Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The burning question for the poverty lobby is from where and how , particularly given the Fowler reviews in 1986 which made wide-ranging cuts and changes to the social security system .
2 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 ’ .
3 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 . ] .
4 In 1992 it made pre-tax profits of £4.6m on sales of £80m .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 At five-thirty they made gentle love ; then Felicity ran a bath .
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