Example sentences of "[noun] made [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 2 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 3 | So his political background and other skills made him the logical candidate ’ . |
| 4 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 5 | In Soho , hell-bent on a good time , her tremendous vitality made her the female counterpart of Minton . |
| 6 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 7 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Kenneth Horne 's rich , fruity voice and warm patrician manner made him the ideal link man and that , coupled with a mischievous sense of humour , ensured that any programme in which he was involved was the better for his presence . |
| 9 | On top of that , scoring the third in the 3–1 win over the Sky Blues made him the youngest scorer of a First Division goal . |
| 10 | The State made him the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England by trampling on the opinions of the relevant ecclesiastical authority . |
| 11 | The king 's favour made him the special target of the reforming Ordainers , who in 1311 called for the exclusion from court of both Henry and Isabella , the resumption of his grants from the king , and the transference of the custody of Man to ‘ a good Englishman ’ ( a phrase which reveals one reason for his unpopularity ) . |
| 12 | His extrovert personality made him the ideal host at the company 's restaurants . |
| 13 | James Brown made it the perfunctory Single Of The Week and concentrated mainly on the depth of lyrical content . |
| 14 | By 1225 the loss of Poitiers and La Rochelle made it the effective capital of the remaining Plantagenet dominions . |