Example sentences of "[noun sg] to make [pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first way is for each department to make its own plans without much regard to the others . |
| 2 | She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference . |
| 3 | The plenum was also the occasion for the central committee to make its final assessment of the December 1989 independence declaration by the Lithuanian Communist Party [ see pp. 37128-29 ; 37168 ] . |
| 4 | As Gandalf points out , all Sauron and Saruman and the orcs have done between them is ‘ bring Pippin and Merry with marvellous speed , and in the nick of time , to Fangorn , where otherwise they would never have come at all ! ’ — and so , one might say , though it is beyond Gandalf 's knowledge at the time , to rouse the Ents , overthrow Saruman , save Rohan , and free Théoden to make his decisive intervention at Minas Tirith . |
| 5 | We have been asked to boycott 16 frozen fish lines but we believe customers have the right to make their own decisions about the products they buy . |
| 6 | Secondly , she stipulated that she should continue to receive total financial support from the prince for herself and her children — with the right to make her own decisions on how her portion of the allowance should be spent . |
| 7 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |
| 8 | CLIVE ALLEN sank Birmingham with a double strike to make it five goals in seven days as West Ham triumphed 3–1 at Upton Park . |
| 9 | Weir , who played in the northern hemisphere v southern hemisphere match in Hong Kong last year , will leave behind the lambing season at Cortleferry Farm to make his sevens debut in the colony . |
| 10 | Flexible working is an added opportunity to provide even more refinement by allowing staff at the sharp end to make their own judgements about staffing levels on a day-to-day basis . |
| 11 | CHELSEA 's new manager , Dave Webb , yesterday discovered the magnitude of his task as his side crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League to make it 13 games without a win . |
| 12 | Find a way of allowing each viewer to make his own impact on the glass , he wrote , to indicate that viewing is not a neutral activity . |
| 13 | ‘ if it is thought desirable that debentures in their popular meaning may be made irredeemable , it would seem to be both absurd and inconsistent to forbid a company to make its ordinary mortgages of land also irredeemable . ’ |
| 14 | Scottish striker Trevor Smith scored his customary goal to make it seven goals in seven games for him — but it could have been eight . |
| 15 | A contrary view is that ‘ Marx united Romantic and working-class protest with the Jewish Messianic tradition to make them powerful elements in his ‘ scientific ’ socialism' . |
| 16 | It was a goal Wednesday had threatened almost from the point when United took the lead on the hour through Adrian Littlejohn , who touched in a Brian Deane header to make it four goals in nine League games . |
| 17 | In order to make his own sort of erm prophetic vision come true . |
| 18 | There is such a variety of good literature available for inclusion in syllabuses that we want teachers to have the freedom to make their own choice of suitable books within our broad guidelines . |
| 19 | On the one hand there was the need to allow individual divergences from the hierarchy and to leave teachers some freedom to make their own contribution to the curriculum — a goal often repeated by all Secretaries of State as they sought to limit that freedom . |
| 20 | He thought it a mistake for the Prince to make his first visit in the shadow of such a legendary figure . |
| 21 | ’ Can pay , wo n't pay ’ is shorthand : written out in full , their credo was , ’ We have the money to make our proper contribution to the cost of essential local services , but , because we wish to indulge in political point-scoring , we will withhold that contribution — knowing full well that by doing so we will force local authorities either to increase charges for the great majority of law-abiding citizens , or to cut services . ’ |
| 22 | The England international was given permission to make his late dash to London for tonight 's Coca-Cola Cup replay as his family is suffering from a virus . |
| 23 | Marshall 's departure provided President George Bush with the opportunity to make his second nomination to the nine-member court , the president having appointed David Souter in July 1990 to replace another staunch liberal , William Brennan , who had also retired on the grounds of age and ill-health [ see p. 37604 ] . |
| 24 | Then we waited , as the ships ahead of us lifted off one at a time to make their laborious way through the Valve 's exit security process . |
| 25 | And if this book sparks interest in the reader to make his own contribution towards achieving these goals it will have been especially successful . ’ |