Example sentences of "[noun sg] had been make [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When they bought it , the upstairs had been made into bedsits .
2 The report stated that a study had been made of an incinerator at Bonnybridge in Scotland that suggested an increased level of twinning in cattle , and possibly in humans , that may have been linked with the emission of PCHs and other substances from the plant .
3 Mrs Lowe Lauri , a sister at the Royal , said she understood a request for an ambulance had been made at 5pm .
4 A UN team visited Kuwait in March and reported that although a deliberate attempt had been made to " extinguish Kuwait " , the country had made good progress in dealing with immediate humanitarian needs [ see p. 38082 for mission to Iraq ] .
5 An attempt had been made at strangulation .
6 But the fact that the attempt had been made at all must have given credibility to Gloucester 's claim that the Woodvilles were prepared to use force in pursuit of their ends .
7 But the fact that the attempt had been made at all must have given credibility to Gloucester 's claim that the Woodvilles were prepared to use force in pursuit of their ends .
8 This method of examining the data has not been employed in the previous studies because no attempt had been made in those studies to be representative in the sampling of direction of turn at each junction ( see Table 4.2 ) .
9 The Court was surprised that those suggestions should have been made , and the Court owed it to its members and to all concerned to make it clear that no attempt had been made by anyone directly or indirectly , otherwise than in open court , to influence its decision .
10 The boat had been made in Norway .
11 A careful search had been made for two orphaned children whom the Sheikha could foster and love as her own .
12 The typewriter had been made in Delhi many years ago , copied from an English Underwood and reproduced in every detail except for the vital spring to drive the keys back .
13 The woman 's sixth sense , or whatever radar she operated by , had homed straight in and the deal had been made without hassle .
14 Peace had been made between the British , French , Spanish and Colonial Governments .
15 It reflected the growing problem of how to deal with surplus manpower once peace had been made in a major theatre of war .
16 He was apologetic , explained that an error had been made with her account and very cleverly was able to persuade the woman to give her PIN number .
17 Commodore G. Paul , plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference .
18 If a similar statement of support for the Government 's deregulation of the private sector had been made in 1979 , there would have been no decline — but there was , because that sector continued to feel under threat from the Opposition .
19 Held , allowing the appeal , that where a driver was required to provide a specimen of blood or urine for one of the reasons set out in section 7(3) of the Act of 1988 , or claimed the right to provide such a specimen under section 8(2) , the constable was required by section 7(4) to inform him that the specimen was to be of blood or urine and that it was for the constable to decide which ; but that there was no requirement to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine ; that if the constable intended to require a specimen of blood , the driver was to be given the right to object on medical grounds to be determined by a medical practitioner or , if the requirement had been made under section 7(3) , for some other reason affording a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ within section 7(6) of the Act ; and that , accordingly , the requirement for the defendant to provide a specimen of blood had complied with section 7(4) ( post , pp. 885G–H , 890D–G , 891A–D , 895B–E , H — 896A ) .
20 Jones occurred before PACE , and no reference had been made to a solicitor ; Jones had a weak intellect .
21 Beeson , the England captain , scored his first victory over the world No. 9 , Zarak Jahan Khan , with one of the finest performances of his career , and then complained about the remarks he claimed his opponent had been making during the rallies .
22 This announcement had been made at a council of the ROC , but was retracted in Kiev on April 14 on the grounds that it had been made under pressure .
23 A Chinese government spokesman said that the announcement had been made during Kaifu 's visit in part because of Japan 's experience as the only country to be subjected to nuclear attack . )
24 The registration of a forged transfer could , in my opinion , at least if the application for registration had been made by the forger , be annulled under paragraph ( d ) .
25 Just that she had assumed that the booking had been made for him and someone else .
26 Jacobs ' folly had been to play ‘ Ca n't Happen Here ’ ‘ by a group of American male singers calling themselves the Mothers of Invention ’ on BBC TV 's Juke Box Jury , adding that the record had been made on a ‘ trip ’ .
27 Shaped like an Intercity 225 , the 2ft long cake had been made by the RAF to mark the naming of an Intercity train The Royal Air Force Regiment at a ceremony in London .
28 Previously no distinction had been made between acquittals , cases which were dismissed because there was no evidence that the accused had committed the crime , and cases dismissed because no crime had been committed .
29 If a similar prohibition had been made to all film critics entering Hook , I doubt whether the reviews of Steven Spielberg 's Peter Pan adventure would have been half so bilious .
30 Channel Four and Box Productions were found in contempt of court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , the first time such a charge had been made in an attempt to compel journalists to reveal sources .
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