Sentence examples for it was made optional from inspiring English sources

It was made optional and scored separately.

The decision-making process is not inhibited, it is made optional.

Nothing wrong with that, I guess, so long as it's made optional: I sure as heck don't want to be forced to pay even one more penny for the privilege of watching, I don't know, cool skateboard tricks, car crashes, or women jumping on trampolines à la The Man Show.

As in many other cities, helmet use was made optional, in part to encourage greater participation.

Confession to God in the presence of a priest is not obligatory, and celibacy of the clergy was made optional in some Old Catholic churches.

The overtures including allowing the broader recitation of the Tridentine rite, a service that was made optional in the 1960s and includes a Good Friday prayer calling for the conversion of Jews.

For this reason, the student engagement category was made optional.

Two protocol changes in recording procedures were made for Round 2: precise recording of the time of measurement was made optional, and a mandatory variable to indicate whether measurements took place before or after lunch was added.

But it is likely that at least some states might decide to eliminate them if they are made optional.

Languages have collapsed at GCSE since they were made optional at the age of 14.

Steve Nelson Head, The Calhoun School New York, Sept. 22, 2008 • To the Editor: Who benefits when the SATs and ACTs are made optional?