Example sentences of "[adv] make [adj] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has often been suggested that the active self-government practised by the Athenians was only made possible by the existence of slavery , and perhaps also by the existence of empire as a source of revenue to pay for democracy . |
| 2 | Dessie Jordan , like David an Ulsterbus driver , praising the staff at Glengormley Health centre , for their work co-ordinating donations , added : ‘ This trip is only made possible by the help of a lot of people — our volunteers , Stena Sealink , and all those who have supported us with donations . ’ |
| 3 | Many people are literally made impotent by the amount of data surrounding them . |
| 4 | Hormonal secretions here reach a maximum , and her breasts , already made firmer by the growing excitement , now reach anything up to 25 per cent more than their normal size . |
| 5 | This shift was largely made possible by the breaking of the tie between female sexuality and reproduction , particularly through new contraceptive techniques . |
| 6 | The flood banks will surely be rebuilt , hopefully made stronger by the use of wire mesh , gabions or even sheet-piling and not forgetting the use of natural vegetation to consolidate them . |
| 7 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke said it would be difficult to prove a sufferer , possibly made irrational by the knowledge they would die , infected another person through sex on purpose . |
| 8 | Another worker — off sick after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident — was also made redundant by the bank , the NatWest , according to the main banking union . |
| 9 | Certainly , the fascist movements emerged in conditions of economic crisis and fierce class struggles , but their development was also made possible by the existence of large numbers of déclassès and discontented former soldiers and officers who formed the fascist militias , by a rising tide of nationalism , and in the countries where they were successful , by authoritarian traditions of government . |
| 10 | Faustus 's fate is also made clearer by the addition of a scene before the final chorus where the scholars come to visit him on the morning after his final hour and find his body torn in pieces ( V , iii , 1–19 ) . |
| 11 | Discussion of the notion of illegality is also made difficult by the fact that a number of different terms are used to convey the idea of illegality . |
| 12 | In the early scenes there , as Marnie ( Tippi Hedren ) comes home alone to visit her mother ( Louise Latham ) , the line where the built set of terraced house continues as painted houses , diminishing in perspective towards the ship , is clearly made apparent by the darker lighting of the painting , directly in front of which a group of children are playing and singing . |
| 13 | Wrangham 's ( 1975 , 1977 ) research at the Gombe Stream reserve , a locality originally made famous by the pioneering efforts of Jane Goodall on the chimpanzee , has clarified many mysteries presented by contrasts between the Gombe findings and those of Japanese workers in the Mahali Mountains elsewhere in Tanzania . |
| 14 | While the Emperor 's personal determination counted for a great deal in the redevelopment of Paris , the transformation was really made possible by the general upsurge in the French economy which took place after 1850 . |
| 15 | But it was unquestionably made worse by the Welsh experience . |
| 16 | The injustice to the home-owner is sometimes made worse by the fact that very often he has n't the money to pay for the repairs and has to borrow from the bank in order to pay the bill . |
| 17 | This requires a certificate of exemption signed by a registered medical practitioner , to avoid conviction for not wearing a seat belt otherwise made compulsory by the regulations . |
| 18 | Moreover , this species propagation is ultimately made possible by the two features that Darwin sees distinguishing sexual from asexual generation : namely , maturation in the offspring and the interaction of two parents in their production . |
| 19 | They were certainly made hideous by the way their fossilized bones , complete with jutting frills , were reassembled in museums . |
| 20 | As Soprintendente he is responsible for the administration of a grant recently made available by the Italian government specifically for restoration projects under the terms of a special law referred to as ‘ Roma Capitale ’ , amounting to about L4.5 billion ( £2.25 million ; $3.92 million ) . |
| 21 | In this one can draw obvious parallels to the appeal of Van Gogh , a traditionally popular artist recently made fashionable by the media attention generated during the centennial of his death . |