Example sentences of "be make a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But most certainly the road to the latter , with its decadence and exploitation , has been made a great deal smoother , shorter and more popular by the compromise and self-interest of the clerics and assorted fellow travellers of the so-called ‘ new morality ’ school . |
2 | However , it has , in the past , been made a legal offence to rely on customer inertia ; notably in unsolicited postal selling . |
3 | The water up to 500 metres around the ship has now been made a no-go area , for fear any oil still in the wreck could be a danger to life and property . |
4 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
5 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
6 | Trade sanctions have been threatened and copyright has been made a high-profile issue in international negotiations . |
7 | Yet it is hardly likely that even if links had been made a ramshackle group of peasant armies using antiquated military techniques could have stood out for long against the Red Army . |
8 | ‘ No , the wall has been made a permanent fixture , I 'm afraid . ’ |
9 | It was announced on Dec. 18 that former Foreign Minister Acheikh bin Oumar had been made a special councillor to Déby . |
10 | In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland . |
11 | The base has been made a free port and special economic zone . |
12 | The divine has long been made an intimate participant in male experiences of violence , in war and in political martyrdom . |
13 | She was a dignified octogenarian aristocrat who had been made an honorary Chief-Corporal in the Regiment since she had served with it in World War Two . |
14 | He is a keen follower of football and cricket and has recently been made an honorary vice-president of Altrincham FC . |
15 | Gwendolen Truda Brock ( Sister Truda C. R. ) who spent 1927–8 at Somerville as a research student from South Africa working for her Zoology D. Phil under Professor Goodrich has been made an Honorary Doctor of Laws of Rhodes University . |
16 | If and when you are made a firm offer of a place , you will be asked to confirm the details of the funds available to you . |
17 | When mistakes are made a full apology is often less damaging than a grudging admission that events have not gone as planned . |
18 | They 're , yes , they 're , they 're making a present value of |
19 | Yeah I do n't think they 're doing a great er I do n't think they 're making a great deal of money out of it themselves . |
20 | ‘ You 're making a right fool of yourself , are n't you ? ’ |
21 | ‘ You 're making a terrible mistake — ’ |
22 | I believe you 're making a terrible mistake . ’ |
23 | Jordan said , ‘ To tell you the truth , I do n't think we 're making a good job of it . ’ |
24 | Well , they 're making a new one . |
25 | they 're making a new diary and they want the new words on it |
26 | They 're making a new dictionary and they want the new words on it |
27 | Cos they 're making a new dia , dictionary and they want some new words |
28 | So they 're making a new dictionary ? |
29 | ‘ You 're making a nice job of massacring those burgers , ’ her companion yelled at her man . |
30 | But on the other hand they 're making a little bit at a pound a pint . |