Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] to make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this year the association has tried to make a clean break from the past . |
| 2 | And this year the association has tried to make a clean break from the past . |
| 3 | Conventional vetinary medicine failed to help the bird , but since undergoing a course of acupuncture at a surgery in Stroud , the Swan has begun to make a remarkable recovery . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , as I 'm always sayin' to me old Dutch , what the eyes do n't see the 'eart do n't grieve about , and a bloke 's got to make a livin' some'ow . |
| 5 | Asked whether he thought Mr McNeill had intended to make a racist comment , Mr Maan said that after listening to him he felt it had been an error of judgment and that Mr McNeill had not meant to offend anybody . |
| 6 | Asked whether he thought Mr McNeill had intended to make a racist comment , Mr Maan said that after listening to him he felt it had been an error of judgment and that Mr McNeill had not meant to offend anybody . |
| 7 | Colonel Neame had hoped to make a quick dash to the peak . |
| 8 | ‘ My fellow Americans , on this day , with high hopes and brave hearts and massive numbers , the American people have voted to make a new beginning , ’ he told the crowd . |
| 9 | He told ecstatic supporters : ‘ The American people have voted to make a new beginning . |
| 10 | out so you just , so maybe just , maybe , I 've taken a slight hard line to say no , people have got to make a wee bit effort too , but maybe in fact |
| 11 | So the reality is that , in the last seven months , the Taylors have had to make a radical reassessment of family expectations . |
| 12 | Today is the actual anniversary of the tragic night in Tottenham when Eubank crushed Watson — and it is only recently that the Islington fighter has started to make a real recovery . |
| 13 | To that commonsense objection , the government and its lawyers had tried to make a convincing response . |
| 14 | Faced with this ambiguity , the Bank has sought to make a clear distinction between its money-market operations ( for purposes of monetary policy ) and its bond-market operations ( for purposes of meeting the government 's borrowing requirement ) . |
| 15 | Debt , hyperinflation , currency devaluation and dwindling box-office have combined to make a high-risk business riskier still . |
| 16 | I am sure that the House is distressed that the Minister has failed to make a proper statement . |
| 17 | The Party had decided to make a decisive break with the " reformist " Labour movement . |
| 18 | The structures of Employee Involvement have only been accepted by salaried staff ; shopfloor unions have refused to make a formal commitment to the programme , which is regarded as contrary to the established contractual job-control orientation of workplace trade unions . |