Example sentences of "be make [adj] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mair interviewed a clutch of former BR executives who claimed they had been made redundant for pressing their inquiries too closely , and the understandably defensive chairman of British Rail 's Parcels Board , Gordon Pettitt , who admitted that things had gone wrong but could n't see what all the fuss was about . |
| 2 | Prosecutions for offences defined under the Merchant Shipping Acts had almost uniformly failed , and shipowners had escaped altogether from the provisions of the Employers ' Liability Act 1880 in which employers had been made responsible for insuring employees against the risks of their calling . |
| 3 | However , seeing these are carried out satisfactorily and that adequate resources are made available for doing so , is the responsibility of the Head Area Staff . |
| 4 | A further $4 billion would be made available for reimbursing the Soviet Union for moving its citizens off the islands , withdrawing the troops stationed there , and paying compensation for the loss of property . |
| 5 | The German Environment Minister , Klaus Töpfer , has announced that 15 billion Deutschmarks ( £6.3 bn ) will be made available for cleaning up the estimated 70,000 hazardous waste dumps in former East Germany . |
| 6 | Töpfer also announced that DM13 billion would be made available for cleaning up uranium mines , and DM45 billion to shield buildings from ( naturally-occuring ) radon gas . |
| 7 | Er and I , as Mr Curtis has suggested , if Mr Shepherd who conducted the greenbelt local plan enquiry decided on massive relaxation or substantial relaxation on the inner boundary , er of the greenbelt , er and the implication being that er some of that land could be made available for housing , then yes , as a matter of principal that would cast doubt on the new settlement er strategy in terms of the in terms of the numbers , conversely , if you look at another option , if you , for example , confirmed the new settlement strategy but thought that the development requirement for Greater York really was er needed to be larger than nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , twelve thousand , thirteen thousand , and I hope not , then the County Council would need to have a look at the issue of one as opposed to two new settlements , and again we will do that , and we will not take any decisions on the basis of having one report , er but not another , and I hope er that that is helpful , I can confirm that er at the end of this month the Greater York authorities will be meeting , erm and er they will be urgently looking towards erm progress erm on this issue . |
| 8 | However where possible , eg. if there are several hours to wait before your return flight , and this is often the case in low season , a room will be made available for changing and storing hand luggage . |
| 9 | He left open the possibility that Girobank , recently privatised , could be made responsible for collecting repayments and chasing defaulters , the number of whom could rise significantly above the Government 's current estimates . |
| 10 | Each user should be made responsible for checking any SSRs generated for their project and should only submit an SSR once they are satisfied that it correctly and adequately reports the status of an area of software . |
| 11 | A national system of appraisal might also encourage the teacher unions to unite in a demand for the establishment of a Teachers ' Council which could be made responsible for regulating entry to teaching and for establishing a code of conduct ( particularly important when teachers are able , in appraisal schemes , to judge their colleagues ) . |
| 12 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 13 | In the interests of maintaining " fair competition " between public and private providers and the efficient use of capital , a system of capital charges was introduced into the NHS for the first time , and all hospitals were made responsible for meeting the interest and depreciation costs of their existing assets and new investment . |
| 14 | William Berkeley , William Ovedale and Roger Kelsale were made responsible for victualling the ships , and were also authorized to receive all those prepared to make their peace with the new regime except Woodville himself , Dorset ( the only indication that he might have joined his uncle ) and Robert Ratcliffe , a former associate of Rivers at Calais . |
| 15 | William Berkeley , William Ovedale and Roger Kelsale were made responsible for victualling the ships , and were also authorized to receive all those prepared to make their peace with the new regime except Woodville himself , Dorset ( the only indication that he might have joined his uncle ) and Robert Ratcliffe , a former associate of Rivers at Calais . |
| 16 | The courts and tribunals were made responsible for ensuring the smooth running of electoral campaigns and equal treatment of candidates . |
| 17 | In 1325 escheators were made responsible for keeping duplicates of inquisitions of diem clausit and of returns to chancery ; in 1326 a calendar of Contrariant lands was begun , a roll of serjeanties in various counties compiled and further auditors were appointed . |
| 18 | There have also been symbolic measures ( such as restoring pay beds in NHS facilities ) , minor cuts ( such as withdrawal of supplementary benefits in vacations for students ) , some marginal privatization ( from 1986 employers were made responsible for paying sickness benefit for the first 28 weeks of an employee 's absence from work ) , tougher criteria ( people have to be ‘ actually seeking work ’ to be entitled to receive unemployment benefit and since 1 988 housing benefit is paid to fewer households ) , and an increase in the numbers relying on private medical insurance ( from 4 to 8 per cent since 1979 ) . |
| 19 | It was closed in 1968 by British Railways and subsequently purchased by East Lothian District Council in 1978 , and was made suitable for cycling and walking during 1986/87 . |