Example sentences of "[was/were] make [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 267 , which came to the Privy Council just before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was created , provides a valuable illustration of the fact that in the absence of such arrangements as were made between the Inns of Court and the judges in this country , the power to judges to determine who were fit and proper persons to practise before them , where it existed , was regarded as essential for the due administration of justice .
2 The formal shouts of challenge and reply were made between the guards on the watchtowers and the approaching horsemen , and a moment later there were hooves clattering in the yard .
3 The Fire Exhibition displays some of the discoveries that were made during the repairs .
4 Most of the reported decisions were made under the provisions of the Act of 1972 but for convenience I shall throughout refer to the relevant provisions under the numbers of the sections and subsections as they appear in the Act of 1988 .
5 The Palace awarded Jimmy a Benefit in 1914–15 ( along with Harry Hanger and Bob Spottiswood ) , but unfortunately the designated local derby against Croydon Common had to be deferred until we were playing at Herne Hill , and it is uncertain what arrangements were made on the players ’ behalf .
6 Unfortunately , the Palace had been forced to move to Herne Hill by the time the match against Bob 's old club , Croydon Common , was staged , and it is not known what arrangements were made on the players ' behalf .
7 Pharmacy was chosen for review because university cuts in the subject , announced by the UGC in 1981 , were made on the grounds that courses were available in the public sector , and because the UGC has recently established a panel on subjects allied in medicine , including pharmacy , with which NAB 's working group can consult and co-ordinate some measure of trans-binary planning .
8 The operation of the twenty-two disciplinary offences was suspended and concessions were made on the fees for signing on and off .
9 Considerable physical demands were made on the men engaged on this work .
10 The sixth application was dismissed as an abuse of the process of the court in November 1991 , and directions were made about the procedures to be adopted in future applications .
11 In the 1950s some very powerful films were made about the reactions of children to separation from their parents when admitted to hospital or residential nurseries .
12 In fact , the quack cancer therapy laetrile is nothing more than apricot kernels , and although high-sounding claims were made for the effects of nature 's cyanide on rampant cells , laetrile has proved useless .
13 Of these , a total of 71 safety proposals were made for the railways .
14 Now this is in his key messages , and towards the back , there are two pages , where he complains that many promises were made for the facilities management contract , and in particular , erm , he says it is still the case that work to take advantage of the development faci facility has not yet been identified , now I think this is the thing we spent a million pounds on it , and are not using it .
15 No estimates of perinatal mortality rates were made for the units where few referrals and subsequent perinatal deaths occurred .
16 General analyses of DNA and protein sequences were made with the programs of the UWGCG ( 22 ) .
17 Elsewhere , significant explorations were made of the types of cooperative support that could be developed , between schools and teachers from different schools , and between a variety of other educational institutions such as colleges , polytechnics , universities and that peculiarly British innovation , the teachers ' centre .
18 Approaches were made to the Dwarfs about the return of the Phoenix crown .
19 In October sweeping changes were made to the secretariats and the General People 's Congress , including the appointment of the former chair of the National Oil Corporation Abdullah al-Badri as head of the Petroleum Secretariat .
20 There were fears that the advent of dual capacity would produce conflicts of interest , and certain technical changes were made to the mechanics of trading .
21 But some concessions were made to the Albanians .
22 More than 10,000 telephone calls and visits were made to the Samaritans in Darlington last year .
23 In addition , a number of one-off payments were made to the Partnerships .
24 A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday .
25 The Madison banks collapsed after sustaining huge losses on real estate loans , many of which were made to the banks ' directors , employees and their relatives .
26 Miss Southworth said the woman had made up the story to friends and was then forced to go through with it , after complaints were made to the police .
27 The local City Council set up a committee of inquiry to investigate the policing arrangements for the visit and complaints were made to the Police Complaints Authority .
28 Several attempts were made within the ranks of the French right to establish a united movement which would appeal to the electorate .
29 The little money that was needed to pay state taxes and church tithes and to fund festivals , was obtained from the sale of cotton lengths , which were made by the women .
30 Decisions about the design of such machinery were made by the suppliers ; there seemed little variation in the machines on offer in their implications for de-skilling ; and the result was a gradual process of de-skilling of most of the production workers .
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