aircraft . |
| 3 | Hence other methods were tried in order to reduce the memory overheads , and comparisons were made across a number of different methods . |
| 4 | John Szarkowski wrote in the preface to the first volume : " Atget 's own prints were made over a period of many years , on a variety of photographic papers . |
| 5 | The payments were made through a ‘ mortality agreement ’ set up by British Nuclear Fuels and the unions ten years ago . |
| 6 | The comments were made during a live radio debate from Polam Hall School , in Darlington . |
| 7 | The alleged comments were made during a conversation with royal correspondent James Whitaker . |
| 8 | The alleged comments were made during a conversation with royal correspondent James Whitaker . |
| 9 | Following the decision of the House of Lords in Hazell v. Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council [ 1992 ] 2 A.C. 1 that all such transactions were ultra vires the local authority concerned and void ab initio , the banks claim the return of the above-mentioned sums on a restitutionary basis on the footing that the consideration for which the respective agreements were concluded has wholly failed ; that the payments were made under a mistake of fact so that it is unjust and unconscionable that Glasgow should be entitled to retain them ; that the sums are money had and received for the use of the banks ; that the sums are held by Glasgow on implied or resulting or constructive trusts of the bank ; and that the banks are entitled to trace them . |
| 10 | One Revenue contention was that payments were made under a settlement within TA 1988 , s683 because the transactions were not bona fide commercial transactions . |
| 11 | If marriages were made on a bed of gold , here not one would fail , and in this case noblesse oblige . |
| 12 | The measurements were made on a HP4192 LCR meter . |
| 13 | The company moved there from its ' Manchester , UK base after allegations that it damaged workers health by exposing them to mercury were made on a BBC Newsnight progamme two years ago . |
| 14 | In the Groeger and Chapman study responses were made on a seven point response keypad with the question repeated each time a rating was required . |
| 15 | Decisions were made on a co-operative basis , with potential tenants having an important voice on the management committee . |
| 16 | Coins , especially those of precious metal , were made at a particular standard of so many coins to a unit of weight ( be this a Roman scripulum or an English grain ) . |
| 17 | Assurances that a new era was underway were made at a civic banquet to celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the People 's Republic . |
| 18 | Metropolitan Area Networks could form a market worth $2,000m worldwide by the end of the century , Siemens AG reckons : the company believes that hardware spending on the systems could soar , while customers using the systems could generate a further $10,000m of business : the remarks were made at a conference to announce a £3m order won by GEC Plessey Telecommunications Ltd , in which Siemens owns 40% , to supply metropolitan area equipment to British Telecommunications Plc , Reuter reports . |
| 19 | Additional awards were made at a later stage to three individuals who were unable to attend . |
| 20 | Following the passing of the Development Land Tax of 1976 , all land acquisitions by authorities were made at a price net of any tax payable by the sellers of development land . |
| 21 | In the course of the exercise a great deal of knowledge had been gained about EPH activities and associated problems , and various other changes were made as a result of the investigation . |
| 22 | The principle to be derived from them , in my opinion , is that payments not lawfully due can not be recovered unless they were made as a result of some improper form of pressure . |
| 23 | Our observations about possible problems with using the contralateral ear as a control were made as a contribution to debate and were not used as a basis for excluding any studies from consideration or inclusion . |
| 24 | At least 13 other arrests were made as a result of Kuron 's arrest . |
| 25 | Recommendations were made about a wide range of topics : relationships between school , home and neighbourhood ; youth clubs and voluntary organisations ; the health of children at school and young people at work ; and ‘ compensatory ’ further education for workers in routine jobs . |
| 26 | These were made into a parcel about six feet long , covered in a tarpaulin and wheeled on a hand cart to Looe Station . |
| 27 | Two small rooms were made into a large bright lounge and dining room when the partition wall was knocked down and fashioned into a generous arch |
| 28 | But What I was going to ask was , before they were made into a stack , were your stooks made into larger stooks ? |
| 29 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 30 | Meanwhile plans were made for a visit to Italy . |