Example sentences of "[verb] a dramatic [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after a sparkling three days of racing , the Gold Cup itself provided a dramatic climax to the week . |
| 2 | It is easy to think of obvious examples : the child who suddenly loses both parents in a car accident ; the outbreak of war , necessitating a dramatic change of surroundings and circumstances ; a house fire or some other disaster befalling the family . |
| 3 | If you are part of a family and the washing up needs doing , you do n't need a dramatic word from God to do it . |
| 4 | A LIFEBOATMAN today described a dramatic attempt to rescue a shrimper . |
| 5 | With the help of cosmetic surgery she undergoes a dramatic transformation to re-emerge as Silver . |
| 6 | And the third thing is that about twenty to thirty per cent of people who take it undergo a dramatic transformation in their personality , it seems , so it 's claimed in America and there 's a lot of evidence that might be true , erm and that is you know a huge difference from er just an ordinary antidepressant . |
| 7 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 8 | When the ‘ lazy ’ group started running , they soon reported a dramatic increase in creativity and productivity . |
| 9 | Shares in News Corp and its UK arm News International have enjoyed a dramatic recovery and more than doubled in the last year . |
| 10 | To provide a dramatic contrast that is also a unity , the sun must be truly dominant and its satellites must be a family that shares a common property of shape and size : just like an atom or a solar system . |
| 11 | The trial had been supposed to provide a dramatic climax of sorts . |
| 12 | A Frame Relay interface now available on Campbell , California-based StrataCom Inc 's IPX FastPacket and BPX broadband Asynchronous Transfer Mode switches is claimed to provide a dramatic drop in the cost of provision of Frame Relay networks . |
| 13 | This single speaker unit is designed to add to an existing hi fi setup to provide a dramatic improvement in bass reproduction . |
| 14 | Working initially in pairs and then in groups , pursue the question : " What would you like to do a drama about ? " , seeking to find a dramatic starting point which stems from the interviewees ' interests . |
| 15 | KILMORE snatched a dramatic victory in the final minute of extra time when Gorman scored from the penalty spot after a hand ball incident . |
| 16 | Newcastle , unbeaten at home , have won at Berwick and Glasgow , and snatched a dramatic draw at Edinburgh . |
| 17 | Watt 's Nine Men ( 1943 ) depicts a group of soldiers making their last stand in a desert hut , which has a dramatic intensity that pushes it to the edge of documentary fiction . |
| 18 | Their secretion seems to be not food but a volatile potion that has a dramatic impact upon the ants ' behaviour . |
| 19 | On the other hand , we might have backed research aimed at understanding why some materials are insulators and why for example , adding small quantities of certain impurities to these materials has a dramatic effect on their conductivity . |
| 20 | Reactions vary , and an air cleaner that has a dramatic effect on one person 's health may make no difference to another . |
| 21 | This has a dramatic effect on the health and appearance of the plants . |
| 22 | This has a dramatic effect on the information management strategy of the organisation . |
| 23 | Preliminary findings by the Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study ( AREAS ) , claimed that " replacement of CFCs with suitable HCFCs or HFCs can yield a dramatic benefit in reducing the total global warming impact for all CFC end-use applications " . |
| 24 | Our skin texture will also show a dramatic improvement . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ The cadet centre is out of sight at the rear of Marton Sixth Form College and has suffered a dramatic drop in numbers attending . ’ |
| 26 | The Welshman grabbed a 58th minute headed equaliser after Steve Staunton 's spectacular strike five minutes earlier had threatened a dramatic smash-and-grab of three Premier League points by former manager Ron Atkinson . |
| 27 | Turner , just 17 , scored a dramatic injury time winner for Tottenham — and was so stunned he was n't sure how to celebrate . |
| 28 | Iraq 's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait caused a dramatic increase in oil prices ; the " marker " price of North Sea Brent crude , which had fallen to $16.60 per barrel on June 5 , rose to $24 per barrel on Aug. 3 and passed $30 per barrel on Aug. 22 . |
| 29 | The case caused a dramatic rise in the number of developers seeking to add the additional ten per cent to their blocks of flats , much to the concern of the tenants affected . |
| 30 | The 1990 figures , provided more recently by the Ministry of Justice , show a dramatic increase to 447 death sentences , mostly for murder under aggravating circumstances . |