Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Stan Cardwell MBE , co-founder of the North-East ramblers ' association , said : ‘ His style was one of cooperation , not confrontation , and through this he made many friends , not least among the farming community , where he was regarded highly for his expertise on rights of way matters . |
| 2 | After that they made better progress and managed to slip undetected out into the emptiness . |
| 3 | Paul Bedworth , 19 , now studying artificial intelligence at Edinburgh University , allegedly brought the Brussels computer system to a halt after commanding it to make 50,000 phone calls . |
| 4 | The invention of printing , a key technical stage in the technology of distribution , had remarkable early effects in that it made technical distribution much easier but in conditions of relatively unaltered social distribution . |
| 5 | As a piece of recording , the Philips set has one advantage in that it makes best use of the excellent John Alldis Choir and puts them well forward , whereas the perfectly good Lyon Opera Chorus is relegated to the middle distance as usual . |
| 6 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 7 | In 1963 he made few changes to Adenauer 's cabinet and emphasised the element of continuity in government , though his personal style was very different to that of ‘ the old man ’ . |
| 8 | From 1920 he made regular appearances on Broadway and on tour in America , finally achieving fame in 1921 as the temple priest in The Green Goddess with George Arliss [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | In 1992 it made pre-tax profits of £4.6m on sales of £80m . |
| 10 | A federal appeals court judge here has affirmed a 1990 lower court decision and ruled that Koons illegally copied a photograph from a greeting card when in 1987 he made four sculptures of a couple holding eight German shepherd puppies . |
| 11 | In particular they made great progress in their attempts to put electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force together within the same theoretical framework . |
| 12 | Then in 1773–4 he made two designs for a bridge to cross the Severn in Stourport , Worcestershire , the first to be of timber with stone abutments and the second a single arch of brick but resting on a cast-iron centre . |
| 13 | At five-thirty they made gentle love ; then Felicity ran a bath . |