Example sentences of "are make to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They are made to measure and supplied pre-glazed — double or triple — with all the fittings and screws in place ready for immediate , trouble-free installation ( as long as measuring up has been done carefully , and the hole for the window is square ) .
2 Doors are made to measure , delivered in four weeks , for d-i-y fitting or professional installation . , , .
3 Quick phone calls are made to sons and husbands who are planning to drive home .
4 Attempts are made to route them into low-level manual work regardless of ability or level of motivation for further education , and discrimination in entry to training schemes acts as a further block to employment and careers ( Wrench , 1987 , 1990 ) .
5 The divine promises are made to Jacob and not to Esau .
6 Where such supplies are made to recipients in other EC states , UK suppliers must charge standard-rated VAT unless the overseas customer discloses his VAT number .
7 ‘ A detailed appraisal is under way to ensure that any necessary improvements are made to procedures and that resources continue to be concentrated on areas of greatest need , ’ said Mr Curry .
8 On fraud , the report says that the focus of regulation and compensation should be retail investors , as more than three-quarters of compensation payments are made to investors with claims of less than £50,000 .
9 To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what steps he will take to ensure that early payments are made to farmers in respect of hill livestock compensatory allowances in response to the current economic climate .
10 ‘ About 50 per cent of our sales are made to women and they tend to buy their men more adventurous underwear than the men buy themselves , ’ says Nicky Lovell , ‘ but British men are becoming more interested in something other than a pair of white underpants . ’
11 I am also convinced that the 10 million abusive calls that BT now admits are made to women every year are the overspill from the 0898 numbers .
12 The red route option , which we introduced , has already shown that bus services improve when comparable improvements are made to traffic management .
13 Slower decisions are made to nonwords such as " burd " and " phace " rather than those like " deve " and " slist " , even though all four are word-like and could conceivably be words .
14 As we have seen so far , the results from pattern recognition are far from perfect , and no matter what improvements are made to recognition , it is never going to reach 100% accuracy .
15 However , there is nothing in the White Paper to act as a positive incentive for such work , and Age Concern is worried by the proposal in Working Paper 3 that once allocations are made to practices holding their own budgets , they will be free to shift expenditure within the year between the individual components of the budget .
16 Many of the contributors are members and friends of WACC , and several references are made to WACC in various articles on the history of the ecumenical movement , including a piece by the General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle .
17 The most important bank loans are made to people — determined by the banker 's judgment of the personality of the man he 's dealing with .
18 The aluminium is corrosion resistant , giving it a long life and our systems are made to BS 2997 and are mostly BBA approved .
19 Whenever substantial changes are made to dictionary material it is desirable that lexicographers be aware of cross-references targeted on material which is to have its address or its meaning changed .
20 However , we are aware of the concerns that have been expressed about the system as compared with the arrangements in England and Wales , where appeals are made to valuation and community charge tribunals .
21 The policy-making process is like the design of a building for a specific occupant by an architects the implementation process affects policy design quite early on and will continue to influence some details of it even after implementation has begun , just as modifications are made to buildings after occupancy .
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