Example sentences of "were [adv] made " in BNC.
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| 1 | The various fittings associated with the handle rarely survive as they were presumably made from organic materials . |
| 2 | He is a better finisher than that , of course , and amends were duly made in the 43rd minute when he brought it to 2-0 on the night and 3-3 overall by meeting David Smith 's low centre from the left with a 12-yard volley of stunning velocity . |
| 3 | Arrangements were duly made to hold a special Wales Link Council meeting which Ms de Jonghe could attend . |
| 4 | Strong representations were successfully made to the ITAC Committee both to preempt this and to ensure that a monopoly situation did not arise . |
| 5 | Diseases and infections were spread through poor sanitary conditions and efforts were slowly made to combat this . |
| 6 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 7 | The traditional lobola payments were rarely made and no contract drawn up between the families . |
| 8 | They were rarely made in the days before the first Enclosure Acts . |
| 9 | Cooking pots were mostly made of fired clay . |
| 10 | They were mostly made up of their families . |
| 11 | Not all syllabubs were necessarily made with wine . |
| 12 | Any number of concessions were apparently made to Intel 's sensibilities including Intel ownership through completely parallel structures , offering Intel ownership of the specification and completely equal access . |
| 13 | Compromises with his few but firmly held prejudices were only made when to hold out meant risking something irreplaceable . |
| 14 | Alternate benches were so made that the back could be swung over so that by a simple movement you had two benches facing each other instead of one behind the other and back-to-back with the adjoining classes , the teacher sitting on a chair between the ends of the benches . |
| 15 | With a stifled cry , she dropped the bolt , stepping back on legs that were suddenly made of water . |
| 16 | There were no adults to ‘ watch over them ’ and therefore the boys were on their own , they were suddenly made responsible . |
| 17 | On the day before the marriage , the preliminary ceremony of hina-bandi was held : ‘ Numerous fireworks were ignited along the banks of the Jumna … and the vast number of candles , lamps , torches and lanterns [ that were lit made ] the surface of the earth rival the starry expanses of heaven . ’ |
| 18 | In the evil , glowing red light they could see that the walls were not of brick or timber or of anything that walls were normally made of . |
| 19 | Wills were normally made shortly before death , as many a shaky signature can testify ; some people left it so late that they could only make an oral statement ( or nuncupative will ) , which was written down and sworn to by witnesses . |
| 20 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 21 | The more sophisticated Greeks were thus made to regard man in pre-Trojan times as much the same as his distant offspring , and this tended to demythologize the Greek legends , thereby placing the past in quite a new perspective . |
| 22 | Both Russia and France were thus made more and more aware of their loneliness . |
| 23 | The more directly comprehensible parts of the Challenger 's programme were thus made available to the public at a provisional stage . |
| 24 | Most of the seals were nevertheless made of bone , ivory , steatite , banded agate , or orange carnelian . |
| 25 | As we saw earlier , cylinders were individually made and carried no labels at that time , so it is understandable that mistakes occur nowadays when the only evidence is that of the recording itself . |
| 26 | The fittings were individually made for each example , with only a general standardisation . |
| 27 | A thousand roubles or less was normal , lower even than agreed prices for antiques , and acquisitions were largely made underground , an accepted means of trading for private collectors . |
| 28 | The reports said that the bandit groups were largely made up of demobilized soldiers . |
| 29 | Only a small fraction would elude this category if we accept that , contrary to much contemporary opinion , paupers were largely made up not of a delinquent or a wilfully dependent population but of those who could not work either through incapacity or age , or who could not , in the vagaries of the labour market , find work . |
| 30 | Mistakes were easily made : the C scribe , for example , originally omitted the year number for 1029 and had to squeeze it in . |