Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] making a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENTERPRISING students at California 's Stanford University are making a mint from high technology by designing and marketing computer hardware and software . |
| 2 | ‘ Investigating a murder is making a noise ? ’ |
| 3 | A rare breed of pig is making a comeback … on the dinner table . |
| 4 | Well the , the first ones that we made going down from here , the car 's making a racket , the stereo 's like on full blast you ca n't hear anything we 're saying at all . |
| 5 | For independent advice where the adviser is making a selection from all the products on offer , the investor may prefer to seek an adviser authorised by the Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association . |
| 6 | Pedal-power is making a comeback to the city 's streets and cyclists will tell you it 's the only way to motor , and you beat all the traffic jams . |
| 7 | This dire short-term market squeeze has at least temporarily put paid to the idea that the building society industry is making a graceful adaptation to the 1980s ' deregulation of the financial services market . |
| 8 | In fact , sweated labour is making a comeback in the industrialized world . |
| 9 | Making a living is making a killing these days . |
| 10 | Nobody inside or outside the administration is making a good job of selling the tax . |
| 11 | She looked across at Dr Neil ; the overhead light was making a golden aureole around his sandy head , and she thought again that even with his dreadful scar he was an extremely attractive man . |
| 12 | Let's , we 've got to look at what it is that management are making a mess of . |
| 13 | However , whatever , the reason why I mention it , I do notice that Green Peace are thinking of , perhaps some members saw it in the press , did you , that Green Peace are making a formal complaint to the European Commission about switching from de-sulphurisation to importing low sulphur coal , and it may be something that we should focus in on as well . |
| 14 | The electric light was burning and mixers and other equipment were making a steady hum . |
| 15 | It is the belief that his work is making a difference to these people despite their appaling conditions that makes Neil MacDonald feel that his work for Oxfam is worthwhile . |
| 16 | But now at Shortwood farm in Herefordshire , the binder is making a comeback . |
| 17 | The olive is making a mild come-back , with the help of European Community money . |
| 18 | ‘ The Institute is making a career of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 19 | A former England cricketer is making a comeback next month , after breaking his knee twice . |
| 20 | So , while the electrician is making a new connection , we ( including the managers from the office ! ) decided to find the shovels and do it the hard way . |
| 21 | When their advance guard was making a hazardous push to secure a new stronghold , the Persian warriors went forward carrying live cats in their arms . |
| 22 | A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf . |
| 23 | Who 's child was making a dickens of a commotion |
| 24 | The throttle lever was still against the wall and the engine was making a healthy din up front . |
| 25 | But the men did not hear her because the engine was making a lot of steam and noise . |
| 26 | Most of the population were making a living , and sometimes a killing , in ways that were strictly speaking illegal . |
| 27 | His impromptu striptease took place while the band were making a £30,000 promo for the hit . |
| 28 | On the contrary , by correcting himself in this way the author is making a particular point : that although the occasion might have been regarded as a performance by some , that although it might have in time become a performance , this description is not an accurate representation of the narrator 's memories . |
| 29 | whether the business is making a profit or loss and how this profit or loss is made up . |
| 30 | Vodafone Group Plc is making a rescue one-for-277 share exchange offer for cellular air time reseller Hawthorn Leslie Plc , valuing the struggling company at £2.9m , 1.54p a share against 2.5p in the market ; Vodafone has also conditionally agreed to procure redemption of the £16m convertible loan stock 2007 of Hawthorn Leslie held by Svenska Handelsbanken and repay outstanding loan facilities from Svenska , which brings the total cost of the transaction up to about £31.5m . |