Example sentences of "[noun pl] have made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bomb damage at the Dublin Road offices has made a serious dent in plans for Oxfam Week ( September 25-October 3 ) . |
| 2 | It was held there that the parties had made a binding contract , albeit with the price still outstanding . |
| 3 | Yet in the primaries , liberal women candidates have made a strong showing , two campaigning as outraged by the treatment meted out by male congressmen to Professor Anita Hill in the hearings on the Clarence Thomas nomination . |
| 4 | The regulators have made a big effort to prevent KKR 's involvement openly breaching the famous walls between banking and commerce . |
| 5 | So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure . |
| 6 | There is no doubt that the scale of the weapons brought from Libya in the period before the Eksund was apprehended by French Customs has made a considerable difference during the past five or six years . |
| 7 | The ‘ brewing ’ ( sic ) group 's might organ , Twitbread News , informs me that Twitters have made a special award to Paul McCartney as ‘ Scouse Personality of the Year ’ . |
| 8 | In line with the recent emphasis on leisure in our society , libraries have made a concerted effort to attract young people . |
| 9 | Its director , David Briar has seen how the farmers have made a new beginning . |
| 10 | Daredevil bikers a menace on pathway Daredevil young motorcyclists have made a popular path a danger area in East Cleveland . |
| 11 | Various pundits and committees have made a great mystery about gluing . |
| 12 | BGS geologists have made a systematic reconnaissance survey of the solid geology of an area around Dounreay as part of a nuclear-waste-repository study , commissioned by UK Nirex Ltd . |
| 13 | The government has provided the resources in the way of the allowance and in the way of an administrative service ; voluntary effort has controlled the plan and the policy , including the detailed negotiations with manufacturers , bankers , insurance companies and the like , and all these bodies have made a generous contribution to a humane cause of powerful appeal . |
| 14 | Some sociologists have made a special study of these ‘ statistic-producing ’ processes . |
| 15 | Successive Foreign Secretaries , the ambassadorial input , the input of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and especially the input of those who beaver away at the top of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in dim Victorian rooms have made a tremendous contribution to the unique catalytic role which my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary mentioned . |
| 16 | The court heard that the employee injured by the machine used to cut aluminium frames had made a full recovery and was back at work . |
| 17 | The malai photographers had made a good job of it , this genuine FAKINTIL atrocity . |
| 18 | De Gaulle 's lucidity on this point was eventually justified by events , but not before the Americans had made a concerted effort to eliminate him as a political force . |
| 19 | Liverpool League players have made a fine start . |
| 20 | In a bid to recreate the magic that brought them 27 hits , the girls have made a lavish video . |
| 21 | And finally Oxford Cheetah speedway stars have made a taped message which it 's hoped will bring a little boy out of a coma . |
| 22 | Mike from the charity says , the Americans have made a terrible mistake . |
| 23 | Mike from the charity says , the Americans have made a terrible mistake . |
| 24 | LOTHIAN AND BORDERS Police has made a big step forward in crime prevention work with its new information caravan . |
| 25 | Er Trading Standards Officers have been helping the police have made a large number of visits to sales in recent months targetting those where we know or suspect there will be concentration of counterfeiter goods and these stolen items we 've been taking and seizing items , we 've been making inspections and er we will also be distributing some leaflets to try and advise people of some of the risks and dangers that face them at this sort of event . |
| 26 | The conflict of interests was certainly a significant factor in the south-east , where the land tax was relatively highly assessed and where the new monied men had made a noticeable intrusion into local economic life , though it could also possess some degree of reality in more remote parts , such as South Wales . |
| 27 | The overwhelming consensus amongst respondents was that microcomputers had made a significant impact on their organizations . |
| 28 | The police have made a dreadful mess of it . |
| 29 | No-one will ever know how many lives have been saved , how many children have made a full recovery since their work began just seven years ago . |
| 30 | The safety gates have made a big difference , since I 've gotten them erm I 've got peace of mind for the stairs and I can answer the phone and I have n't got to like keep trying to pull them downstairs and do do different things . |