Example sentences of "[noun] make a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , the University made a significant investment to improve the quality and appearance of the Prospectus , which is the most important aid in the recruitment of the brightest and best-motivated undergraduate students . |
| 2 | Sarah made a mental note to go and see Janine . |
| 3 | We either have them or we do not , although we can at times make a conscious effort to put certain feelings out of our minds . |
| 4 | We might think that ‘ Naxos ’ in Cantos 2 , 24 , and 78 is the place of that name beneath Taormina , the site ( lately and partially excavated ) of the earliest Greek colony in Sicily , and thereafter the port whence the teams from all the Sicilian Greek cities made a ceremonial departure to compete in the Olympic Games ; but the Annotated Index is doubtless right to identify Naxos , on the contrary , with an island in the Aegean . |
| 5 | Mum made a half-hearted attempt to calm her daughter down , but Mary shrugged her off and continued sobbing bitterly . |
| 6 | Yet even at the height of this bitter struggle the foreign ministry made a considerable effort to foster Catholic missions in the Near East as vehicles of French influence there . |
| 7 | Ven made a brief stop to drop off a parcel at one of the shops in the town , obviously the reason for his having to make the journey . |
| 8 | And although Lucy made a valiant effort to control her quickening breath , the mad thumping of her heart and the heated excitement rising within her , it was a losing battle — and at last she gave herself up to the rapturous bliss of the moment . |
| 9 | Elisa made a mental note to return soon and thank the fishmonger for his care and attention . |
| 10 | Penny made a mental note to get cold food from the delicatessen when she invited Glenda back . |
| 11 | Marie made a conscious effort to close her mouth , which she knew was hanging open . |
| 12 | The defendant makes a written offer to compromise the claim , making that offer ‘ without prejudice save as to costs . ’ |
| 13 | Thus , if the lake monster surfaced , the animal could be quickly offered as a sacrifice , allowing the boat to make a quick return to shore . |
| 14 | Sung made a futile struggle to free his arms , then desisted . |
| 15 | Michael Bentley suggests that the actions of the Conservative leaders were deliberate for the , ‘ Conservatives made a conscious attempt to eradicate all traces of policy in order to appear stolid and silhouette Lloyd George as a very dangerous thing . ’ |
| 16 | Sometimes an older child made a deliberate choice to do so , having already got to know them well , but others could find themselves suddenly in a new home with no say at all . |
| 17 | On Friday 17 December 1976 , the Queen made a private visit to see for herself work on her new saloons , Nos 2903 and 2904 , and to give instructions on their decor . |
| 18 | When , in 1839 , the Sultan made a disastrous attempt to recoup his losses of 1833 , all the Great Powers saw the need for keeping the new conflict within bounds . |
| 19 | Cornelius made a vain attempt to do so . |
| 20 | In the 63rd minute , therefore , Robertson was introduced up front at the expense of a defender , McPherson , as Scotland made a belated attempt to improve on what had gone before . |
| 21 | All this work was done by Swan and partners , a small building company whose partners took the closest possible interest in the work , with Sophie Andreae making a weekly pilgrimage to supervise the job . |
| 22 | In September 1977 the second wave of terrorism by the Baader-Meinhof gang reached its grisly climax : the businessman Hans-Martin Schleyer was kidnapped and murdered ; Palestinian and German terrorists made a vain bid to get Baader and others released from prison , by hijacking a Lufthansa airliner ; and when German police forcibly put an end to the hijack Baader and his colleagues committed suicide . |
| 23 | Rain made a mental note to get Holly to follow up the story next day , she could visualize it leading the column on Friday unless anything better turned up . |
| 24 | In Andrews v. Singer ( 1934 C.A. ) the plaintiff made a written contract to buy a ‘ new Singer car . ’ |
| 25 | With the conference appearing doomed to collapse over the issue of the fifth freedom , Canada made a last-ditch effort to save the situation by proposing the first four freedoms , and one weekly round-trip flight that could be increased under an escalator clause of 65 per cent capacity and over . |
| 26 | Lucaroni made a conspicuous effort to remember . |
| 27 | The coroner made a mental note to include in his treatise a special chapter on the cleaning of the ditch . |
| 28 | Feeling her temper begin to rise again , Rory made a concerted effort to rein it in . |
| 29 | If this is anywhere near the true figure , would n't it be nice if Mr Dobson made a substantial donation to help fund treatment for the three-year-old handicapped boy , say £2,500 , plus another £2,500 for the echocardiograph appeal ? |
| 30 | LENTON and Wortley Hall Association is following the lead of Convocation and asking the Hall 's alumni from these years to make a special effort to attend the 1992 reunion which is to be held in the Hall from 2nd-4th October . |