Example sentences of "be made a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thousand babies later , in April 1919 , Edith Pye departed , one of very few women to have been made a chévalier of the Legion of Honour . |
| 2 | Ben had been made a Companion of Honour in the Coronation Honours List and the very fact that he was writing an opera for the Coronation created jealousy in some quarters . |
| 3 | John Thaw , star of Central Television 's Inspector Morse has been made a CBE in the new years honours list . |
| 4 | Eden was so angry at having been made a fool of that the Director General of MI6 , Sir John ‘ Sinbad ’ Sinclair , was obliged to retire prematurely and was replaced by the head of MI5 , Sir Dick White . |
| 5 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
| 6 | Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of |
| 7 | But by the end of the 1890s , although her work had long been recognized and she had been made a founder-councillor of the London county council in 1899 , Emma Cons was approaching a breakdown caused by overwork , not only at the theatre but in all her other housing and philanthropic efforts ( she was also vice-president of the London Society for Women 's Suffrage , an executive member of the Women 's Liberal Foundations , and a founder of the Women 's Horticultural College at Swanley ) . |
| 8 | The lives of countless millions of people have been made a misery through the conflicts arising from prejudice . |
| 9 | I am to be dominated by the truth because I have been made a Christian by the operation of the Holy Spirit within . |
| 10 | New Zealand 's Foreign Affairs Minister , Don McKinnon , said that he was " appalled and disgusted " to learn that the agent had been made a knight in the National Order of Merit . |
| 11 | His creator James Driscoll has just returned to Britain after signing a £20 million deal to create the 40-acre fun park in Samara , 600 miles east of Moscow — where Digswell has been made a Freeman of the City . |
| 12 | The COI also made it widely-known that the shy Blewitt had been made a Freeman of the City of London in recognition of Dunston-based DMB 's skills in tackling the restoration of the city 's Blackfriars Bridge . |
| 13 | The British egg industry had been made a scapegoat for food poisoning by the Government . |
| 14 | I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened . |
| 15 | The Boro 's second leading scorer felt he had been made a scapegoat for the home defeat by Watford . |
| 16 | Butterworth was ‘ on the skids ’ , having been made a scapegoat by Acheson for the bankruptcy of American policy in China ; Butterworth would shortly be posted abroad , which was correct as he soon afterwards departed to be American minister in Stockholm . |
| 17 | In his book Under Fire : An American Story , published on Oct. 22 , North avowed that former President Ronald Reagan not only " knew everything " about the Iran-contra project but also " enthusiastically " backed it , and that he had been made a scapegoat by senior Reagan administration officials seeking to protect the President and themselves . |
| 18 | It was stressed last night that Mr Trippier , once Mr Clarke 's parliamentary private secretary , was unaware that a 9 per cent ‘ final offer ’ had been made a week before his letter . |
| 19 | If Piggy had not told Ralph his nickname in the beginning he would not have been made a ridicule of before the vote . |
| 20 | This boost did much to wipe out the effect of Balfour 's referendum pledge , which had been made a month before the Reciprocity Agreement and was erroneously believed to be its cause . |
| 21 | It 's been made a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of its strength as a habitat for a wide range of grasses and rare plants . |
| 22 | East Cleveland academic Dr Mike Featherstone , 45 , of Marske Lane , Skelton , has been made a professor by Teesside Polytechnic on the eve of its elevation to university status . |
| 23 | Even now that she had been made a director of the firm , Laura was well aware that it did n't mean that she had a job for life . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you 'd just been made a director of this firm ? ’ |
| 25 | At last there 's hope for the many hundreds of children whose lives are made a misery by birthmarks . |
| 26 | Yeah , you 're , you 're made a laugh of are n't you ? |
| 27 | The plan calls for Berlin to be made a centre for international conferences and youth exchanges and for improving air traffic to the city . |
| 28 | In fact , such sites can be made a feature in the garden , and it could be worth building a wall on purpose , which would form a barrier to cold wind and contain warmth on its sunny side . |
| 29 | Additionally , assuming we are interested in social welfare , the manager 's pay should be made a function of that , if possible . |
| 30 | ‘ I think it can be made a kind of elective institution . |