Example sentences of "make a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd made my usual lousy start , Niki had made a reasonable one and Clay [ Regazzoni ] had made a super start .
2 ‘ She has made a super fitness video and the advance royalties together with her earnings from a Swedish TV chat show have helped financially , but they are not enough to maintain her in Beverly Hills luxury .
3 He 'd made a super little dart across the line of Forest defenders .
4 Consequently , there is a nostalgia for traditional values , and it is to the socially threatened lower middle class , and to the respectable working class that the Conservative Party has made a moral appeal .
5 Secondly , we should have made a moral commitment to the single currency .
6 Most importantly , punk had made a negligible impression in America , the world 's largest market , where 50 per cent of all records are sold .
7 He was made a trusty and the other prisoners got on well with him .
8 The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter .
9 Trade sanctions have been threatened and copyright has been made a high-profile issue in international negotiations .
10 If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before .
11 This 40 Minutes Special ( BBC 2 ) was produced by Agnieszka Piotrowska , who never makes a bad programme and has n't made a better one than this .
12 With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start .
13 If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were .
14 When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start .
15 Often these garments were too big and it was quite common to see a jersey being made a better fit with the aid of a large safety pin .
16 Tim could not have made a better choice . ’
17 Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up .
18 On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order .
19 Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted .
20 For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years .
21 She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher .
22 The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one .
23 Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation .
24 Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse .
25 Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ?
26 Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should .
27 I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’
28 She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it .
29 As confirmation of the significance Harry had detected in Heather 's photographs , Mossop 's retraced route of three months before could not have made a better start .
30 ‘ Mary , dear , one night when I have made a better meal than I did tonight , I plan to go a little berserk , too , in order to have your solace . ’
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