Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] made the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He says they should be made the responsibility of the Home Office instead .
2 It would be obviously undesirable that such matters should be made the subject of evidence in a Court of law or otherwise discussed in public . ’
3 Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency .
4 The English nation , wrote the parliamentarian soldier Walter Blith , ‘ might be made the paradise of the World , if we can but bring ingenuity into fashion . ’
5 Most of these poets whose labour was fairly specialized were conscious of an occupational identity which could be made the subject of verse .
6 In the latter case , they could be made the subject of a Mental Health Order , but there is little precedent for so doing .
7 ‘ But before the payment could be made the owner of The Mail on Sunday , Lord Rothermere , issued a directive that no money should be paid to criminals or their families .
8 This is all the more necessary because , although some facilitating devices such as information agreements may be made the subject of prohibitions , the majority of them appear to escape these .
9 If a libel is extremely serious , to the extent that a court is prepared to hold that it can not be compensated by money and deserves to be punished as a crime , its publisher may be made the target of a prosecution .
10 The Director General of Fair Trading has indicated that joint ventures can be made the subject of a direction ( under section 21(2) of the Act ) by the Secretary of State to the Director General not to take proceedings before the Court .
11 We are arguing , on the basis of what actually happens in classrooms , that a purist adherence to any methodological orthodoxy can generate considerable problems , that these need to be addressed openly , and that in any event the notion that the act of teaching can be made the subject of procedural mandates is suspect and unrealistic .
12 Certain other rights , such as the right to inspect the register of trade union members , can be made the subject of a complaint to the Certification Officer .
13 Texts can be put to many uses : a ) Extracts from texts can be made the basis of language learning dialogues and drills .
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