Example sentences of "been make [art] [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 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 13 | Foreman , 43 , has been made the overwhelming favourite to earn his 26th win since he began his unlikely comeback five years ago . |
| 14 | Jonathan Phiri has been made the Acting Director of the Africa Literature Centre in Kitwe , Zambia . |
| 15 | This is where the swans have been spending the regatta — at Egham just off the M25 in Surrey — it 's just been made the national swan sanctuary and has around 100 birds at any one time . |
| 16 | I have been made the Cultural Counsellor of the Italian Embassy , for example . |
| 17 | The divine has long been made an intimate participant in male experiences of violence , in war and in political martyrdom . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He is a keen follower of football and cricket and has recently been made an honorary vice-president of Altrincham FC . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 22 | From Java to Iowa , dedicated farmers and gardeners have been making a mighty effort to secure our future food supply . |
| 23 | Had she been making a genuine decision to refuse the treatment , it would be necessary in a case such as this to find out if the patient had received any advice as to the consequences of a refusal to accept treatment . |
| 24 | Now , as well as consuming the dry-roasted peanuts , you have also been making a close study of my wallpaper . |
| 25 | ‘ Ben had been making a new dress for the end of Act I which he promised to bring to Shepherd 's Bush by 5.45 pm , in time for my appearance . |
| 26 | With the New Year legislation , many drivers have have been making a New Year resolution to steer clear of trouble . |
| 27 | His brother Dmitrii had been making a good case for emancipation at the War Ministry , but his own importance , in the long run , was to be greater . |
| 28 | AN archaeological site 's management officer has been making a clean sweep of Clwyd 's ancient monuments . |
| 29 | The House will be grateful to the right hon. Gentleman , because he has been making a clear statement and drawing a clear distinction between the two sides of the House . |
| 30 | Despite its poverty and its international isolation , Vietnam has been making a unique attempt to restore its tropical forest , one-fifth of which was lost in 20 years of war and its own mistakes . |