Example sentences of "made [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 According to a Chinese source originally published in 1637 , women were made to strip and wade in streams to search for jade pebbles .
2 He recognized that some attempts had been made to cultivate the seeds of Natural Reason into something worthwhile .
3 During the early twentieth century a more focused attempt was made to instruct working class mothers in proper methods of infant care , in response to the concern about infant mortality .
4 Am I made to go on with this relationship .
5 In a letter to Horsley nine days later he wrote : ‘ I believe that if the decision is made to go the way of the Sun , the tragedy will be of historic proportions .
6 Similarly , one minute I 'm a busy wide-awake person , and the next , when the decision has been made to go to sleep , I 'm a wide-awake person lying down in bed .
7 You were telling me erm a little while back that erm you were made to go and work at Bilston .
8 The discussion of culture in Raymond Williams ' ( 1983 ) Towards 2000 has been very important in my consideration of where Tyneside is going and where it may be made to go .
9 So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps .
10 If the decision is made to go ahead , the originator enters the group review stage .
11 I was happy that he was being made to go to the hospital to have his ankle set in plaster , and because I found him very simpatico I was determined to go and see him there .
12 After that we embraced and , with tears pouring down our cheeks , we were made to go outside , where a lorry was waiting with other villagers in it .
13 So again can you see you have other people to consider if you 've partners , but that 's one of the difficulties of having a partner , but then again think , if you do n't have a partner , that 's worse cos you 've nobody to communicate with , nobody to shout at , nobody to organize or organize you , er nobody ready made to go out with , you 've got it all to do yourself because your number one requirement when you 're left on your own is to get the company and the activity , whereas if you , if you are er living with a person then at least a certain amount of that is ready to hand .
14 Suppose that a small mass m is made to go around P in a circular path radius r as shown and that its speed is s .
15 It got a roar of appreciation which I can still hear , and afterwards Stephen Sondheim came over to ask me if I 'd had the dress made to go with the remark .
16 But I believe that the decisions made to go on the trips this autumn have been good ones .
17 But I believe that the decisions made to go on the trips this autumn have been good ones .
18 ‘ You , Aurora Jennings Blake , have made me understand a little of what addicts must have to face when they 're made to go cold turkey , ’ he said .
19 People are n't made to go to college at night , people go because they want to .
20 Colin Farrell 's lovely performance had humour-inevitably the kids loved his ‘ Humbugs ! ’ — and not a little pathos as the old skinflint was made to see the error of his ways .
21 He felt they should be made to see Cabochon had misrepresented his brother .
22 And this implies that efforts should be made to see that the risks are brought to as low a level as reasonably practicable ’ .
23 When the plan is being constructed and teachers are deciding upon success criteria for plans they may put searching questions and suggest additional ways to ensure that objectives become reality : if a school aims ‘ involve all pupils ’ are checks being made to see whether this is occurring ?
24 Should these days be unsuitable arrangements can be made to see a counsellor at Jordanstown .
25 Irresponsible owners should be made to see the threat they cause not only to dogs , but to the responsible dog owner .
26 Similarly , checks are made to see you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure .
27 In the tear-down bay the engine is carefully dismantled and an initial ‘ eyeball ’ inspection is made to see if any snags become apparent .
28 Regular stock checks should be made to see that the balance of stock in the bin agrees with both the balance on the bin card and the balance on the stock record card .
29 No attempt has been made to see the needs of legally aided clients as different from those of fee-paying clients .
30 Material dependence arises because the old can not earn their living and financial arrangements must be made to see that they have an income that is adequate to their needs .
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