Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] made to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1963 and 1974 an attempt was made to measure the abundance and distribution of the common and widespread birds breeding in Sussex woodlands by a series of sample censuses . |
| 2 | The patients were monitored for any streptococcal infections during sampling , but no attempt was made to measure the amount of streptokinase absorbed . |
| 3 | It was only as these were run down that recourse was made to mining . |
| 4 | Reference was made to Annex F of the Guidance to Chief Officers on Police Complaints and Discipline Procedures promulgated by the Home Office ( 1985 ed . ) . |
| 5 | Thirdly , " reference was made to ARMY GROUP E and to General LOEHR " . |
| 6 | During the preparations for the reorganisation in 1974 no fewer than 127 applications were made to government departments for decisions in disputes over agency ( Richards 1975b:84 ) . |
| 7 | Some important changes were made to maintenance arrangements , whereby locomotives became attached first and foremost to specific traffic flows rather than to a defined geographical area . |
| 8 | First commercial gas sales were made to Alliance Gas on September 1 . |
| 9 | She said a complaint over the policy was made to Local Government Ombudsman , who found in favour of the council . |
| 10 | The sequence was made to measure for Gerhardt who , in Heaton 's phrase , was ‘ built like a tank ’ . |
| 11 | And those suits were made to measure |
| 12 | Attempts were made to measure the relative contribution to the overall metabolism of mucosa , lamina propria , and muscularis layers . |
| 13 | At that time few attempts were made to measure the effectiveness of such activity , and advertising agencies tended to branch out into sales promotions with the aim of offering an all-inclusive package to their clients in an attempt to combat competition from the emerging sales promotion agencies . |
| 14 | Once the route was resolved the Club found itself considering yet again , the prospects of building a new clubhouse at the top of Chalk Hill and serious attempts were made to interest Brewery companies into buying the existing clubhouse for a public house . |
| 15 | and er had to measure up the body because the coffins were made to measure . |
| 16 | By 1990 the museum 's concentration on twentieth-century art had made it an anomaly in the collection and the decision was made to deaccession the picture , valued at $10 million . |
| 17 | ‘ Mum was initially cooperative … and Mr Peel was likewise ‘ quite cooperative ’ ’ until the decision was made to Statement … after that he opted out and did n't contact me . ’ |
| 18 | In our Venetian palace the furniture and marble floors were made to measure in open-fronted workshops in the surrounding streets . |