Example sentences of "be made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But most certainly the road to the latter , with its decadence and exploitation , has been made a great deal smoother , shorter and more popular by the compromise and self-interest of the clerics and assorted fellow travellers of the so-called ‘ new morality ’ school . |
| 2 | However , it has , in the past , been made a legal offence to rely on customer inertia ; notably in unsolicited postal selling . |
| 3 | The water up to 500 metres around the ship has now been made a no-go area , for fear any oil still in the wreck could be a danger to life and property . |
| 4 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 5 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
| 6 | Trade sanctions have been threatened and copyright has been made a high-profile issue in international negotiations . |
| 7 | Yet it is hardly likely that even if links had been made a ramshackle group of peasant armies using antiquated military techniques could have stood out for long against the Red Army . |
| 8 | ‘ No , the wall has been made a permanent fixture , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 9 | It was announced on Dec. 18 that former Foreign Minister Acheikh bin Oumar had been made a special councillor to Déby . |
| 10 | The base has been made a free port and special economic zone . |
| 11 | In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland . |
| 12 | The divine has long been made an intimate participant in male experiences of violence , in war and in political martyrdom . |
| 13 | She was a dignified octogenarian aristocrat who had been made an honorary Chief-Corporal in the Regiment since she had served with it in World War Two . |
| 14 | He is a keen follower of football and cricket and has recently been made an honorary vice-president of Altrincham FC . |
| 15 | Gwendolen Truda Brock ( Sister Truda C. R. ) who spent 1927–8 at Somerville as a research student from South Africa working for her Zoology D. Phil under Professor Goodrich has been made an Honorary Doctor of Laws of Rhodes University . |
| 16 | If and when you are made a firm offer of a place , you will be asked to confirm the details of the funds available to you . |
| 17 | When mistakes are made a full apology is often less damaging than a grudging admission that events have not gone as planned . |
| 18 | Mr Randall said : ‘ In general terms , we do see room for hacking to be made a criminal offence . ’ |
| 19 | Domestic affairs shall be made a criminal offence . |
| 20 | Our working relationship , I am sure , would be made a great deal easier . ’ |
| 21 | As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive . |
| 22 | It will be made a London-based company , Blue Heaven Productions , for the ITV network . |
| 23 | As regards the police , should the publication of racist statements like the unofficial communique be made a disciplinary offence , or would this merely strengthen rank-and-file resistance to the implementation of antiracist policies within the force ? |
| 24 | None the less , some statements by members of the Association reveal that the effacement required by this procedure was no more than a tactical ploy , since one of the dominant assumptions of moral education was " that morality was to be made a conscious aim of the teacher , but concealed from the pupils , who were to imbibe the influence from literature as habit or experience " . |
| 25 | Similarly , a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation . |
| 26 | Some feminists would expand this argument to suggest that the political and/or ethical discussion should be made an explicit part of the methodology of philosophy . |
| 27 | Still painfully relieved that he was not to be made an unwanted orphan and bundled off to a Home , Frankie left the room without a word . |
| 28 | He had been promised that once he had obtained his colliery manager 's certificate , he would be made an assistant manager . |
| 29 | Stan Mortensen , Blackpool 's hat-trick scorer in the 1953 FA Cup final win over Bolton , is to be made an honorary freeman of the town . |
| 30 | He received recognition there by being made a honorary member of the Botanical Society of Florence , a body existing from 1718 to 1783 . |