Example sentences of "but make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wilson government inherited serious economic problems in October 1964 , but made matters worse by its own decisions . |
| 2 | Aristos of Salamis in Cyprus , who probably lived in the middle of the third century B.C. , is said by Arrian ( 7.15.5 ) to have been one of the two historians who not only spoke of an embassy of the Romans to Alexander the Great , but made Alexander prophesy the future greatness of Rome , so impressed was he by the envoys . |
| 3 | The official media carried no details of the demonstrations , but made announcements about proposed reforms in the electoral code . |
| 4 | He failed at Whitehall before the king , but made converts of Robert Boyle , Andrew Marvell , John Evelyn and many others ‘ of known honesty and intelligence ’ . |
| 5 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 6 | Last year , the Russians spent 1.3bn roubles on space research for science and economics , but made 2bn roubles in profits . |
| 7 | Twentieth Century-Fox agreed to this but made Crawford sign a legal document making him personally responsible for any resulting injury or loss of life . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the gastronomic-minded citizens grumbled , but made shift with the aid of the black-market , so that throughout 1916 the food scarcity was still barely noticeable . |
| 9 | This author 's subsequent papers made no mention of Scotland , but made use of techniques developed during the course of his fieldwork . |
| 10 | This author 's subsequent papers made no mention of Scotland , but made use of techniques developed during the course of his fieldwork . |
| 11 | Never profit from a confidence , but make profit in confidence |
| 12 | Please write to ASH but make cheques payable to the BMA . |
| 13 | The indices of these three authors ' works do not contain the word ‘ Burgh ’ but make reference to ‘ Borough ’ . |
| 14 | I say let the thrashers get that horrible sound with their pedals , the way they always have , but make amps so that good basic sounds can be found using ‘ normal ’ settings . |
| 15 | As far as possible it will not collect original data , but make use of data already collected either by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory , which is monitoring deregulation comprehensively , or by local authorities . |
| 16 | You can use drama without specifically teaching about dramatic forms ( although in using drama as a learning medium , you can not help but make use of dramatic forms ) , but you ca n't effectively teach anything about the nature of dramatic forms without some sort of content . |
| 17 | In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs … |
| 18 | but make Geoff makes him burp . |
| 19 | So says the American umpire , Dana Leconto , who has tried out the new Palm Unit , a hand-held microprocessor which logs all shots , reminds players of court and ball changes , keeps time and does everything but make line calls . |
| 20 | Remember what Kipling said : ‘ If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you , but make allowances for their doubting too … ’ |
| 21 | But making bread with large amounts of guar — more than 10 per cent — creates problems . |
| 22 | I suppose you do n't think of much else but making money . ’ |
| 23 | Anyone , almost , could pick up a stone or work a piece of flint to use as a tool , but making metals was a far more skilled job . |
| 24 | But making individualism for the masses is by definition self-defeating . |
| 25 | But making tyres is a commodity business in which economies of scale matter a lot . |
| 26 | Blot : You 've said , Jean-Claude , that the problem is n't making political films but making films politically . |
| 27 | Responses range from bribing ( as your competitors do ) to refusing to bribe at all , but making adjustments ( for instance to price ) that will compensate for the bribe being offered and allow competition for a contract to be real . |
| 28 | The first is to construct the whole thing from scratch , using your own materials , but making use of standard sizes or door and internal storage systems ; the second is to make use of a wardrobe kit , which basically provides the door and the frame to make the wardrobe front , but allows you to choose your own internal fitments . |
| 29 | It is difficult to imagine a world in which the status of your car — and yourself , by implication — centres around miles per gallon , but making economy desirable and fashionable seems to be the way to change the habits of private car owners . |
| 30 | Here you can see him second last but making ground now . |