Example sentences of "make [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ Fritz went red , which , Erika thought , made rather a nice change from her own blushing , and looked at his shoes . |
| 2 | One could detect a purr of satisfaction when John Major replied that actually some other European countries made rather a mess of things : that Belgium had taken 100 days to form a government ; that the Italian political system was a disaster and the French one not much better ; and that , if they had any sense , they would copy the way we do things . |
| 3 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 4 | Aunt Janice was clothed ( shirt and jeans ) , which made rather a refreshing change , and standing in the hallway . |
| 5 | ‘ Though you did make rather a big dent in my dignity . |
| 6 | But it would make rather a lovely weekend home . ’ |
| 7 | From this month on , junkies need make only a telephone call to exchange their used , possibly-AIDS bearing , needles for new clean ones , delivered free of charge . |
| 8 | But it will make only a marginal difference to the stagnant housing market . |
| 9 | But specialist services can make only a fairly modest contribution to an overall plan for services in a multiracial society unless mainstream services are also radically overhauled in those areas with substantial ethnic populations . |
| 10 | I know that I shall make only a small start before Christmas , so perhaps I can take the opportunity afforded by this Newsletter to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good New Year . |
| 11 | ‘ Shush , Mamma , ’ Rosa had said , and then Sabina had come in again with the bird — it would make only a bite to eat . |
| 12 | This is because the profit function before the change must have been horizontal at the optimum , so a small change in the optimum price will make only a marginal difference to the firms ' profits . |
| 13 | Observers commented that the modifications would make only a token difference to the King 's real power . |
| 14 | Thus a buyer 's legal position is better if he made no examination than if he made merely a superficial one . |
| 15 | Scratches made only a few minutes before . |
| 16 | His voice on that last telephone call came back to her , made only a few days before he disappeared . |
| 17 | Swedish international Anders Limpar made only a brief substitute 's appearance in that victory at Selhurst Park , but his popularity was underlined by the reception he was given by Arsenal fans at Selhurst Park . |
| 18 | Therefore — rightly claiming that his force was as yet incomplete and most of his field guns not brought up — he made only a token attack on the Russian left , while positioning his troops as they detrained and making his own tactical preparations . |
| 19 | It proved very successful in terms of the increase in exports [ Worswick and Ady , 1952 ] , though new research is beginning to suggest that official efforts ( largely through the agency of the Board of Trade ) made only a marginal contribution as compared with general forces leading to an expansion of international trade . |
| 20 | By and large , the cached IDE host adaptor made only a marginal difference to my benchmarks . |
| 21 | In lieu of speech she made only a strange croaking sound . |
| 22 | They were used mainly to provide public works and made only a marginal impact upon the distressed : the Poplar workhouse was severely overcrowded in both winters . |
| 23 | He made only a brief speech to the meeting , described by Bridgeman to Davidson ( who was in the Argentine ) as ‘ a good opening — plain and dignified — and with fewer mannerisms than have recently been apparent , and no apparent nervousness ’ . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the party made only a limited concession ; Home Rule 's suspension was real , and every attempt to implement it in wartime provoked sufficient Unionist outrage to stop it . |
| 25 | In 1961 , the President made only a few shadowy and conventional gestures to the black community . |
| 26 | They made only a short distance in the remainder of that day , for Miss Fergusson demanded frequent rests . |
| 27 | The eventual UN resolution passed on Oct. 29 , however , made only a veiled reference to the war crimes issue , in calling for information on breaches of international law . |
| 28 | Although the G-7 final communiqué made only a passing reference to " developments in the Soviet Union " , it was understood that a decision to shelve the issue of Soviet participation in the IMF and World Bank [ see p. 37730 ] had been prompted by widespread condemnation of recent Soviet attacks on nationalists in Latvia and Lithuania [ see pp. 37944-45 ] . |
| 29 | That may be so , but the prince was ousted from power by the Lon Nol coup back in 1970 , and made only a brief comeback as a Khmer Rouge figurehead in 1976 . |
| 30 | Remembering the other woman 's private income , Loretta made only a faint protest . |