Example sentences of "[pron] was made [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Observers identified a weak point of the agreement in its section on agriculture , which was made conditional on such agreements as might result from the " Uruguay Round " of negotiations in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 2 | US President Bush , in a letter to the US Congress which was made public on Oct. 26 , stated his intention to provide renewed military aid for Jordan ( cut off because of Jordan 's stance in the Gulf war — see pp. 38024 ; 38119 , 38311 ) . |
| 3 | The primary form is God 's own self-expression , his eternal Word which was made flesh in Jesus ; the secondary form is the witness of the Bible in Old and New Testaments to that primary Word , the witness by which the Word itself is mediated and heard ; the tertiary form is the proclamation of Jesus Christ in the church as the Word of God to us . |
| 4 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 5 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 6 | One of those who took advantage of the amnesty was Miloš Obrenović , who was made oborknez of his home district of Rudnik , and was later made the chief ( bašiknez ) of the neighbouring nahijes of Čačak and Kragujevac . |
| 7 | He lost the leadership of Leeds to Ellery Hanley and it was Hanley who was made skipper of Great Britain in Australia this summer . |
| 8 | It was made part of The East Surrey Regiment in 1916 , and in 1935 was converted to an anti-aircraft role as part of The Royal Engineers . |
| 9 | It was made use of on 8 November by Cardinal Frings of Cologne precisely to call the Theological Commission into line , reminding it that it was there to carry out the wishes of the Council , not to determine what the Council should decide . |
| 10 | In 1980 he was made Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lever Brothers Company , New York . |
| 11 | At the outbreak of World War I , though not the most senior of chief railway officers , he was made chairman of the Railway Executive , which controlled all aspects of railway operation . |
| 12 | In 1985 he was made Chairman of the Bovis Construction Group and appointed to the P&O SN Co Main Board . |
| 13 | At 39 he was made chairman of the Conservative Party by Sir Alec Douglas-Home , but was never in favour during the Heath years . |
| 14 | And he was made chairman of the Railway executive . |
| 15 | In 1920 he was made nuncio to the German Republic , although he did not move to Berlin until 1925 . |
| 16 | In August 1470 he was made warden of the west march towards Scotland , an office previously held by the earl of Warwick . |
| 17 | In August 1470 he was made warden of the west march towards Scotland , an office previously held by the earl of Warwick . |
| 18 | He was made FRSL in 1947 . |
| 19 | He was made constable of Bristol Castle in August 1307 and began to receive numerous royal grants . |
| 20 | He was made inspector of the baths in 1787 and between 1788 and 1792 built the Great Pump Room with its exquisitely ornamented twin colonnades . |
| 21 | His effectiveness in this , his finest hour , was admired as his arrogance and conflict of interest were deplored , and he was made governor of the new colony of British Columbia on condition he leave the company . |
| 22 | On 7 November he was made justiciar of north Wales for life in place of Hastings to whom Warwick had given the office in the previous August . |
| 23 | In March 1284 , after its conclusion , he was made justiciar of north Wales . |
| 24 | On 7 November he was made justiciar of north Wales for life in place of Hastings to whom Warwick had given the office in the previous August . |
| 25 | For the 1985 exhibition ‘ A day in the country : Impressionism and the French landscape ’ , he was made Chevalier of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture . |
| 26 | Under Richard III he was made receiver of the Lancaster lands formerly held by Elizabeth Woodville and was granted the farm of valuable land within the duchy . |
| 27 | Under Richard III he was made receiver of the Lancaster lands formerly held by Elizabeth Woodville and was granted the farm of valuable land within the duchy . |