Example sentences of "make new [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Financial limitations and unwillingness to sell made new players increasingly hard to find , in an area where , as Chapman pointed out , industrial conditions were not conducive to home-grown talent , and where there was strong competition from rugby .
2 ‘ But now I am happy to be here because we have made new friends and to get into the team is an extra bonus . ’
3 ‘ She has already made new friends . ’
4 ‘ Bill Mishkin 's just made New Canaan , Connecticut , March 1 to April 14 , without so much as a single shooting , beating , or naked buttock from one end to the other !
5 Like the Spanish , the Portuguese had not made new acquisitions since the great days of the sixteenth century , and they had lost their possessions in the Spice Islands , but Brazil continued to flourish and was beginning to emerge as the world 's main source of gold .
6 In addition , the number of convincing fakes and restored pieces in circulation have made new collectors wary .
7 We 've come to Jesus Christ , he 's forgiven us our sins , we 've been made new creatures , we are saved according to Athesians two eight .
8 Investment capital group 3i has made new investments worth £275m in the six months up to March , nearly 90pc more than the figure for the corresponding period a year ago .
9 I see they have made new breadpans of the right size out of empty cooking-oil cans from the US AID supplementary feeding programme — these were brought out recently by a local agency who helped the women to build a new oven .
10 Has he made new contacts ? ’
11 The MNR was reported to have made new demands for forthcoming elections to be supervised by the UN .
12 The legislation , which is the first of its kind in the common-law world , was seen as clarifying and putting the law beyond doubt , rather than making new law .
13 If this House were to apply such a principle it would involve going beyond what any of the authorities have decided , departing from such decisions as Slater v. Burnley Corporation ; William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation which have stood for many years and would involve making new law .
14 The legislature has the function of making new law or amending or repealing existing law .
15 This process saves energy because making new products from virgin materials is less efficient than using secondary materials .
16 Well first of all I think there are a number of intangible benefits which accrue from us making new contacts outside the University , and tackling and discussing new problems in different areas .
17 Making new roads ?
18 It was no less astonishing that she should find room on her emaciated body to engrave in it , by her discipline , the wounds of the son of God … she gave herself such blows that her blood sprinkled the wails … and as she practised this penance daily every night she reopened her bleeding wounds by making new ones
19 Many elderly people are quite capable of maintaining old friendships , making new ones and keeping themselves interested and involved in life around them without any help from their children .
20 It gave us a break from constant travel , enabled William to get some work done and Ned to find a job , and gave us the chance to get to know one place really well , while enjoying the company of old friends and making new ones .
21 Margaret Gantzer ( Professor Chatterjee ) over from Delhi is a visiting Fellow at Wolfson College , Oxford , fromJanuary toJuly 1991 and is looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones .
22 There was an abundance of help ( ‘ both seen and unseen ’ as one elder put it to me ) ; there was constant anxiety about the weather ; there was joy of meeting old friends and making new ones ; there was the amazing efficiency , imperturbability and the reticence of the treasury ; and the true pleasure of finding things for people .
23 They spent only a minute or so at each tree , cleaning off dried latex , adjusting the collecting supports and making new incisions through which the day 's latex could escape .
24 Why they keep on making new bulbs ?
25 But just because Club 18–30 is a great place for meeting people and making new friends of either sex , it does n't mean to say that those people who already have someone special in their lives ca n't come and join in the fun as well .
26 It still gives a lot back to me , and I am still making new friends .
27 Unhappy , withdrawn , but at the same time not interested in making new friends , they have lost their energy , enthusiasm and drive , and are no longer concerned with education or personal development .
28 Again , the atmosphere is friendly with everyone recounting the day 's activities whilst making new friends and meeting old adversaries .
29 Growth choices usually involve some element of risk — trying a new sport or hobby , changing your job , starting or ending a relationship , making new friends , going abroad , redecorating , moving house , joining a campaign group , being more open about your feelings , changing your routine or behaving in a way which is ‘ out of character ’ .
30 Making new friends
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