Example sentences of "[being] made [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In this case , the transfer is being made off a camcorder which is acting as the source-machine ; the record-machine is a VCR which need not be of the same format .
2 In one accident I witnessed , the take off was being made towards the glare of the sun .
3 The dead were carried in wicker coffins from Keld along the corpse road , stops being made along the way for food and drink , and every so often there were great " coffin stones " at the side of the way where the pallbearers could rest the body ( one such stone still stands at the side of Ivelet Bridge ) .
4 There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel .
5 This is done while the transfer of both pictures and original sound is being made onto a copy tape .
6 The changes are being made under the Tobacco Products Labelling ( Safety ) Regulations 1991 , which were laid before Parliament by the Secretary for Health , Mr William Waldegrave , on 11th July .
7 New discoveries are constantly being made through a return to original sources .
8 It is well known that the UKCC has to this date been a bastion of conservatism , its appointments being made through the patronage of the secretary of state or the national boards .
9 He had been obedient and had never received the fuss that was being made over the return of his brother .
10 As we saw in Part II , this has not been the case with child language , where both comprehension and production have been extensively studied , with comparisons being made between the child 's spontaneous use and understanding of particular linguistic forms .
11 Pro-choice groups were in favour of a liberalization of abortion but felt that the distinction being made between the mother 's health and her life was invidious .
12 Reg says many other decisions were being made about the churchyard without involving him .
13 This independent assessment results in a judgment being made about the likelihood , based on that evidence , of a court finding a case proved beyond reasonable doubt .
14 At the time , as the stations were being built , it was much less easy for outsiders to see what was going on , or to make informed assessments of the rosy promises being made about the future .
15 Unrealistic assumptions are being made about the extent to which — and the speed with which — the need for hospitals can be reduced by technological advance and improvements in primary care .
16 Many claims are now being made about the environment , some true , many exaggerated .
17 He had read a novel by Jeremy Larner called Drive and there was talk of the book being made into a film , with himself in one of the leading roles .
18 This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case .
19 As Larry Speakes , the president 's press spokesman , put it , ‘ I always had the impression that … as ( Ollie ) flew across the country he could visualize a camera on him , and although nobody knew who he was and his mission was secret , the whole thing was being made into a movie . ’
20 Tom Wolfe 's book The Painted Word is a witty example of the genre ; it originally appeared in Harper 's Magazine , before being made into a book in 1975 .
21 Seeds such as fennel should be bruised before being made into an infusion to release the essential oils from the cells .
22 But it was soon obvious that this would not be feasible because of the rapid advance being made into the area by Tito 's forces .
23 Increasing use is being made of the telephone for interviewing the general public in market research and social surveys .
24 Much is being made of the presence of pollen in the samples , yet Crone states that the mixture of pollen and fungus on the leaves and rocks probably could not have occurred naturally .
25 The review of the recording of La Mer is especially interesting for the debate it prompts within Porter himself , who admits to a prejudice against some Karajan performances , not before they start , but within moments of the opening , when it might be felt that — in those days — too much was being made of the music .
26 There is strong evidence that greater and greater use is being made of the CAB service .
27 Studies are being made of the population biology and molecular genetics of the parasite world-wide with emphasis on variation in antigens and in genes responsible for response of the parasite to drugs .
28 By the outbreak of World War II rather more was being made of the ceremony itself , but it would appear that the reasons given by working class couples heading for the altar were still somewhat pragmatic .
29 More use today is being made of the aspersion method , a system of dissipating the freezing effect of frost by spraying the vines with water .
30 An analysis is being made of the role of technological development and competition and the role of post-innovation improvements in market success .
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