Example sentences of "[noun] who had make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though there were many writers before Leapor who had made a similar affirmation , not least Katherine Phillips and Mary Astell , it must be recognized that to make such claims was to dispute a widely held belief , based on Aristotelian physiology , that women were by nature soft and therefore inconstant The best known statement of this view of women is Pope 's ‘ Epistle to a Lady ’ . |
| 2 | Baroness Thatcher described Lord Ridley tonight as a great Englishman who had made an enormous contribution to the country . |
| 3 | There was no general ruling on what type of person was best able to carry out these tasks but the two most common groups were : ( a ) the older wife who had a great deal of experience , and ( b ) the young wife who had made a determined effort to acquire as much knowledge and skill as possible . |
| 4 | It seems that during the 18th century in the beautiful city of Cambridge , the leading livery stable was owned and operated by one Charles Hobson who had made a small fortune in renting cabs and carriages to the gentry , so much so that he had acquired that lovely house and property known as Anglesey Abbey for his country residence . |
| 5 | In 1715 , Thomas Doggett , an Irishman who had made a successful career in London as an actor , theatre manager and author , instituted a race between six young watermen , donating the prize of an ornate jacket , cash in pocket and silver badge to the winner . |
| 6 | I had a sudden flash of memory of one of the most remarkable women I had ever met — Sister Kenny , a woman who had made a great impact on me because of Clare . |
| 7 | The elderly lay proprietor , Miss Cordelia Claybury , had inherited the madhouse from her father who had made a good living out of the rich and insane . |
| 8 | The house had been built by a mill owner who had made a comfortable fortune at the woollen mill which straddled the river Pleshey a mile or two west of Lulling . |
| 9 | HALF A DOZEN years ago , it was almost fashionable for scientists who had made a quick excursion through Britain 's mortality statistics to adopt a righteous posture and preach the message that people were worried about the wrong things ( usually nuclear power ) . |
| 10 | Cricket director Bob Cottam said : ‘ Leaving him out would be the equivalent of dumping a batsman who had made a hundred on his Test debut . ’ |
| 11 | President Hugh Desmond Hoyte reduced the size of his cabinet from 18 to 11 ministers on July 6 on the advice of British accountants KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock who had made a detailed study of the country 's public services . |