Example sentences of "[verb] make a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even for those of us who admit that he has made a rational choice on this occasion , it remains surprising that he has benefited so little from experience , that he has never made , or let God or society make for him , any previous decisions on general issues which could be of help to him . |
| 2 | Setting aside the mass of controversial mysticism which , over the centuries has surrounded this man , the fact remains that his life has made a tremendous impact on the religious and political history of a large part of the world . |
| 3 | Simplifying their lifestyle has made a tremendous impact on the Woolleys . |
| 4 | Although Rhee poses plausibly as champion of Corean independence and has made a deep impression on sentimental audiences in United States , his admittedly genuine desire for the country 's independence is really the desire of a megalomaniac . |
| 5 | A senior legal figure has made a strong attack on Government policy towards Scotland 's justice system . |
| 6 | The new development has attracted a £2and1/4 ; million grant from the department of trade and industry ; a regional spokesman says foreign investment has made a huge impact on Telford . |
| 7 | Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point . |
| 8 | Whelan , out with a thigh injury since last September , has made an immediate impact on his return to the midfield for Liverpool , who are unbeaten in their last four games . |
| 9 | I do not know of that detailed work , but she has made an interesting comment on the position in the United States . |
| 10 | And the chairman also has to make a big speech on the first day . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got a visitor coming at six o'clock and I want to make a good impression on him — it 's twenty to four already . ’ |
| 12 | But if you want to make a good impression on examiners , prospective employers or clients , the mastery of our unreasonable orthography is a necessity . |
| 13 | Another ultrasonic downhole inspection tool developed by AEA for the oil industry has undergone trials and is expected to make a major impact on traditional mechanical inspection techniques . |
| 14 | Long range Trigat is being designed to make a diving attack on the roof of a tank , where the armour is normally at its weakest . |
| 15 | Ablett argued furiously with referee Ken Redfern that he 'd made a clean challenge on the inspirational McAllister . |
| 16 | He has sought to make a political attack on me , and I shall reply in the same way because the right hon. Gentleman has been highly selective in his summary of the case . |
| 17 | We are already too stretched , and the law does not give us automatic ex access to time off for training , but we have got to ask , and we should commit the G M B to lobby for an extension of existing laws , and to lobby for various E C funds , and then we can begin to make a real impact on the environment . |
| 18 | Would you like to make a small report on that , Mr Vanbrugh ? |
| 19 | Music and horse racing are Quinn 's great passions outside football and when his playing days are over he would like to make a new career on the turf . |
| 20 | As his captain David Graveney observes : ‘ He is bound to make a tremendous impact on our game by making everybody aware of what can be achieved by speed between the wickets . |
| 21 | Ministers of Health would have incurred little or no extra criticism if they had failed to provide the services which the £25 million yielded by the prescription charges have made possible ; what criticism there was , would have been diffused over a hundred objects and none of it would have made a distinct impression on the mind of the electorate . |
| 22 | For many people it 's riskier than the next approach and there is no guarantee of results ; but you will certainly have made a powerful impression on others . |
| 23 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 24 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 25 | The canonization of Becket may have made a lasting impression on the future pope Innocent , at the time a boy of twelve or thirteen . |
| 26 | Moreover , now that I come to think of it , it is perhaps not so surprising that it should also have made a deep impression on Miss Kenton given certain aspects of her relationship with my father during her early days at Darlington Hall . |
| 27 | Piggy might have been able to save the boys ; as with his sensible , mature attitude resulting from the trauma caused by his parents ' death , he could have made a great impact on the boys . |
| 28 | Televising might have made a big impact on proceedings in one other area . |
| 29 | If my son had been on medication at the end of last year he would not have made an unprovoked attack on his father in November , nor attempted to share his New Year 's Eve lunch with the lions . |
| 30 | The Dons , who yesterday pulled in £2.5m from the sale of full-back Terry Phelan to Manchester City , could have made an instant profit on their newly-signed hitman . |