Example sentences of "were make [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may imply that in cremating areas the vessels were made a certain size for the specific function of containing the ashes , whereas in areas practising inhumation there may not have been such specialised production , the vessels being drawn from the domestic stock . |
| 2 | The comments above by Sisam ( 1915 ) and Hall ( 1920 ) arise directly from Skeats 's views , and , although these comments were made a long time ago , it would be a mistake to think that the Anglo-Norman argument has now been abandoned . |
| 3 | These points were made a long time ago by Kahn-Freund in ( 1940–1 ) 4 MLR 221 , but have never been satisfactorily answered . |
| 4 | Broadly parallel announcements were made the same day in respect of Wales and Scotland . |
| 5 | They were making a great game of it . |
| 6 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 7 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |
| 8 | You were making a good point there . |
| 9 | Three men held last weekend in the city were making a second appearance before magistrates in Middleton in Manchester today on charges involving procuring firearms . |
| 10 | ‘ By the end of the third month we were making a slight profit . |
| 11 | By the mid-1970s the CNAA and its institutions were making a major contribution to legal education : a survey in 1976/77 showed that there were then thirty-two university law schools and twenty-two polytechnics and other colleges offering undergraduate law degree courses , the most recent being at the Polytechnics of North East London and Preston in 1975 , and the Polytechnic of Wales in 1977 . |
| 12 | It added that Serb sources said their opponents were making a major effort to capture Mount Caus , which dominates the area , but the Serbs were holding firm . |
| 13 | The electric light was burning and mixers and other equipment were making a steady hum . |
| 14 | While the domination of the criminal market was well known within the profession nothing was done for two main reasons : first , solicitors were making a handsome living and were under no pressure to find or create alternative sources of income : and second , there appeared to be no way in which these cartels could be broken by ethical means : |
| 15 | We discovered that some had already found their way through our boots and were making a tasty meal out of our feet . |
| 16 | But she was sensitive enough to let those at the Mill believe that they were making a competitive offer . |
| 17 | He said that they were making a positive contribution , not only to the quality of life , but also to the prosperity of the nation , because without chemistry life on earth would be more miserable , more painful and certainly shorter . |
| 18 | The visitors were engineers from the in Japan and were making a fleeting tour of maltings around the UK . |
| 19 | They were making a slow circuit of the farmhouse and its barn , a lean-to of roughly dressed timber made dark and smooth with age . |
| 20 | Somebody said , did it mean we were making a big profit ? |
| 21 | ‘ I told you you were making a big mistake . ’ |
| 22 | His deliberate act was in fact obstructing the police who were making a lawful arrest , and that was sufficient mens rea . |
| 23 | At 1325 hours , when about 40 nautical miles from Goose Bay , the crew of the aircraft were advised that they were very short on fuel and were making a rapid descent for straight-in approach to runway 27 . |
| 24 | Where once you were making a conscious effort to cast long and accurately and were aware of the amount of punch you needed to put into the strike , you will find that with experience you begin to do these things quite naturally . |
| 25 | Many authorities were making a conscious effort to expand the social group from which their secondary pupils were drawn . |
| 26 | An RAF Nimrod aircraft , eight lifeboats and local fishing vessels were making a massive sweep of almost 1,000 square miles of Cardigan Bay as the search resumed this morning . |
| 27 | He had never physically hurt her , although there had been more than one occasion towards the end of their short , fraught marriage when he had looked as if he were making a huge effort to stop himself raising a hand to her . |
| 28 | She hurried outside and hastily picked a bunch of them , and within a short time they were making a pleasing addition to the table . |
| 29 | The Midland 's branches were making an average profit of less than £7,000 each , compared with almost £10,000 at Barclays , National Westminster and Lloyds . |
| 30 | In the other room , a Swiss boy and a German girl were making an impressive model chalet from a kit they 'd found in the hobbies cupboard . |