Example sentences of "were made [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that attempts were made to create similar kingdoms on the western frontier along the Severn Valley , but these were frustrated by Caratacus , who had established himself as the head of the anti-Roman forces in the region now known as Wales . |
| 2 | From the seventeenth century onwards , attempts were made to create artificial pools with trapping systems , but it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that ideas became at all sophisticated . |
| 3 | Some measurements were made using older plants over a short time period , just three hours . |
| 4 | It was all a big mystery to me , we were made to wear blue ties , white shirts and blue trousers . |
| 5 | In all such cases , it is clear that the numbers of mentally handicapped cases could be reduced if efforts were made to counter these factors , just as increased road safety should reduce road deaths . |
| 6 | Sometimes , it is true , they must have been little more than what Marc Bloch described as ‘ l'endroit où on passe ’ ; but one may presume that efforts were made to drain long-distance roads and keep them clear of obstruction ; and kings and princes in several countries regarded the main roads as their roads . |
| 7 | Indeed between 1512 and 1519 some attempts were made to sink new mines , presumably to meet demand , but this expansion was followed by contraction during the general European crisis of 1521–26 . |
| 8 | Curriculum development programmes of some magnitude got going before ever attempts were made to chart national goals or directions for educational advance . |
| 9 | Proposals were made to give new powers to the police to control protest , as well as other processions and assemblies , and for the first time to require organisers to inform the police of their intentions in advance . |
| 10 | However , valiant attempts were made to conduct massive trials in which as much information as possible could be included . |
| 11 | The early clearances were made to form agricultural settlements , but by the 13th century the production of charcoal , used in the making of iron , became very significant . |
| 12 | Efforts were made to anticipate religious sensibilities . |
| 13 | However , the cost of painting so many large plates proved too expensive so plans were made to issue five sections : trees and shrubs , greenhouse plants , exotics , flowers and fruits ; all with plates of the most unusual varieties . |
| 14 | Five refugee camps in 1990-91 handled 3,239 refugees , mainly from Romania and the Soviet Union , but also from Turkey and Arab countries , and plans were made to build more camps and to improve the quality of health and educational services for the refugees . |
| 15 | They were made to don white overalls and had plastic bags placed over their hands to preserve any relevant scientific evidence , before being taken in separate cars to Paddington Green police station . |
| 16 | A number of attempts were made to introduce such courses in the next few years , but as experiments in applied anthropology they were all failures . |
| 17 | Berge and the entire Mitterrand government were made to look complete fools when , a few weeks later , he was appointed to succeed Sir Georg Solti as head of the Chicago Symphony — arguably the great powerhouse of American orchestras . |
| 18 | Villa were made to pay 12 minutes into the second half . |
| 19 | By 1792 the general , public character of antislavery meetings for petitioning was evident even though , according to Clarkson , efforts were made to prevent public meetings in some places . |
| 20 | Efforts were made to send Jewish teachers with Jewish evacuees ( British and refugee ) , and a letter went out to all RCM children who had been uprooted reminding them of their faith and upbringing . |
| 21 | At the same time a few modifications were made to bring these cars into line with standard practices , for example , the positions of the route board holders under the saloon windows were slightly altered to take L.C.C . |
| 22 | The complete retail sales force attended the conference where presentations were made covering all aspects of selling . |
| 23 | During the evening , special awards were made to recognise outstanding contributions in the fields of export achievement , environmental care and in the encouragement of young engineers . |