Example sentences of "[noun pl] be made [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Checks are made as to the size of members ' deposits in relation to their underwriting activities , and ensuring directors and partners are ‘ fit and proper ’ persons . |
2 | You may find that you spend a little more on food , but savings are made because of the reduction in expenditure on alcohol and perhaps cigarettes . |
3 | Simply expressed , more cautious judgements are made as to the democracy on offer within the system . |
4 | The Prime Minister 's decision to expand the Cabinet from seven to 11 members ( five new appointments being made because of the retirement from politics of Ronan David , hitherto Minister of Health , Water and Sewage ) was interpreted by some observers as an attempt to reinforce the loyalty of her 10 DFP parliamentary colleagues as , with an overall majority of only one , the ruling party was particularly vulnerable to opposition-induced defection . |
5 | By the 1940s , government reports purported to consider the needs of the individual child , but as Ann Marie Wolpe has pointed out , prior assumptions were made as to the ‘ natural ’ interests of girls and boys and the destiny of girls as wives and mothers ; indeed , Miriam David has suggested that the 1940s ' curriculum was more differentiated than that of the 1930s . |
6 | In 1989 more than 25,000 divorce decrees were made because of the husband 's adultery , 18,000 because of the wife 's . |