Example sentences of "[was/were] made [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Sweden arrangements for the control of foreign affairs were complex and unstable during the period 1720–72 ; but strenuous efforts were made to improve them and Gustavus III 's coup d'état in the latter year increased their efficiency . |
| 2 | Once the schedules had been designed , plans were made to pilot them . |
| 3 | One consequence of this has been that further additions to the existing radio and television services would become deeply contested as efforts were made to detach them from the duopoly . |
| 4 | Not only were they excluded from most professions , but efforts were made to prevent them acquiring land and to restrict their access to secondary and higher education . |
| 5 | The recall instructions were specifically designed to make it difficult for subjects to use previous knowledge in the task and attempts were made to prevent them from mentally retracing the route , a strategy which several of them would otherwise have adopted . |
| 6 | The biggest breakthrough in the farm came with the arrival on the scene of a small grey tractor called a Fergie and it seemed as though almost everybody had at least one and it became the jack of all trades on the farm and implements which had previously been pulled by horses had their shafts removed and couplings were made to fit them behind the tractor . |
| 7 | An attempt was made to accommodate them by founding a Marxist League , of Socialists and PVO . |
| 8 | They made a verbal decision to go earlier this month after a 48-0 home defeat by Newbridge , and no effort was made to persuade them to stay . |
| 9 | When , in 1972 , a proposal was made to demolish them and to sell the site for redevelopment , strong local opposition arose , as a result of which the almshouses were entirely renovated and the interiors brought up to modern standards . |
| 10 | Though He was made sign the statement might pass , it would scarcely be idiomatic to say He was made give them the money . |
| 11 | However , an effort was made to give them some kind of compensation , by extending the provision of the afa ( beans , rice and sugar rations ) beyond the initial emergency period , and offering them free transport and free spectacles . |
| 12 | In the 1890s a serious effort was made to transform them into a rural police force . |
| 13 | Young boys were still available to caddie and a move was made to grade them . |
| 14 | These contributions are not shown in official statistics of educational expenditure , but in 1990 an attempt was made to quantify them by the Mail on Sunday , which commissioned a survey of a representative sample of primary schools by the National Foundation for Educational Research . |
| 15 | However , there was concern for the two survivors aboard the lifeboat , who were severely seasick , and an attempt was made to land them at St Abbs . |