Example sentences of "[subord] it made [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first , which is currently out of favour , although it made a brief reappearance in Commercial Plastics Ltd v Vincent , is the literal approach . |
| 2 | However , serious differences continued to present obstacles to an agreement : ( i ) the Soviet Union insisted that not all combat aircraft be included in the treaty , although it made an important concession on this point in September ( see p. 36909 ) ; ( ii ) of the five categories of weapons to be included in a treaty-aircraft , helicopters , tanks , armoured vehicles and artillery ( with troops being the sixth element in an agreement ) -consensus on the definition of the weapons system and the items in that category to be included was only reached on artillery ( see below ) ; ( iii ) the Warsaw Pact insisted on an undertaking by NATO to conduct separate negotiations on the reduction of naval forces ( see Malta summit disagreement on naval forces p. 37111 ) ; and ( iv ) the Warsaw Pact demanded that no modernization of short-range missiles by NATO take place ( see also p. 37227 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm tired … do n't want a wash , ’ he mumbled , leaning his small sturdy figure against her , and twisting both hands into his dark hair until it made a tangled mass . |
| 4 | According to the Chilean Human Rights Commission the distinction was unacceptable because it made a prior judgment of guilt . |
| 5 | The trouble is , once one article said it , then other articles copied it because it made a good story . |
| 6 | I remember reading the novel as a child , when it made a great impression on me , but the deplorable pastiches and plagiarizations put out by the mass media have obliterated my memory of the original details . |
| 7 | The NUR had an unfortunate experience , apparently , a few years back when it made an unwise sponsorship . |
| 8 | While London did not consult the Dominions much on financial matters ( though it made a public ploy of doing so ) it lacked the political will or administrative means to make the rigorous control of dollar imports practised in the UK effective in those countries . |
| 9 | However , the UK failed in its attempt to head off the EC Commission , even though it made a last-minute offer to bring forward compliance of five water supplies contaminated with nitrate , from 1995 to 1991–4 , ‘ a shift , ’ according to ENDS , ‘ which , until then , the UK had insisted would be impractical . ’ |
| 10 | I nearly slipped on the convex peel as it made a squishing sound underfoot , doing small damage to my shoe . |
| 11 | As it made the historic journey from being a charity team for Irish immigrants in Glasgow 's East End in 1888 to being a European Cup winning team in 1967 , there is a widely held myth that the club resents spending money and keeps its funds in the infamous biscuit tin , a closely guarded money chest under the Parkhead bed . |
| 12 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |