Example sentences of "[prep] [be] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fortnight after being made a minister , this raconteur said that he had joined the Labour Party simply to make sure that ‘ they did nothing too silly ’ . |
| 2 | Since becoming assistant to Monsieur Bonard , he has progressed rapidly in the business and only a week ago he told us of his hopes of being made a partner . |
| 3 | It has , however , long been recognised that the court can exercise jurisdiction in personam against an individual present in England or capable of being made a party to English proceedings in cases in which Equity so requires , even where the subject matter is foreign immovable property . |
| 4 | A young care-leaver 's chances of being made a housing priority vary from one in three in Scotland to one in four in a London borough or metropolitan authority , to only one in eight in the South of England . |
| 5 | But despite the transitional talk of ‘ experimental knowledge ’ , Locke insists that ‘ natural philosophy is not capable of being made a science ’ . |
| 6 | The plan calls for Berlin to be made a centre for international conferences and youth exchanges and for improving air traffic to the city . |
| 7 | It had to be made a crusade , and so it was . |
| 8 | He moved in against his young brother , slowly this time , determined not to be made a fool of twice . |
| 9 | It 's the only dignified way of telling them that you 're not going to be made a fool of any longer and you 're not going to be dragged down to their level . ’ |
| 10 | But to be made a deacon was for the first time to profess before a multitude that the soul undertook the cause of God in a special ministry , and for the first time to feel sent to an apostolic work . |
| 11 | Autocratic , powerful and ambitious , he had long been jealous of the Emperor and had aspired to be made a Negus . |
| 12 | Douglas — to be made a Depot and have a Life Boat , with a Mortar and other apparatus . |
| 13 | Lynda Chalker , Overseas Development Minister , who lost her Wallasey seat , is to be made a baroness and retains her post . |
| 14 | She was the first woman sculptor , and only deaf woman , to be made a member of any Royal Academy in the British Isles . |
| 15 | He wrote to the local Conservative Association asking to be made a member . |
| 16 | The publication of a statement of compliance with the code , reviewed by the auditors so far as compliance can be objectively verified , is to be made a listing requirement by the Stock Exchange . |
| 17 | If special arrangements have to be made a note in the diary will remind the duty manager when VIPs or CIPs are due to arrive . |
| 18 | Where at any stage of proceedings by assignment , transmission , or devolution the interest or liability of any party devolves on some other person , the court may order ex parte that other person to be made a party " to carry on " the proceedings ( Ord 5 , r 11 ) . |
| 19 | If students ' freedom to learn is to be made a reality , academic staff must provide the intellectual conditions for students to be intellectually free . |
| 20 | Mr Stevens said he was ‘ very honoured indeed ’ to be made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for his work on the Sovereign Exhibition , which was held at London 's Victoria and Albert Museum . |
| 21 | Indeed I own myself unworthy and I long to be the servant of even the least religious in the Church of God and I hope by God 's grace to be made a sharer with them … |
| 22 | Janice was to be made a scapegoat . |
| 23 | Do n't wait here to be made a scapegoat , go , now … quickly ! ’ |
| 24 | " No wooden shoes " ; " No potatoes , No Popery " ; no imprisonment without trial ; liberty , freedom , and , especially , a sympathy with anyone who seemed to be making a stand against government 's inherent tendency towards arbitrary action . |
| 25 | I know I thought I 'd turned it off , I 'm going to have a look , something seems to be making a noise it was the vent |
| 26 | This provides one of Goody 's main claims to be making a contribution to further research : the field worker , whether anthropologist , historian , social psychologist or whatever , can ask of a specific culture why literacy did not fulfil its potential there , and what were the factors that ‘ restricted ’ its development . |
| 27 | Like others , he would be dismayed to find a good service submerged in yet another change , after the election , just as many Trust hospitals appear to be making a go of it . |
| 28 | And they had hundreds and hundreds of hens in deep litter and they seemed to be making a lot of money out of it . |
| 29 | Graham Burns seems to be making a habit of trying to follow British triumphs . |
| 30 | You seem to be making a habit of it . ’ |