Example sentences of "[adv] made " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structures below made by Aaron ( 4.5 ) demonstrate an extension of the experience which interlocking bricks provide . |
| 2 | The energy crisis has suddenly made governments show extraordinary interest in investing large sums in research into alternative energy sources . |
| 3 | Gazing up at the kindly , apple-cheeked face smiling down at him , Hilary suddenly made up his mind . |
| 4 | He had suddenly made a serious error . |
| 5 | With Celia intermittently in a clinic on the outskirts of north London , Brian at his wits ' end and pondering whether to bribe Mrs Bennett to return , Karen had suddenly made the suggestion that her widowed mother might be willing to come to the rescue . |
| 6 | Laski suggested that it was ‘ probably undesirable ’ for law officers to be suddenly made judges and so required to act impartially . |
| 7 | There was a further moment of hesitation , then Rodriguez suddenly made up his mind , and with a brief nod of his head , resumed his seat . |
| 8 | The lady at the dole office was nicely dressed in flowered cotton , she 'd seen Alex cry once and got her some tissues and everything was suddenly made easy . |
| 9 | With a stifled cry , she dropped the bolt , stepping back on legs that were suddenly made of water . |
| 10 | Perkin 's placing of the critical moment in the last quarter of the eighteenth century does not mean that a new demand for manufactured goods suddenly made an impact on the British economy around the time of the American Revolution . |
| 11 | Ambition and power could not be swayed by love or foolish dreams , and the message was not lost on Rachel as she faced the reality of her marriage now that the honeymoon — how clichés suddenly made sense ! — was over . |
| 12 | The fellow suddenly made strange gestures with his fingers . |
| 13 | There were no adults to ‘ watch over them ’ and therefore the boys were on their own , they were suddenly made responsible . |
| 14 | Anxiety over global environmental change has perhaps made us more aware of the converse idea : that the activities of microbes largely determine the state of the biosphere , and in particular the evolution of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 15 | It seems that Grandfather either found , or perhaps made , a hole in the floorboards . |
| 16 | Sticking plasters , perhaps made from paper or sticky tape , again in different shapes and sizes , offer choice and comparison . |
| 17 | It is this element of Charlie that has perhaps made him popular with other ( albeit less twisted ) musicians . |
| 18 | Such an assumption is perhaps made most explicit in the Beckford Report when it comments on the apparent failure of the area officer in the case to recognize the apparently obvious indications that he was dealing with a ‘ high risk ’ child abuse case when chairing the initial case conference : Clearly it is of concern if health and welfare professionals are unfamiliar with the relevant research and it is one of the aims of this chapter to contribute to that understanding . |
| 19 | The lovebirds in her mind fused into a watching parrot , perhaps made by the metal leg . |
| 20 | Rather , town planning became involved in other environmental and social concerns almost by chance , though its claim for a comprehensive , synoptic view of things perhaps made expansionism inevitable . |
| 21 | In Picasso 's subsequent move towards a more abstract kind of painting , the work of Braque may once again have been a stimulus , and Picasso 's remark to Braque , quoted by Michel Georges-Michel , ‘ I have tried your methods and I feel one can do excellent things with them ’ was perhaps made in connection with the new kind of painting Braque had invented in his still lifes of the first half of 1910 . |
| 22 | If there were any Venusians ( perhaps made of asbestos ! ) they would have no immediate knowledge of other worlds . |
| 23 | When one considers the amount of time , effort and money involved in the preparation of those papers and the hearing of them it is , in my opinion , becoming essential to ensure that the number of frivolous appeals ( some of which are perhaps made out of ‘ cussedness ’ to cause the officers involved as much trouble as possible ) is reduced . |
| 24 | Rovers were 2-0 in the opening 15 minutes through Morrissey and John Aldridge and perhaps made a rod for their own backs by scoring so early and then failing to add to that lead until the 77th minute through Neil McNab . |
| 25 | Well I suspect that initially his Silverstone decision was perhaps made prematurely , it was certainly a rather an emotional decision I think . |
| 26 | Whatever the rules were , they were not necessarily made to be broken , but they were n't necessarily there to be obeyed either . |
| 27 | The micro-political dimension of budgeting is based on the view that budgetary decisions are not necessarily made on rational — economic grounds but that the deciding factors may be other influences such as the power base of individuals or groups and their value systems . |
| 28 | Marriages , contrary to belief , are not necessarily made in heaven . |
| 29 | This was complicated but not necessarily made more difficult by a summer and early autumn dominated by the build-up of the dispute between Italy and Abyssinia , the first issue since 1918 to make the threat of European war vivid to the British people . |
| 30 | Not all syllabubs were necessarily made with wine . |