Example sentences of "be made [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allegations have been made that successful convictions in a number of key murder trials have been dependent upon confession evidence which has been improperly obtained during police interrogation . |
| 2 | Although laser gain has been observed at a shorter wavelength — 18–2 nanometres by Geoff Pert 's group at the University of Hull — no claims have been made that those experiments produced coherent light ; the emission included radiation generated by other processes . |
| 3 | By the middle of the month , over 350 arrests had been made and six newspapers banned in government moves to disrupt the opposition campaign . |
| 4 | Once changes in the classroom have been made and special items of furniture and equipment have been introduced , they usually come to be accepted as a matter of course and are regarded by pupils as ‘ how things are ’ . |
| 5 | Over a period some mistakes had been made and several members of the Committee were not in full agreement , but if ideas and plans were to be achieved there was bound to be hard talking at Meetings . |
| 6 | Nevertheless an important start has been made and some students are being exposed to a segment of African literature . |
| 7 | The importance of situational analysis as a preliminary to curriculum design has been recognised , investment has been made and important questions are being asked . |
| 8 | Proposals for the revision of the family Ophiacanthidae are made and four sub-families are erected . |
| 9 | A general rule could be made that weak syllables which are phonologically composed of a plosive or fricative consonant plus are uncommon except in initial position in the words . |
| 10 | Each of the lower feeders had their own cropping techniques , and a general assumption can be made that such techniques had themselves a co-evolutionary impact on plants . |
| 11 | The point also needs to be made that these figures do not relate to gross income or net income in the sense that any member of the public would normally understand it . |
| 12 | For anisotropic materials length/width ratios of at lest should be used , as in tensile tests , and if the ratio E/G is not known tests of specimens with increasing lengths should be made until consistent results are obtained . |
| 13 | Little progress could be made until these cancers could be reproduced by experiments in animals . |
| 14 | Eventually , they do come , because there are sound checks to be made and dangerous tricks to be practiced . |
| 15 | A good weather forecast is a vital element of this preparation , and by effectively pricing the service out of the reach of many hillwalkers ' pockets , compromises in safety are bound to be made and unnecessary risks taken , leading to accidents and perhaps ( in extreme conditions ) loss of lift . |
| 16 | When the application period ended ( on June 8 ) an assessment of the results would be made and unsold shares would be put up for sale at a lower price . |
| 17 | Daily running checks need to be made and these checks must be supported by a workable maintenance system . |
| 18 | However , because this ‘ Galilean ’ mentality has not yet been fully understood and absorbed , errors can still be made and damaging operations done . |
| 19 | Refunds will NOT be made where such charges have been levied by non-bank bureaux de change . |
| 20 | Job cuts are already being made and newly-qualified nurses are going straight on the dole . |
| 21 | AN ORGY of steam traction comes to Dorset on the weekend of September 19 and 20 with history being made as six locomotives steam at once during a special fund-raising Grand Steam Gala — the most locos ever seen in the Isle of Purbeck . |
| 22 | Continued allegations were made that surplus revenues were being applied for civic and municipal purposes and not for the improvement of the Harbour in accordance with the Acts of 1799 and 1826 . |
| 23 | Many valuable contacts were made and several projects that could not be implemented during 1990 will be followed through in the future . |
| 24 | Links were made and any experiences that black groups have had with the CAB were identified ; the work of the CAB was described and help was enlisted from the black community in order to improve the services that the CAB could offer them . |
| 25 | Friendships died , new alliances were made and old ones betrayed as the powerful barons , courtiers and important officials scented the power , influence and wealth now available for the throne was empty with no real heir-apparent . |
| 26 | The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction . |
| 27 | The issue of the legitimacy of corporate enterprise can , however , be saved from being swallowed up in this wider debate if the assumption is made that alternative patterns of distribution can be secured through state action should the prevailing one be considered morally unappealing . |
| 28 | No suggestion was made that non-litigation costs were not amenable to being quantified by taxation . |
| 29 | The bonanza went on until the church thought enough was enough and so on a Sunday evening in August , a concerted effort was made and strong sermons were preached from every pulpit against bee wine and its evil effects . |
| 30 | The ruling was made when four protesters were prosecuted for burning a flag outside a Seattle post office shortly after midnight on Oct. 28 , the day that the new Act came into force . |