Example sentences of "[been] make [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a more legitimate complaint concerns the attempts that have been made to turn a talented , energetic and fashionably leftish folk-rock group into rock stars . |
| 2 | The video has been made using a highly-experienced cast of comedy actors and a top television light entertainment director . |
| 3 | In modern China an attempt has also been made to create a national art , in this instance by partly discrediting tradition . |
| 4 | particulars of , reasons for and effect of departures from law where such departures have been made to give a true and fair view |
| 5 | In 1918 , an attempt had been made to form a British Screen Club to influence the press in favour of British films . |
| 6 | This is believed to be the first time that an attempt has been made to compile a complete statistical record of Soviet economic development assistance to the less developed countries since it started on a formal basis in 1954 ; by 1983 such assistance had gone to a total of 57 countries . |
| 7 | Many attempts have been made to compile a genealogical tree showing the relationships of these animals to one another and to man . |
| 8 | Buxtehude , which is studied first , is most interesting for the way in which an attempt has been made to treat a large area of a small town , ranging from centre to suburb . |
| 9 | A letter has been received by each objector stating that arrangements have been made to hold a Public Local Inquiry which will begin on 4th November 1991 . |
| 10 | An application has been made to establish a hot food shop adjacent to the chip shop . |
| 11 | Every effort has been made to produce an accurate list . |
| 12 | Although considerable effort has been made to develop an automatic release for the towplane , the problems are not as simple as they might at first seem and so far no really satisfactory technical answer has been found . |
| 13 | As the attached memorandum indicates , a large number of arrangements had been made to ensure a worthwhile programme , and representatives of all the other UK Links had agreed to attend our meeting . |
| 14 | But even in the midst of these minefields , assiduous efforts have been made to fashion a safe passageway . |
| 15 | Given this continuing policy vacuum on the one hand and the implacable opposition of the judiciary to any attempts to fill it on the other , it is not altogether surprising that few attempts have been made to fashion an overall criminal justice strategy that would bring together sentencing and penal policy . |
| 16 | As Dunsire ( 1982 , p. 21 ) has written , ‘ the bargaining network model has been made to look a little shop-soiled … |
| 17 | I 've been made to look an awful fool … so humiliated … |
| 18 | An attempt has been made to identify a similar system in Britain , comprising the sequence of five intermediate stations which lie along Watling Street between Towcester and Wroxeter , at Red Hill , Penkridge , Wall , Mancetter and Cave 's Inn . |
| 19 | There were alarming stories from a French colleague who had first been made to pay an exorbitant " import duty " for bringing his film stock into the country — and then , on his eventual departure , three times as much again for " export duty " because , it was argued , exposed film was clearly much more valuable than virgin film . |
| 20 | In recent years , steps have been made to provide a general equilibrium treatment of imperfect competition , but even with relatively straightforward assumptions about strategic behaviour there remain serious obstacles . |