Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] make [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a scientific fact that empty vessels make the most noise . |
| 2 | The term that comes to mind and is much used by Germans in the training clubs is ‘ empty vessels make the most noise ’ . |
| 3 | The Institute , along with several other respondents , suggested that the OFR should be a Stock Exchange requirement the Scottish Institute made the same suggestion , but advised a five-year trial first . |
| 4 | Mr Honecker chose a different image to make the same point : attempts to destabilise socialism , he said , are like ‘ the fruitless attacks by Don Quixote against windmills that continue to turn imperturbably . ’ |
| 5 | Other European socialist thinkers made the same judgement , but some argued for diverse proletarian strategies , including reliance on trade union action and the strike weapon , or the creation of working-class communes outside capitalist relations , where a new civilization could be constructed piecemeal . |
| 6 | Such was his influence and so intense Massine 's study and application of the knowledge gained that other versions of Spanish dance by native choreographers made no such impact . |
| 7 | Again , the TUC General Council made the same accusation when it met the Beveridge Committee seventeen years later : F.H . |
| 8 | Freud 's Lamarckian scenario makes no more sense than any other , than any other kind of Lamarckian scenario does . |
| 9 | The American neo-Lamarckians made the same point , arguing that the fossils seemed to support a theory of directed evolution , not one based on the selection of random variation by the local environment . |
| 10 | But the young cadre made no such move . |
| 11 | Today 's audiences find them old-fashioned : yet many modern ballets deal with similar evils such as present-day problems with drugs , AIDS , mental handicap , racism , imprisonment and so on , in which the balletic interpretation makes the same impression if the choreographer has really studied the themes outlined in his subject . |
| 12 | Established by a commercial company , Freewheeling , the scheme seeks to match prospective travellers making the same journey in different cars , with a view to encouraging them to share vehicles . |
| 13 | This house is aristocratic Georgian to the hilt , and its ostentatious splendour makes the same impact now as then . |