Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be made [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 2 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 3 | Most of the work is composed in six-line tail-rhyme stanzas , rhyming A A B C C B. There are usually two main stresses within the line of at least six syllables which may also be made coherent by the use of alliteration , internal rhyme and assonance , as , for instance , in the first stanza : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . ) |
| 4 | Such people may also be made ill by eating mushrooms . |
| 5 | He almost invariably added that any expense would soon be made good by the increased value of the property . |
| 6 | The classical economists argued that , given a flexible rate of interest and a competitive market for loanable funds , saving and investment would always be made equal by changes in interest rates . |
| 7 | Generally these four factors work together in combination , though syllables may sometimes be made prominent by means of only one or two of them . |