Example sentences of "[verb] [been] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case has been made that neutralisation is potentially attractive only to relatively minor states that by virtue of their strategic position or symbolic political value have become or threaten to become the focal points of contests for control or dominant influence between principal regional or global rivals . |
| 2 | In an effort to reduce overproduction of food , the suggestion has been made that land in lowland Britain be taken out of agricultural production and forested . |
| 3 | In much of the writing on the dependent elderly , the assumption has been made that retirement has become more common at an earlier age because of a reduction in the demand for elderly workers . |
| 4 | The argument has been made that proportionality underlies decisions as diverse as those relating to the legitimacy of planning conditions or local transport policy , disciplinary actions or sex discrimination . |
| 5 | To return to Lévi-Strauss , the point has been made that emotion need not be seen as obscure and incomprehensible , and that Freud 's importance is that he made a lasting contribution to explicating how the most obscure actions can be seen to make emotional sense . |
| 6 | Further , the word ‘ communion ’ , a term again involving a verbal identification of Church and Eucharist , was so much used by the Council that it has subsequently been seen to express the Council 's ecclesiology most profoundly and has been made great use of in such documents as those of ARCIC . |
| 7 | Stephen March has been made divisional finance officer for West Sussex County Council . |
| 8 | In Ariel ( 15 ) a miner who has been made redundant heads south to Helsinki and falls in love . |
| 9 | In it , a miner who has been made redundant heads south to Helsinki and falls in love . |
| 10 | DAVID JENKINS has been made first director of Essex Voluntary Association for the Blind . |
| 11 | Peter Shead , 38 , has been made assistant county fire officer . |
| 12 | He takes over from PHILIP SWANN who has been made assistant director ( adult services ) . |
| 13 | Everything 's done : turkey stuffed , the pudding has been made this past five weeks . |
| 14 | Her income support entitlement ended when she obtained maintenance at £5.00 per week but only one payment has been made this year . |
| 15 | In anticipation of the move , Mr Whitbread has already handed effective control of the company to his chief executive Peter Jarvis and has been made non-executive chairman . |
| 16 | On a more personal note , life in Cambridge has been made wonderful fun by the grads at the unit , Mark Coulson and all at Clare Hall , particularly the boys from Stiffy and The FT . |
| 17 | When the product selection has been made some options for managing records may have been made impossible by the operating environment or application software . |
| 18 | Another idea thrown up by interferon research has been to make synthetic analogues of the 2',5'-oligoadenylate molecules formed in response to interferon and which activate the nuclease enzyme to break down viral messenger RNA . |
| 19 | ‘ The persistent concern to increase councillor calibre through reorganization ’ , he says , ‘ makes it equally clear that the essential object of reorganization has been to make local government more functional for dominant interests , by restructuring it so as to facilitate their direct control of its expenditure and interventions ’ ( 1979 , p. 245 ) . |
| 20 | Politically , however , their main effect during the twentieth century has been to make local government financially dependent upon the centre . |
| 21 | None the less , given that sociology did award philosophy a juridical role in determining how sociology should conduct its business , the effect has been to make social research methods extremely sensitive to judgements about whether or not they conform to the appropriate methodological criteria . |
| 22 | However , now in the hands of Cyril Stein 's Ladbroke group , Vernons has been making bullish noises about capturing extra market share . |
| 23 | The Pearl has been making strenuous efforts to change its business direction , but the Australians clearly see the possibilities offered by the British group 's large distribution network to market its own products . |
| 24 | With the possibility of privatisation looming , the BTG has been making strenuous efforts to become an international organisation . |
| 25 | Our client has been making regular visits to the property , usually at weekends , during which he maintains it as well as performing a security function . |
| 26 | For example , if a business has been making integrated circuits by a special process for several years but has failed to apply for a patent , another business , wishing to do the same type of work , will be refused a patent on the grounds that the invention is not new . |
| 27 | It began with a love of children , but recently she has been making important speeches about the role of the family as a whole , and the dangers of drug abuse . |
| 28 | Our ‘ Palatine Bitter ’ and ‘ Weaver Ale ’ brands are recognized as high quality beers , and Dulverton Cider has been making significant inroads in the take-home trade . |
| 29 | All are part of the Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts chain , which , since the introduction of its Green Programme in 1990 , has been making enormous cash savings while contributing widely to Canada 's environmental policy . |
| 30 | An aerospace company which has been making large numbers of workers redundant has won a two hundred million pound order . |