Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] made by " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , examination of the microstructure of the metal at a convenient break provided conclusive proof that the stands had been made by casting : the structure is typical of a cast bronze , with 15 per cent lead in the alloy ( fig. 511c ) . |
| 2 | The war could not be won because so many irredeemable mistakes had been made by a leadership unwilling to accept expert advice ; recent decrees and ‘ many speeches ’ were said to have contradicted the ‘ true will of the people ’ ; and the leaders had underestimated Russia and other countries . |
| 3 | Before Haussmann attempts had been made by various small companies to provide street lighting by gas , but once again it required the drive and determination of the new regime to bring all these together and to create one large company charged with the responsibility of lighting the whole of the city . |
| 4 | Once again progress had been made by identifying a kind of messenger or transmitter substance . |
| 5 | A decision had to be made ; or maybe it already had been made by Copper , because if he had decided to lie down before I could get back to him his leg would have been broken irreparably . |
| 6 | This had been made by Dad some time previously , it was a beautifully constructed scaled-down version of the wooden barrows in use at that time . |
| 7 | The greatest impact during the ‘ Griffiths era ’ had been made by the overriding concern in central government with balancing the books . |
| 8 | News from the Indian frontier included a report that Chakdara had been relieved and that a fresh attack had been made by natives at Malakand . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The plan , therefore , had been made by John and Astorre , Pesaro and himself while the Mamelukes kept to their camp , and the King and his other officers prepared to hold Christmas at Nicosia . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It had been made by a famous couturier . |
| 14 | Attempts to establish a British colony in Virginia had been made by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s . |
| 15 | Her visit lasted just over an hour and a quarter , and she left holding a birthday card for Prince Harry that had been made by the refuge children . |
| 16 | The Empire had been made by the wars of the mid-century , and Bismarck wanted peace to consolidate it . |
| 17 | These had been made by the institution 's carpenter in the guardians ' time , and at their expense . |
| 18 | In March 1947 , the Government announced its intention to round off the social service provision that had been made by the National Insurance and National Health Service Acts of 1946 , by introducing legislation to break up the poor law , and to introduce a comprehensive system of national assistance . |
| 19 | In determining the level of planned capacity five years ahead , separate estimates had been made by the BEA commercial department ( taking into account national economic trends ) , the engineers ( using simple arithmetical extrapolation of past growth ) , and the Area Boards ( using their local knowledge ) , Their forecasts had one thing in common : they all under-estimated the growth ( the commercial department 's forecasts being least , and the Area Boards ' most , accurate ) . |
| 20 | To the French , INTELSAT appeared the creature of US interests ; the initial proposal for the global telecommunications satellite organization had been made by President Kennedy back in 1961 . |
| 21 | In its report , Control of Nursing Manpower , published in February 1986 , the Committee of Public Accounts acknowledged that progress had been made by nurse managers but went on to recommend that the " DHSS should ensure that all general managers are made aware of all the possibilities for economies identified in the C & AG 's report " ( 2 ) . |
| 22 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 23 | The sun was fully eclipsed by Arcadia now , and although the main source of illumination was now only the light refracted through the halo of the planet 's atmosphere , it was easier to see in the dim but diffuse light than in the glare and dark shadows that had been made by the unshielded sun . |
| 24 | The appellants were the owners of the freehold of a valuable house at 220 , Westbourne Grove , London , W.11 , and at the time of the Tomlin order there were already in existence two charges against that property which had been made by the appellants . |
| 25 | The registration of a forged transfer could , in my opinion , at least if the application for registration had been made by the forger , be annulled under paragraph ( d ) . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) A taxing officer taxing a bill of costs in accordance with a direction under paragraph ( 1 ) shall have the same powers , and the same fee shall be payable in connection with the taxation , as if an order for taxation of the costs had been made by the court . |
| 27 | ‘ The tenant here died after the date of the order for recovery of possession against him but before the expiration of the last of a series of extensions which had been made by way of postponement of the date on which the order was to be complied with . |
| 28 | The Court was surprised that those suggestions should have been made , and the Court owed it to its members and to all concerned to make it clear that no attempt had been made by anyone directly or indirectly , otherwise than in open court , to influence its decision . |
| 29 | The House of Lords held that since the ship owners were not party to any contract with the tug owners ( the arrangements had been made by the charterers of the ship ) the secondary action was , again , illegal . |
| 30 | On each occasion I felt that insufficient effort had been made by the surgical teams to decide on the capacity to give informed consent , and I was dismayed at the immediate assumption of incapacity because the patient had been sectioned . |