Example sentences of "was made [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 For example , the outlawing of the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons , which was made explicit in the 1925 Protocol , laid the basis for an acceptance by states that the development and possession of such weapons should be outlawed , which was agreed in the 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development , Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological ( Biological ) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction .
2 The atomic weapon had been developed in the expectation that it would be used if necessary ; this was made explicit in the Hyde Park agreement signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in September 1944 .
3 During the nineteenth century this link between the type of housing and the social structure of the village was made explicit in the lowland farming areas by the division between ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ villages .
4 It was made explicit by the inclusion in those Conventions of the famous provision in the Preamble which has been known as the Martens clause .
5 ‘ Tell me ’ — Hope was made irritable by the recollection and interrupted with the acceptable rudeness of the confident social superior , ‘ how do you administer your business ? ’
6 The agreement , reached after two years of negotiations , was made possible after the European Court of Justice ( the EC 's judicial body ) had changed a previous position and ruled--in a case brought by a Belgian village seeking to stop the dumping of Dutch waste-that waste was not a " commercial good " and could therefore by implication be exempted from the principle of free movement of goods enshrined in the European single market due to be introduced in 1993 .
7 The united front put up by the other EC leaders was made possible by the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , who abandoned any attempt to slow down the decision on an inter-governmental conference .
8 The project in Mickley , Northumberland , involving hundreds of children aged from seven to 11 , was made possible by the chance discovery in the old school 's attic of equipment which would have been used in 1892 .
9 His assumption of leadership was made possible by the indifference shown by the older members of the family towards any idea of a re-establishment of the dynasty .
10 The technique was made possible by the use of the scanning tunnelling microscope which allows researchers to look at individual atoms on a surface .
11 The healing of the servant was made possible by the prayerful faith of someone other than the sufferer .
12 The new technology was made possible by the development of Split-Level Diagonal Bit-line , which allows for the construction of circuitry on a two level bit-line , thus saving space ; a new form of trench isolation technology in which a buried oxide in the shape of an inverted triangle allows smooth operation at the 256M-bit level ; and a cylindrical capacitor which uses hemispherical grained silicon — HSG-Si .
13 Whatever his motives , his experiment was made possible by the power he had to distribute land to the motley collection of individuals who would join him .
14 Such legislation was a response to liberal humanitarianism but it was made possible by the inevitable tendency of industrial processes to require more skilled labour .
15 This calculation was made possible by the recent discovery by nutritionists of the relationship between diet and health .
16 This was made possible by the presentation of the castle , by the 5th Marquess of Bute , to the City of Cardiff in 1947 .
17 For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work .
18 The emergence of a ‘ revisionist ’ school among western historians was made possible by the easing of tension between East and West from the late 1950s .
19 In the above example , the ‘ cost , insurance , and freight ’ or ‘ CIF ’ stipulation was made possible by the likelihood that the Belgian bill of lading would arrive in Marseilles by land before the goods would arrive by sea .
20 In this writer 's opinion , the bill of lading 's transformation into a document of title was made possible by the notarial and fiduciary role vested in the ship 's master .
21 Butzer outlines a revolution in historical geomorphology that was made possible by the successful application of sedimentological techniques , by advances in isotopic dating , and by collaborative geo-archaeological efforts .
22 This was made possible by the fact that long American journeys involved overnight sleeping accommodation .
23 The exercise of electoral influence of this kind , by individuals as well as by the government , was made possible by the fact that most of the members representing boroughs , who made up over four-fifths of the House of Commons , were elected by very small numbers of voters .
24 This lack of real parties during the period of Whig supremacy in 1714–60 was made possible by the lack during these years of real issues of principle around which opinion could crystallize and in terms of which politicians could arrange themselves .
25 The participation of the Director and staff at international meetings and conferences concerned with architectural documentation , including Europa 93 : in Venice and the inaugural meeting of Spanish architectural librarians held in Malaga , was made possible by the British Council and the host organisations .
26 The increase was made possible by the anticipated boost in oil export revenues from the new Rabi-Kounga oil field [ see p. 36922 ] .
27 The UNMLO deployment was made possible by the relative stability of the 15th ceasefire in the Yugoslav conflict between the Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) and Croatia .
28 This was made possible by the return to a revenue surplus , diversion of part of which rapidly decreased the debt by the repurchase of £10.25 million of government stock .
29 This was made possible by the Kingdom 's being the world 's largest oil exporter and the possessor of its largest accumulation of reserves , estimated at some 165 billion bbl in 1980 .
30 It was made tiny by the three men standing around the bed , but Patrick only recognized the bearded Dan Brady .
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