Example sentences of "be make [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many attempts have been made to classify British cattle breeds on the basis of ancestry and these categories are often based on obvious physical characteristics such as horns and coat colour . |
| 2 | A spokeswoman for the Saatchi Collection said the sales did not signal a lessening commitment to the collection , but had been made to finance new acquisitions . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 4 | The secretary of state has given the Joint Consultants Committee ( JCC ) an assurance that the Department of Health will deal firmly with specific cases of abuse that are notified to the department , and , indeed , certain trusts have already been made to reverse inappropriate appointments . |
| 5 | Questions whirled in her brain as the play progressed , unfolding its tale to an appreciative audience , yet she was no nearer to an answer as the curtain dropped for the final time after the cast had been made to take several bows . |
| 6 | A crude attempt had been made to erase three initials , but they were still plainly visible . |
| 7 | Data compression is so vital to the future of information media that considerable international efforts have been made to create global standards governing the way in which compression is handled . |
| 8 | At various times proposals have been made to give local authorities general enabling powers akin to those of continental authorities — power to do anything not forbidden them . |
| 9 | Few serious attempts have been made to devise diagnostic tests in reading and number for the purpose of indicating relative attainment of learners . |
| 10 | An attempt had been made to offset recent enclosures by letting out a few five-acre plots , rent and tithe free , to deserving poor , but the newer legislation continued to make things difficult . |
| 11 | No attempt has been made to choose worthwhile bars that can be visited for a coffee break en route . |
| 12 | Attempts have been made to compare various tests and to examine their reliability and validity . |
| 13 | While the rising tide of the elderly population indicated that the need for inpatient care would not diminish , plans had already been made to establish local units for people with dementia at Tiverton and Exmouth . |
| 14 | The label engraver is inappropriate for temporary labels , and a number of patchwork suggestions have been made to overcome these difficulties . |
| 15 | With the exception of the computer industry , little effort seems to have been made to develop new industries ; instead there has been concentration on making our existing industries more efficient and competitive . |
| 16 | Although attempts have been made to solve these problems through the ingestion of radiotelemetric pressure sensors , these efforts have been hampered by intermittent signal loss and the inability to control the location of the capsule within the gastrointestinal tract . |
| 17 | Attempts have been made to blind two horses by cutting them with Stanley knives as they were grazing . |
| 18 | Neighbourhood Watch A neighbourhood watch has been established on Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue , Mrs. Moug has agreed to inaugurate a scheme in Baberton Crescent and preliminary moves have been made to encourage other parts of the village to participate . |
| 19 | Neighbourhood Watch A neighbourhood watch has been established on Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue , Mrs. Moug has agreed to inaugurate a scheme in Baberton Crescent and preliminary moves have been made to encourage other parts of the village to participate . |
| 20 | Attempts had been made to find alternative uses , but it was evident that nothing suitable was forthcoming . |
| 21 | It is encouraging to note that , since 1977 , not only have many more churches been listed , but a serious effort has also been made to find new uses for a much higher percentage of redundant churches — although procedures remain unnecessarily complicated and frustrating . |
| 22 | Attempts have been made to assimilate such meanings to various pragmatic concepts , for example pragmatic presupposition ( Keenan , 1971 ) , or , as we shall find in the next Chapter , conventional implicature . |
| 23 | Clearly an attempt has been made to select key groups , but they are not used very effectively to date major sequences and odd conclusions were drawn , which were to have far reaching effects . |
| 24 | Since the FMI 's launch some attempt has been made to address these problems through courses at the Civil Service College , and more generally through what Tyson ( 1987 , p. 70 ) describes ‘ as a long-term process of personal development and change ’ ( see also Financial Management in Government Departments , 1983 , pp. 7–8 ) . |
| 25 | Laws have been made to check such deceits , but sometimes remedies have been honestly although misguidedly trusted until experience gradually showed their worthlessness . |
| 26 | Some other general qualities of schizophrenia can be appreciated by examining attempts that have been made to identify various subtypes . |
| 27 | The issue of the document should not be taken to imply any commitment of any kind has been made to pursue possible solutions to the requirements described . |
| 28 | Because of the potential seriousness of gonorrhoea or syphilis , if left untreated , nearly all the clinics in the United Kingdom have on their staff contact-tracers whose prime aim is to ensure that all efforts are made to persuade possible contacts of patients with either disease to attend for investigation . |
| 29 | Full assessment and nursing diagnoses are made using special tools and recording equipment , such as ultrasonography . |
| 30 | The new legislation , however , makes it clear that clients must be assessed before decisions are made to use donated gametes . |