Example sentences of "make be [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some cases in which progress has been made are discussed in the next chapter . |
| 2 | The material that follows in this chapter made be skipped by the reader , if desired , without interfering with the book 's continuity . |
| 3 | The year in which the product was made is shown by the number in the middle of the circle . |
| 4 | However , the overall size of rugs that can be made is restricted by the fixed beams , and village wavers rarely produce large carpets . |
| 5 | They had a passion for clothes , and every particular of how a dress or coat was made was studied in the most minute detail . |
| 6 | The truckers ' strike during July and August 1973 was also largely motivated by controls — the shortages of spare parts for their trucks , official discrimination against them in favour of state-run firms , and the fact that the charges which they could make were fixed by the government but not adjusted to take into account the rapid rate of inflation . |
| 7 | While clearly pointing out that these moves do not ensure women 's rights , and that the struggle for women 's liberation will carry on long after the setting up of an independent Palestinian state , Women 's Committees are encouraged by these developments and determined to learn from the mistakes made by women involved in other national liberation struggles , for example , in Algeria , where gains made were lost after the revolution . |
| 8 | The above contexts where make is followed by the to infinitive , far from disproving the explanation given above of why this verb is generally construed with the bare infinitive , confirm it therefore most convincingly . |
| 9 | The number of sales the trader could make was limited to the number of cars he could get . |
| 10 | Any noise it made was lost in the wind . |
| 11 | Any sound it made was lost in the green murk . |
| 12 | Every move he made was duplicated by the rest of the shoal at exactly the same speed and with absolute precision . |
| 13 | An extra charge of one shilling ( 5p ) was made for permission to view the house , and the £5,500 it made was added to the Queen 's charitable fund . |