Example sentences of "[noun pl] have made " in BNC.

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1 This turnaround of the external accounts has made the domestic performance of the ecomomy look decidedly better than it has been .
2 Large reserves of foreign currencies would then be required to buy the domestic currency in support operations , but the growth and mobility of capital flows has made most countries accept that such a defence is impractical .
3 On the roads — the combination of rain and greasy surfaces has made driving conditions treacherous .
4 Will it be seen , with hindsight , that the introduction of the computer into the humanities disciplines has made no more substantial change in the eventual output of research than was made by the introduction of the electric typewriter ?
5 Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’
6 His passion for , and expertise with oddballs has made his features very popular , and he is known as a thorough and punctual answerer of readers ’ queries .
7 The Save The Children Fund programme with the motorcycles has made a very big difference to the number of visits that health assistants can make to villages .
8 The call of the birds has made it seem good
9 This has been undesirable , but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference .
10 In addition , the precipitous decline in the real price of many products has made them accessible to many more people in the developing world .
11 The miller down the ages has made his own peculiar contribution to the low esteem in which he was held .
12 Each of these three groups has made a first report at the time this Chapter was written .
13 A chain of kitchenware shops has made a hundred and twenty people redundant and called in the administraors because of financial difficulties .
14 The heartache and suffering over the centuries has made them tough and strong and it 's been a slow evolution .
15 Jaguar Cars has made two appointments as part of plans to expand its range of vehicles and treble output by the year 2000 .
16 What but the return of these handmaidens to our kitchens in the re-incarnated form of electric mixers , blenders and beaters has made the revival of one of our most characteristic national delicacies a feasible proposition ?
17 From 7 December , National Savings has made available new issues of Savings Certificates , Capital Bonds and Children 's Bonus Bonds at lower rates .
18 Her invocation of themes and support for many policies favoured by the party 's grass-roots supporters has made the party more radical .
19 Bomb damage at the Dublin Road offices has made a serious dent in plans for Oxfam Week ( September 25-October 3 ) .
20 Lloyd describes her books as ‘ wonderful , moving stuff : she is one of the few authors to have made John Booth cry . ’
21 The Mongol invasion had hit the urban centres particularly hard , and the tribute paid to the Golden Horde for over two centuries had made recovery difficult .
22 The baby finally gave a feeble and pitiful squawk , quite unlike the enraged roars which McAllister had been told that her sturdy brothers had made on entering their privileged world — and which she had undoubtedly made herself — but at least he was breathing .
23 In April 1914 , George Younger wrote in Our Flag about " Radical " Buy " Election promises " and cited ten cases from the past six years when Liberal by-election candidates had made promises to local groups of voters on behalf of the government promises of a change in policy to benefit local crafts or industry or employment .
24 I dared not move until my eyes had made more sense of the place .
25 " Just as his 1858 trips had made known his commitment to emancipation , those of 1862 showed his determination to preserve the prerogatives of the autocrat " .
26 It was a phrase often used by her mother to describe women whose husbands had made money and moved to Edgbaston .
27 It was held there that the parties had made a binding contract , albeit with the price still outstanding .
28 Many of the heads had made an active move towards involving more people ( even all staff in one school ) in an attempt to make more staff aware of the need to plan finance as a ‘ whole-school issue ’ and to prioritise resource needs .
29 The disclosure has led to the closure of the nursery -but the stock could only be sold for £26,246 because most growers had made their seasonal purchases .
30 The weight his stepfather had put on the young man 's shoulders had made David seem much older than his twenty-eight years .
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