Example sentences of "had been make [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke to the officer on desk duty who said that a complaint against Russell had been made at another station . |
| 2 | But no great impact had been made on this side of the Channel . |
| 3 | Tax reform had been a major campaign commitment in 1976 , but four years later very little progress had been made on this matter . |
| 4 | Producer , Lyn Goleby was on a visit to the school to answer questions on the film , which ranged from how much say the author had in shooting the film , to whether ’ The Bridge ’ might have had to have a happier ending if it had been made with American money . |
| 5 | Commodore G. Paul , plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference . |
| 6 | Last year the ministry claimed it had made progress , only to find it had to revise its figures to reveal no progress had been made for five years . |
| 7 | Specialized apparatus , which formerly had been made for specific purposes in the laboratory where it was required , could be obtained from manufacturers of scientific instruments , saving much time and labour . |
| 8 | Places reserved ‘ But supporters of the scheme said provision had been made for disabled shoppers . |
| 9 | Mr Espin reported that bookings had been made for 22 adults and 26 children . |
| 10 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 11 | Moreover , provision had been made for any firm that might become financially insolvent ; in this way , systemic risk was largely averted . |
| 12 | She was happily thinking , Serves him right , a pity there was n't a cloudburst , when across the car park , in an area where the top managers of Vasey 's normally parked their cars , she noticed that room had been made for another car . |
| 13 | No contingency plans had been made for this eventuality . |
| 14 | It emerged that large cash payments had been made to four government ministers in return for relinquishing their portfolios . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Thus much three-dimensional work was evident in the Art rooms a year later , homework had been given greater emphasis , a tentative start had been made to interdepartmental links with Craft and Needlecraft and the ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ Level courses were being revised . |
| 17 | So many exceptions had been made to earlier Navigation Acts by royal licence that it had sometimes looked as if they were intended to raise revenue rather than to direct trade , and in the 1660s there had been a few signs that the legislation which Charles had inherited from the Republic and had then extended might still be treated in the same way . |
| 18 | Last-minute concessions had been made to disaffected groups to win their support . |
| 19 | But Ward 18 , where this lady was being treated had been made into separate cubicle wards with glass screens , at the order of Dr Kelleher for ‘ barrier nursing . ’ |
| 20 | The drawing-room was full of rugs that looked upsettingly as if they had been made from earlier Afghans . |
| 21 | The diagnosis had been made by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography 3 years ( range 1–6 years ) before the study . |
| 22 | The observations at Greenwich had been made by different observers at different times , using techniques that depended , to some degree , on the observer 's skill and expertise in his chosen technique . |
| 23 | JEWELLER Carol Darby could not suppress a smile when she heard that Princess Anne 's engagement and wedding rings had been made by royal jewellers Garrard . |
| 24 | A spokesperson for the controversial metal band last week declined to comment on reasons for the sudden axing of the tour , fuelling speculation that objections had been made by worried promoters . |
| 25 | The " Open Skies " policy had been proposed by the United States in December 1989 [ see pp. 37112 ] , and test flights had been made in eastern Europe [ see p. 37201 ] , but talks on its implementation had effectively been suspended in May 1990 after Soviet expressions of reservations over militarily sensitive areas [ see pp. 37267 ; 38255 ] and they had been reconvened only on Sept. 9 , 1991 [ see p. 38458 ] . |
| 26 | The majority had no wish to stop work , particularly after the great strides which had been made in recent months , but they were n't going to be sat on either . |
| 27 | The call had been made in good faith : a car had looked as though it might turn over , but in the event it had not . |
| 28 | Apart from this type of building , attempts had been made in many countries to provide an adequate base for the circular section of the dome so that it could be set upon a square section building . |
| 29 | He added that concrete improvements had been made in that field , especially in Bulgaria . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |