Example sentences of "[was/were] make [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was disputed but the payments were made under protest for a number of years , and finally refused . |
| 2 | A spokesman for Wiltshire County Council explained : ‘ The dogs were made in Taiwan for an Andrex promotion but when the shipment arrived at Southampton the company decided they were sub-standard . |
| 3 | The sequence was made to measure for Gerhardt who , in Heaton 's phrase , was ‘ built like a tank ’ . |
| 4 | It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins . |
| 5 | Use was made of facilities for communications , intelligence gathering , and early warning systems . |
| 6 | In the above paragraphs a distinction was made between assessment for teaching and learning purposes and assessment for purposes external to the classroom . |
| 7 | According to most commentators the announcement of the deportations was made in retaliation for the killing by an unidentified gunman on Jan. 1 of a Jewish settler , Doron Shorshan , near the Dir Al Balah refugee camp in the Gaza strip . |
| 8 | A study using engineering estimates of costs was made by Pratten for the Cecchini Report , and this finds evidence of cost advantages from increasing output levels in some industries ( see Table 2.4 ) . |
| 9 | That was the view of Ephorus at least , who said ( F 119 ) that Boiotia , situated on three seas ( probably he meant the Corinthian Gulf and the Euboian straits north and south of Chalkis ) was made by nature for thalassokratia , rule of the sea . |
| 10 | No announcement was made regarding responsibility for the Foreign Affairs portfolio . |