Example sentences of "[noun sg] was made of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gun was returned to its usual place in the comer of the room and no more mention was made of the dead jackdaw . |
| 2 | Again no mention was made of the possibility of making an adoption order with a condition of access . |
| 3 | With the member countries of the EC getting ever closer , I was surprised that no mention was made of the confusion that exists in English speaking member countries between the professions of chemistry and pharmacy . |
| 4 | This may have been because my hopes were raised when mention was made of the need to consider ‘ the environmental effect of each stage leading to an alternative energy system ’ . |
| 5 | No mention was made of The British Library . |
| 6 | No mention was made of the special involvement of the Attorney General . |
| 7 | No mention was made of the place of other Tanzanian news within this Ministerial pecking order . |
| 8 | In last month 's In Benefit ( 22 April ) mention was made of the value of a benefits check when a client is being assessed for his/her ability to pay towards charges . |
| 9 | ‘ Detectives were called in to investigate the theft of the car but no mention was made of the filofax , ’ said a RUC source . |
| 10 | No mention was made of the February 1992 US-sponsored Washington accord between the legislature and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide , providing for the latter 's return to power [ see pp. 38758 ; 38808 ] . |
| 11 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council mention was made of the large gates onto the highway which have been erected at Burnside Snow Hill , Scorton . |
| 12 | What is said is that mention was made of the ‘ so-calledrevolt of certain ministers ’ . |
| 13 | Cheshire 's assistant chief constable , Brian Baister , said in response to last night 's IRA statement : ‘ A warning was given half-an-hour before , but no mention was made of the town of Warrington . |
| 14 | It has interested me very much to learn from the Air Historical Branch of the Royal Air Force that after the war , since nothing had been heard of Warrant Officer Crane 's Stirling , its crew and S.A.S. passengers , a search was made of the Morvan region . |
| 15 | An untidy search was made of the kitchen and bedroom and jewellery taken . |
| 16 | A police search was made of the area , but no cat was found . |
| 17 | The latest attacked happened on Monday night at about 6 pm when a thorough search was made of the fort . |
| 18 | If a thorough search was made of the ale-house and its out-buildings he would go to prison for a great many years . |
| 19 | The roof was made of the interlaced sprays of the yew tree , stiff twigs twisted in and out , over and under , hard as ice and set with dull-red berries . |
| 20 | A transcript was made of the examination . |
| 21 | On the central issue raised by the subtitle of the show , art in or out of the mainstream , some statistical study was made of the representation of women artists and the milestones in their careers . |
| 22 | In addition , a more limited study was made of the 105 largest wholesale , retail , and service corporations . ’ |
| 23 | A broad count was made of the number of individual programmes or courses , described or referred to , within all the information supplied by each authority , in order to impose a general framework on the data collected . |
| 24 | Frequent use was made of the bressummer arrangement described in the preceding chapter for the introduction of large openings , such as shopfronts , into pre-existing buildings . |
| 25 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 26 | It will long remain a problem to the average person that these sheds had such wide popularity and that so little use was made of the cheaper , cleaner , or , in fact , better umbrella sheds . |
| 27 | As a consequence , limited use was made of the microcomputers that were already installed in other EPHs , and it appeared that many officers were dissatisfied with the situation . |
| 28 | At MIT in Project Intrex use was made of the computer to teach the user how to carry out an information search . |
| 29 | In 1636 Mersenne made a series of tests on wires of different materials but it is doubtful if any use was made of the information . |
| 30 | Much use was made of the memoirs which began to pour forth in the 1920s from figures at court and in the army , from foreign diplomats and correspondents , and from political leaders across the political spectrum . |