Example sentences of "made [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Both sides made concessions , and under the terms of the protocol it was agreed that President Juvénal Habyarimana would share executive power with a new transitional Cabinet made up of a maximum of two ministers from each political party , including the FPR , and headed by a prime minister .
32 The Brazilian panelinhas are informal groups made up of a number of dyadic contracts , that is , people linked by personal ties — family , kin , friends — but the members are selected according to their occupation .
33 I would like to point out that the event was actually organised in conjunction with Craigavon Borough Council 's Community Relations office by Network Craigavon , an umbrella organisation made up of a number of peace and reconciliation groups in the greater Craigavon area , and not by the group identified by you which is one member of the Network and has in the past , like other constituent groups in the Network , organised events .
34 Also known as Fomorians , hideous demons in Ireland made up of a motley of twisted beast and human flesh , who pre-existed the Great Flood .
35 It was expected to cost around £800 million when launched , of which foreign aid made up about a half .
36 At this point he said , quite rightly , ‘ Sod this for a lark ! ’ and is now planning to have a batch of tensile steel rods made up by a colleague who owns an engineering firm .
37 John 's mother , Maria , who had often earned her living as a seamstress , made the lavish costumes ; the cream-coloured dresses made up in a pinafore smock style reaching just below the knee .
38 Courses at polytechnics are often multi-disciplinary , made up from a variety of individual ‘ modules ’ , and often have a vocational or technical emphasis .
39 It also tells us whether the unknown letter is a single segment letter , or made up from a combination of two segments .
40 It 's likely to be his last film made purely on a research budget .
41 Their second greatest fear was that they might be forced to comply with her frequently telephoned suggestion , made purely from a sense of duty , that they should go to stay with her until the Whistler was caught .
42 We had hundreds of er identity cards and ration books , all of which are on display in the library , coupled with some extraordinary things ; er a wedding dress made out of a parachute , and an empty incendiary bomb — I stress empty , I 'd hate to think it went off in the library .
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