Example sentences of "making a [adj] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has the added advantage of making a nice contrast to the night scenes in the previous sequence . |
| 2 | This involves definition of the job specifications with the client ; laying out a search strategy with the Research Department , the development of potential candidates through sourcing , interviewing , making a final recommendation to the client ; and handling both client and candidate in the delicate final stages of the negotiation to ensure a positive end of the assignment . |
| 3 | THE brother of Ipswich Town captain Dave Linighan has been accused of making a racist remark to a taxi driver in a dispute over a fare . |
| 4 | If RBGE participation in proposals within this programme is approved , we are in an excellent position to take our own scientific work forward while making a substantial contribution to the Community 's international position in plant sciences . |
| 5 | The immediate difference was to cut ten dates out of the October of 1582 , 4 October being followed by 15 October , and making a slight change to the incidence of leap years at the ends of centuries . |
| 6 | The length of the adjusted pack was enough to cater for my unusually long back and after making a small adjustment to the shoulder strap attachment plates which can be swivelled to close or widen the gap between them at the neck , I had a very good fit . |
| 7 | On Saturday and Sunday , however , Sheppard will be concentrating on making a good start to the long-course season , and improving upon her seventh place in the sprint freestyle Grand Prix category . |
| 8 | Option 3 : Making a new connection to an existing lighting circuit allows new lights to have their own switch . |
| 9 | Local MP Sir Wyn Roberts , the Minister of State for Wales , said he will be making a personal report to the Prime Minister this afternoon at the Welsh Tory conference at Llangollen . |
| 10 | In some cases subject departments were also making a financial contribution to the library book budget . |
| 11 | The Eagles , making a hyped-up return to the First Division , rallied with a well-taken try by Anthony Farrell . |
| 12 | The CAA is making a major contribution to the development of JARs and the way JAA is organised … |
| 13 | Galileo was in the process of making a major contribution to the building of a new mechanics that was to prove capable of supporting detailed experimentation at a later stage . |
| 14 | The British Section is making a major commitment to a new computer system , which should both improve efficiency and help us work more flexibly with the national membership . |
| 15 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
| 16 | Some of us were still there to see Oxford when the lights came on again : V.E. night saw floodlighting return not only to some of the ancient buildings but also ( with apparatus hastily improvised by members of the university ) to a magnificent horse chestnut tree in Parks Road in full blossom , its blaze of floodlit white ‘ candles ’ making a spectacular welcome to the return of peace and light . |
| 17 | My Lords , I have come to the conclusion that , as a matter of law , there are sound reasons for making a limited modification to the existing rule ( subject to strict safeguards ) unless there are constitutional or practical reasons which outweigh them . |
| 18 | This dire short-term market squeeze has at least temporarily put paid to the idea that the building society industry is making a graceful adaptation to the 1980s ' deregulation of the financial services market . |
| 19 | Making a welcome return to the Ebbw Vale squad is South African STEFANUS ‘ BARLIE ’ SWART . |
| 20 | Caterina judged then , as she watched Rosa pin her hair , that the ease with which she , Caterina , won applause — when she danced and sang the cherry song , or strewed flowers before the host in the procession , making a little reverence to the monstrance on every third step backwards — was undeserved , the effect of some trick she did not want to perform but that came to her naturally from some evil in her , the same evil that had inspired her bad thoughts of Tommaso and prevented her doing as her sister , her beloved sister , wanted . |
| 21 | In the first Athena stands frontal on the right , her left arm and the shield in profile at her side making a vertical parallel to the fluted skirt-folds broken by the right knee . |
| 22 | She hurried outside and hastily picked a bunch of them , and within a short time they were making a pleasing addition to the table . |
| 23 | Also , a switch to a black-and-white rather than colour illustration will save on both artist 's fees and reproduction , thereby making a significant contribution to the downside exposure of this week 's editorial and production budgets . |
| 24 | I think the the answer to that is that the reference e should be made to the village making a significant contribution to the development needs of Greater York , be it housing , employment or comm erm social and community . |
| 25 | Last year its earnings rose by more than half , to £664 million , making a large contribution to the balance of payments . |
| 26 | In expressing the view that he felt he was n't making a large contribution to the activities of the Commission , he also requested some guidance on what his role should be or what view the Commission had about his role . |
| 27 | I think I left the Bench at least with an impression that they had someone very special to deal with , I was , of course , all the time praying that no one for the police would ask for his Conduct Sheet , which they overlooked after making a dutiful response to the Bench , and I hurried away to be met outside the Court by Stewart , who at once asked me to lend him a pound . |
| 28 | Picking out the salient points of a lengthy report , making a positive contribution to a formal meeting or an informal social gathering ; making an effective presentation or negotiating a deal that will stick … |
| 29 | There are two types of elicitation pro-cedure ; the first involves the child in making a non-verbal response to a verbal stimulus and is used as a measure of the child 's comprehension of spoken language . |
| 30 | However , making a synthetic equivalent to the cornea is difficult because the surface and bulk properties are governed separately by the epithelium and stroma ( the supportive tissue of an organ ) , and their natures are quite different . |