Example sentences of "made [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Munich , Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain made enthralling reading in the Manchester but what Mr Douglas remembers was the spirit of friendship offered by the school towards the refugees of the Spanish Civil War and Hitler 's Germany . |
| 2 | It was found that some of the Scottish women made outstanding progress in French language as a result of this approach . |
| 3 | A society consisting of educated people , like a society of healthy people , made economic sense . |
| 4 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 5 | Another place of worship was built in 1828 for the Methodists but as attendances dwindled in the 1970s it was decided to share with Christ church , a facility which made economic sense . |
| 6 | It also made economic sense , he said . |
| 7 | It made economic sense . |
| 8 | Paddy Ashdown would certainly agree with Peter Mandelson that the ‘ nudging and winking ’ during the final week of the campaign about a Lib-Lab arrangment made Labour look weak and muddled and John Major principled . |
| 9 | Brian Pearse FCIB , Deputy Chairman , responded and made strong reference to the need for a return to high standards of banking education . |
| 10 | The Irish side , Waterford Crystal , made strong progress , cutting its loss from I£4.8m to I£1.2m in 1991 . |
| 11 | It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign . |
| 12 | It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign . |
| 13 | The undue power of committee chairmen in relation to their colleagues was more of a problem in the House than in the Senate , but in the latter a system of legislative norms or folkways made possible dominance of the proceedings by leading members of the Senate inner club or establishment . |
| 14 | Britain 's industrial revolution made ample use of child labour . |
| 15 | In addition to the above work , BGS staff made short-term training and consultancy visits . |
| 16 | But it made awful mess . |
| 17 | He made persistent phone calls to Lynsey , visited her home , invited her to drinks and dinner — and trapped her in his surgery when he was alone . |
| 18 | The Princess Royal has around 10 hats made each year which means she must have at least 260 to choose from by now . |
| 19 | It replaces the present system , where appeals are dealt with by the Department , with less than 10 made each year . |
| 20 | I kept a notebook of what I made each day . |
| 21 | Harvey split the words into syllables and made each syllable a step in his dance , then he changed the accents round and danced the same remark again . |
| 22 | For example , the Lincoln Electric Company in the USA made each employee responsible for his own supplies ( both purchasing and control ) and for setting the quality and quantity of his own output . |
| 23 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 24 | After the Reformation these traditions were regularized in a unique Poor Law which made each parish responsible for its own poor , and obliged it to finance its aid by levying a poor rate on its inhabitants . |
| 25 | For years we had no telephone , and the house was lit in our time by acetylene gas which we made each evening in the pigsty . |
| 26 | The name of the sales person who made each sale ; |
| 27 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
| 28 | An audible groan rippled through the new Form Two , quelled at once by one of Miss Hardbroom 's piercing glances which always made each pupil feel that they had been noticed personally . |
| 29 | ‘ But who made that telephone call ? |
| 30 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |