Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] be made more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , licensing magistrates and fire and health authorities should be made more aware of the character and needs of historic buildings . |
| 2 | The Congressional reformers had hoped that , by modifying the seniority system , strengthening the party caucuses and other changes , parties would be made more viable , but their efforts were offset by other developments , most notably in the realm of campaigning . |
| 3 | Well these are just some of the ways in which computers can be made more friendly . |
| 4 | Once all the correct lenses have been swung into place and focussing is complete , the initial dialogue between the time-travellers can be made more interesting by switching between close-ups , mid-shots , group shots , etc . |
| 5 | Despite the considerable progress that has been made under this Government in encouraging employee share ownership , will the Minister take careful note of the recent KPMG Management Consulting report which shows ways in which the qualifying employee-share option trusts can be made more flexible and therefore likely to be more widely used by companies and available to more employees in subsequent years of Conservative government ? |
| 6 | There are various ways in which abstract art-historical analyses can be made more relevant to the study of man and the organisation of exchange . |
| 7 | Second , existing plants can be made more water-efficient through better management and control systems and the reuse of water wherever possible . |
| 8 | Obviously existing kitchens can be made more efficient with more up-to-date equipment — bigger freezer and/or fridge , a dishwasher , waste disposal unit and so on — but only if the appliances work hard for you , save time and labour and generally make your particular way of life easier and more enjoyable . |
| 9 | For carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , though , things can be made more complicated . |
| 10 | The smog alert levels may be made more stringent if new research finds that health is affected by lower pollution levels than previously believed . |
| 11 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 12 | Closed-shop arrangements would be made more difficult and secondary picketing outlawed , to avoid the kind of violence that had disfigured the Grunwick dispute . |
| 13 | Conventional publications will be made more efficient by networking our copy-preparation hardware and software to the databases . |
| 14 | Their procedures should be made more intelligible and appellants need more support and help in putting their cases . |
| 15 | In seeking ways in which planning procedures could be made more efficient , the committee noted that ‘ not all authorities are operating as efficiently as they might ’ and the greatest scope for improvement lay in assisting all authorities to reach the standard set by the best . |
| 16 | Given the inclusion of so many considerations , it is not surprising that standards may be amended from time to time : for example , standards may be made more stringent if new scientific research reveals a lower threshold of effect than was previously believed to exist . |
| 17 | Richard Poynter , another leading solicitor in this field , argues complainants should be made more aware of the procedure as much recent primary law depends on far-reaching delegated powers through informal tribunals and administrative officials . |
| 18 | Canes can be made more secure by fastening to a horizontal wire . |
| 19 | Enquiry services can be made more efficient by the use of information technology by well-briefed staff in contact with the public . |
| 20 | The shape of data batches can be made more Gaussian . |
| 21 | Data batches can be made more symmetrical . |
| 22 | Appraisal interviews can be made more effective if you stick to some well tried ground rules . |