Example sentences of "[am/are] made [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A scion is the growth that arises from an implanted bud or graft , whereas the stock — sometimes referred to as the root- stock — is the host plant that receives the bud or graft , with its own top growth removed so that its sap and energies are made to support the new guest .
2 It may be unwise to attach importance to ministerial explanations which are made to satisfy the political requirements of persuasion and debate , often under pressure of time and business .
3 In particular the fearful and horrifying episodes of life with their accompanying pain are played back so that time after time we are made to suffer the same agony that we felt as a child when we had the original experience .
4 In case attempts are made to avoid the full effect of the winding-up procedure , Section 127 states :
5 Attempts are made to consider the best interests of the natural parents and the would-be adoptive parents , but the interests of the child are , of course , of paramount importance .
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