Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] made " in BNC.

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1 Here Forgive 'N Forget made a mistake and handed the initiative to Wayward Lad , but he was very tired and started to wander to the left towards the rails .
2 ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or
3 ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or
4 But now more and more maybe cos they 're taking early retirement or getting made redundant I mean it 's the fellers is n't it ?
5 No places were to be taken to be within the forest if no Forest courts had been held , verderers elected or regards made in them since 1565 .
6 It was n't just being in love , or having made love — it was the feeling of being two against the world .
7 One major Maxwell company , Mirror Group Newspapers ( MGN ) , had agreed to meet liabilities towards its 15,000 pensioners and employee members , but the position of pensioners in other Maxwell concerns was not secure ; a number of these concerns had made no payments , or had made only reduced payments , to pensioners in recent months .
8 Many schools declined to take part in the survey , however , for a variety of reasons : pressure of work , involvement in too many recent research projects and in some cases because , despite the LEA schedule , they had either not yet started on their review or had made only minimal progress .
9 Perhaps it 's a one-off you made yourself or had made for you , or maybe you run up spectacular gowns as a matter of course .
10 But it is understood that most of the banks who have lent money to Bond have secured their loans against assets or have made provisions against ultimate default .
11 Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim .
12 Admit it when you do n't know the answer or have made a mistake
13 When the time comes to settle up ( this can be after 25 years ) you may owe money or have made some .
14 She could have suggested that it was none of his business , or have made an excuse that she 'd forgotten to put it on , but , wits scattered , with her usual honesty she blurted out the exact truth .
15 A number of Germans and Danes have either bought or rented land in Scotland to keep the cattle they have bought at sales in recent years or have made management agreements with local farmers pending the lifting of the export ban .
16 or have made their living
17 Erm and it became too much for them because people were working more efficient , and therefore there was a an increase in the productivity level , and so they had to increase the number of foremen and chargehands , which was n't a bad thing because it was always our members that got made up to these respective er positions .
18 It is a quite Caribbean Britain that has made her : a Britain at the end of the world which it used to rule .
19 The appointment of Charlton would be seen in Manchester as the perfect solution to the damaging public wrangling that has made the club a public farce over recent weeks .
20 Football : Charlton wins the green vote : Ken Jones on the simple yet successful philosophy that has made Jack Charlton the outsider a giant in terms of popularity
21 She seems to thrive on heretical statements and swimming against the tide : ‘ I look at what the cosmetic trade is doing and walk in the opposite direction , ’ she declares with the kind of outspoken defiance that has made her a retailing legend in the decade it took her to turn The Body Shop into a worldwide phenomenon .
22 It is this that has made some Americans say that , if Iraq agreed to withdraw from Kuwait , it must abandon its tanks and other heavy equipment .
23 The technical trick that has made cheap laser-printers possible has also brought type design and typesetting to a far wider market .
24 Mr Coleridge inherits a market that has made some sensible moves to improve its competitive edge .
25 It was then , with typical ‘ so what ’ understatement on screen , tomboyish , trouble-making Charlene left Neighbours , the show that has made Kylie a part of everyday mythology in both hemispheres .
26 No doubt the directors , led by Sir Christopher Benson , would claim it is their management since taking control in 1987 that has made it so valuable .
27 In fact it is the growing popularity of used diesels in auctions and dealers ' showrooms that has made fleet managers think again about alternatives to the petrol car .
28 Exactly what it told us that has made any marked difference to Europe , or even Austria , as we see it today is another matter .
29 It has been a lack of progress on other fundamental changes in society that has made effective implementation of either programme so difficult .
30 The recourse to respirators and cardiac pace-makers that has made a legal definition of death based upon the absence of breathing and heartbeat outmoded is a good example .
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