Example sentences of "was made [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cenwulf 's brother Cuthred was made sub-king of Kent no later than 801 , and they granted land there jointly and individually until Cuthred 's death ( 807 ) . |
| 2 | His eldest son , Prince Edward , was made Duke of Cornwall , the first time a dukedom had been conferred in England , and six new earls were created . |
| 3 | One privilege of his Gascon subjects was that the duchy could never be alienated to anyone except an eldest son — hence the outbreak of conflict under Richard II when John of Gaunt ( the king 's uncle ) was made duke of Aquitaine ( 1390–4 ) . |
| 4 | An internal document containing the European Commission 's official proposals for economic and monetary union ( EMU ) , prepared in anticipation of the intergovernmental conference scheduled for December in Rome , was made public on Aug. 21 by the Commission 's President , Jacques Delors . |
| 5 | A list of goods on which the USA might impose punitive tariffs , covering about one-fifth of Chinese exports to the USA , was made public on Aug. 21 for discussion . |
| 6 | US President Bush , in a letter to the US Congress which was made public on Oct. 26 , stated his intention to provide renewed military aid for Jordan ( cut off because of Jordan 's stance in the Gulf war — see pp. 38024 ; 38119 , 38311 ) . |
| 7 | A new State Administrative Council ( Cabinet ) was made public on May 24 . |
| 8 | A new State Administrative Council was made public on May 1990 [ see pp. 37455-56 ] . |
| 9 | A video recording of a visit made to North Korea in mid-May by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , and a team of inspectors , was made public on June 3 . |
| 10 | The scandal , dubbed " Danubegate " because of its similarities to the notorious US " Watergate " affair of 1972-74 , was made public on Jan. 5 at a press conference by members of the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) and League of Young Democrats ( FIDESZ ) . |
| 11 | He entered on 28 March 1826 , was made deacon in May 1838 and , much too young for priest 's orders , went in December 1839 to the English College , Rome , where he was ordained on 19 March 1842 . |
| 12 | On 17 October Gloucester was made constable of England , an office formerly held by the executed earl Rivers with remainder to his son lord Scales , who must have waived his claim on Gloucester 's behalf . |
| 13 | On 17 October Gloucester was made constable of England , an office formerly held by the executed earl Rivers with remainder to his son lord Scales , who must have waived his claim on Gloucester 's behalf . |
| 14 | Richard Grey , for instance , was made constable of Chester and of the duchy of Cornwall honour of Wallingford , as well as being given the castle and lordship of Kidwelly . |
| 15 | Richard Grey , for instance , was made constable of Chester and of the duchy of Cornwall honour of Wallingford , as well as being given the castle and lordship of Kidwelly . |
| 16 | Richard Hansard , for instance , was made constable of Durham castle , while the commission Dudley appointed to survey his land included numerous ducal associates , among them Sir William Parr , Thomas Witham and Thomas Metcalfe . |
| 17 | Richard Hansard , for instance , was made constable of Durham castle , while the commission Dudley appointed to survey his land included numerous ducal associates , among them Sir William Parr , Thomas Witham and Thomas Metcalfe . |
| 18 | A Cumberland man , Richard Ratcliffe , was made constable of Barnard Castle and also acquired land in Richmondshire by his marriage ( probably achieved with the duke 's support ) to the widowed sister of John lord Scrope of Bolton . |
| 19 | A Cumberland man , Richard Ratcliffe , was made constable of Barnard Castle and also acquired land in Richmondshire by his marriage ( probably achieved with the duke 's support ) to the widowed sister of John lord Scrope of Bolton . |
| 20 | He was made constable of Bristol Castle in August 1307 and began to receive numerous royal grants . |
| 21 | In 1976 Huan was made ambassador to Belgium and to the European Communities , and in 1979 became vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences . |
| 22 | Of the promotions made under Cnut , nothing can be said of the origins of Ælfric II of Elmham , Leofgar of Lichfield , Brihtmær of Lichfield and Æthelric of Selsey , or of the reasons why Ælfric Puttoc , the praepositus of Winchester , was made archbishop of York in 1023 . |
| 23 | In 1928 , when Cosmo Lang was made Archbishop of Canterbury and went for his first royal audience , the King remarked that he hoped he would stop the clergy wearing moustaches . |
| 24 | Then , in May 1952 , the Bonn Treaty was made conditional on Germany drafting troops for service in a European Army . |
| 25 | Additionally , through development control powers , the granting of planning permission for buildings was made conditional upon provision of parking spaces , particularly significant for central area commercial development . |
| 26 | In addition , Deputy Secretary for Health Mary Grant was appointed a member of the PNDC , and Col. Jeff Asmah , hitherto the ambassador to Libya , was made chief of staff at PNDC headquarters . |
| 27 | After a spell in private practice , Vial was made equerry to Louis XVI and chef de manège of the Lyons riding academy , a post he apparently held for some years , but could not retain . |
| 28 | Gaidar was made Minister of Finance , and Andrei Nechayev ( Gaidar 's first deputy ) became Minister of the Economy . |
| 29 | Amadou Modi Dial was made Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals . |
| 30 | When Lord Addison was made Minister of Health he concentrated entirely on methods of financing council housing , and under the ill-conceived Housing and Town Planning Act of 1919 he guaranteed local authorities all losses over that covered by a penny rate . |