Example sentences of "[was/were] make [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These presentation were made during the annual sales conference . |
| 2 | The first attempts at producing a problem-solving machine , or computer , were made during the Second World War as Allied scientists sought to break enemy codes . |
| 3 | Some worthwhile traffic gains were made during the 1980s , such as timber from the Scottish Highlands and drinks from several locations in the South West . |
| 4 | Two of these orders were made under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 and had a power of arrest attached . |
| 5 | ‘ Further calls were made on the 999 system in which he repeatedly swore and mumbled about drink driving offences in the North Yorkshire police area , ’ said Mr Walker . |
| 6 | No attacks were made on the 401st Bomb Group , but vicious assaults were made by the enemy fighters on the bomber wing that was flying alongside them . |
| 7 | Not only that , the recordings were made on the very instrument for which most of it had been written , so there 's no doubt that the sounds we hear are the very sounds he had in mind when setting out his very registration . |
| 8 | ALLEGATIONS of gross misappropriation of funds belonging to the sport by the former president of the International Judo Federation were made at the biannual congress yesterday while the man himself lay in a nearby hospital apparently suffering from a heart attack , writes Philip Nicksan from Belgrade . |
| 9 | The die study has become one of the most important tools used by the numismatist because it provides a physical link between two separate objects and thereby provides evidence that they were made at the same place and time . |
| 10 | The same method of the die study is also useful in establishing mints , as die links between coins indicate that they were made at the same mint . |
| 11 | Of course , it would be much too simple if die links always proved that two objects were made at the same place and time . |
| 12 | Two further appointments were made at the same time . |
| 13 | Injections were made into the vitreous by placing the needle just posterior to the corneoscleral junction , and the success of the injection was confirmed by ensuring that the pupillary response was eliminated . |
| 14 | Demands were made for the immediate distribution of gas masks , most notably by Foreign Minister David Levi on Aug. 20 . |
| 15 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |
| 16 | Each committee was aware of the dangers of individual or mass arrest , and contingency plans were made for the automatic replacement of committee members should they be arrested . |
| 17 | Adjustments were made for the continuous variables triceps skinfold ( measured as recommended by Tanner and Whitehouse , expressed as standard deviation scores calculated by the method of Cole ) and reported maternal height . |
| 18 | Two specific claims were made for the new drug . |
| 19 | A decade later , parallel experiments were made with the isolated cells in culture , with similar results . |
| 20 | So the arrangements were made with the White Star line and unbeknown to Nellie , Liam eventually did get two reservations on the new ship , which was brought down from Liverpool to Southampton , where most of the passengers got on , and then to Cherbourg to pick up some more and finally to Queenstown before crossing the Atlantic to New York . |
| 21 | A major problem with early computers was the question of reliability ; pessimistic forecasts were made of the mean time to failure of assemblies of several thousand valves , and a prime consideration in designing a computer was to make it as simple as possible . |
| 22 | If the y -component of the interplanetary magnetic field B y were large , the tension force would yield a strong zonal flow burst on the most recently opened flux : the moderate northwestward flow observed here in the cusp/cleft region implies that B y is weakly positive ; we can not confirm this inference because no simultaneous measurements were made of the interplanetary magnetic field . |
| 23 | Numerous inquiries were made of the Financial Secretary to elucidate the resulting effect of the Bill on in-house benefits , i.e. , concessionary travel for airline , railway and merchant navy employees , on benefits for hotel employees and on concessionary education for the children of teachers . |
| 24 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 25 | Because they were made of the right kind of iron ? |
| 26 | Indirect criticisms were made of the incumbent leadership who were themselves struggling to maintain legitimacy during this period when the reforms had run into difficulties . |
| 27 | Comparisons were made of the following indices of bowel function : stated frequency of defecation per week , mean interval between recorded defecations , a score for stool form , and calculated whole gut transit time . |
| 28 | However , the stiff chairs and table were made of the expensive blackwood which grew to the south and was imported from Punt . |
| 29 | In 1913 , four copies were made of the original , one of which is on display in Arkhangelsk Museum . |
| 30 | Enquiries were made of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic where , however , there was a lengthy waiting list . |