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Example sentences of "[noun] make any " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	In the fourth condition they were asked to judge whether a sentence made any sense .
2	‘ Does the interview with the Admiral make any difference to anything ? ’
3	Whatever one 's political view of them , if the privatization proposals made any sense then prices being kept down by competition should be at their heart .
4	Does the writer make any judgements about : a ) the character of MacDonald ,
5	And there were others less distinguished , perhaps , but whose lively presence made any visit memorable ; for instance , Mr Wilkinson , valet-butler to Mr John Campbell , with his well-known repertoire of impersonations of prominent gentlemen ; Mr Davidson from Easterly House , whose passion in debating a point could at times be as alarming to a stranger as his simple kindness at all other times was endearing ; Mr Herman , valet to Mr John Henry peters , whose extreme views no one could listen to passively , but whose distinctive belly-laugh and Yorkshire charm made him impossible to dislike .
6	An important part of that letter which impinges directly on new clause 5 , and makes it essential that the new clause is accepted , was that the right Hon. Gentleman said that before British Rail made any investment plans for rural areas is should consider bus substitution .
7	Leonard himself was enthused to make his own music , an inspiration which developed from being induced to learn the piano as a young boy with Miss McDougall , in which he said that neither he nor his sister made any headway .
8	Do you really believe star signs make any difference ? ’
9	In its prime the solid curtain-walled castle could not have been taken by storm up the sheer cliffs rising from the sea on three sides ; and a deep ditch hewn from the rock on the landward side made any surprise attack on the gatehouse or drum towers improbable .
10	Only Swimmer of Lakes made any sound , a restless snorting , an anxious pawing at the ground .
11	Given these circumstances it seems remarkable that the proposed tax cut made any significant headway at all , but it had one enormously important advantage — the whole hearted support of Ronald Reagan .
12	Indeed , it was not until 1956 that a Brazilian made any impact when Nano da Silva Ramos finished 5th in his Gordini in the Monaco Grand Prix .
13	The bidder 's estimate is that at least £31million of the property profit has been taken above the line , and Kingfisher also questions whether Dixons made any profit at all in 1988-89 from selling electrical goods in the UK .
14	One of my favourites is the ‘ MEANINGLESS ’ section , where none of the books make any sense .
15	‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over .
16	Since the subjects in Study 2 did not expect a recognition phase it was clearly not sufficient to simply repeat the study without subjects making any judgments , instead judgment tasks had to be found that were not related to risk and were still sufficiently engaging for subjects not to suspect a memory test afterwards .
17	There was a brief discussion before another member of the group stepped forward and made an announcement , the only words making any sense to her being those of Rune 's name .
18	views with dismay the failure of the Lord Chancellor 's Department to make any improvements in the payment on account of civil legal aid fees ;
19	Last year 's Benson & Hedges winners Lancashire , without the mercurial Akram , on tour with the Pakistanis , but with the ever improving DeFreitas will have their supporters keen to take the 8–1 on offer with Coomes and Dennis. , Hampshire , now able to welcome Malcolm Marshall back and as vice-captain , have the combined batting and bowling talent to make any opposition shudder .
20	EUROPEAN Community trade ministers meeting in Luxembourg last night seemed set to fail in an attempt to make any new progress towards a common mergers policy , giving final right of veto on large-scale mergers to Brussels .
21	BEEFEATER makes any day a Happy Day this summer .
22	After torrential rainfalls over the Bank Holiday , a spokesman for the Three Valleys Water area suggested : ‘ It would have to rain like this every day for three months to make any difference . ’
23	And it would have to rain for months to make any difference .
24	And levels in some areas are now so low , that it would have to rain for months to make any difference .
25	He had some reason for this view , since there was little sign that Toynbee Hall and the other settlements made any significant impact upon the East End .
26	Why could n't Doctor Jekyll make any more of the drug ?
27	Hopkins argued that much of this type of corporate crime ( violation of consumer laws ) could be viewed as a breakdown in communication or organizational procedures , and he attempted to see if , as a result of being fined , these companies made any effort to locate the flawed chain of information and correct it .
28	None of this new generation of models make any pretence about the inanities and absurdities of their job , and their brand of individual beauty reflects that approach .
29	Once ‘ trimmed ’ this way , the little Aeronca will fly along happily hands-off , with just the feet making any small corrections of direction .
30	Initially , of course , those who drove her out had to justify their actions to Elizabeth and prevent the English queen making any serious attempt to restore her sister of Scotland ; and they used that scholar of European distinction , George Buchanan , as their apologist , thus enabling the grave and learned humanist to display a remarkable talent for writing , as it were , copy for the Sun in the style of The Times , in his sensational Ane detectioun of the doinges of Marie quene of Scottes .