Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
| 2 | The GP who made that referral should understand the options available and the implications of his referral . |
| 3 | I know this is a crime , and so does my father , and I think that sometimes he regrets the decision he made seventeen years ago , in his hippy-anarchist days , or whatever they were . |
| 4 | In the great hall henchmen were laying tables for the banquet and the air was thick with the tangy wholesome odour of cooking from the kitchen which made both men 's mouths water . |
| 5 | Our first problem at Llandrindod Wells was to estimate the numbers coming to the lake , so each night during the spring we made hourly circuits of the lake collecting all the toads we encountered . |
| 6 | The dialogue itself makes compulsive reading and there are many musical quotations and ideas to pursue . |
| 7 | It is a form of law superior to other laws — because ( i ) it originates in an authority higher than the legislature which makes ordinary law and ( ii ) the authority of the legislature derives from it and is thus bound by it . |
| 8 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 9 | In the process he made many enemies . |
| 10 | And its the sorting which makes all money . |
| 11 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 12 | Fred is the person who makes confident assertions like this . |
| 13 | The pragmatist who makes this argument tries to build political responsibility out of ordinary , nonpolitical principles of morality . |
| 14 | I think the , this is quite well illustrated by the figures on employees , where the numbers employed fell by getting on for ten percent , though our spending on employees remained about the same , partly as a result of pay increases , partly also , as a result of changes in the profile of grades of the staff at the Council , and a movement towards better staff , better paid , and then finally the saving we make each year as turnover of staff occurs , and we do n't have to pay salaries during the handover period from one person to another , that saving that has reduced because the turnover of staff has reduced . |
| 15 | We rang the bell which made musical chimes , and the admiral answered it . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
| 17 | In this way there was in human history a cumulative build up of knowledge and success in adaptation to the environment which made human beings very quick to adapt to new problems — much more easily and quickly than if they had depended only on genetic transmission . |
| 18 | I 'm jealous of Cherith , and of the woman who made these tapestries , and the voice on the phone . |
| 19 | Name the comic who made Reliant Robin cars notoriously funny , then found fame on a Funky Moped . |
| 20 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
| 21 | Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . " |
| 22 | Scores ( the total of correct answers ) are given to the headteacher who makes year-by-year comparisons for classes and individual children . |
| 23 | ‘ And the reason you made that trip , ’ continued Inspector Tallboy wearily , ‘ was because you saw a light in the St Manicus chapel window ? ’ |
| 24 | The reason I make this point is that while a retired architect may be covered by the PI policy of the firm he has left , that cover will only extend to the work he was involved with while a member of that practice . |
| 25 | It is the movement of the verse which makes this sonnet come alive , as was brilliantly demonstrated by F. R. Leavis at some length ( Scrutiny vol. xiii , pp. 119–34 , especially pp. 125 ff ) . |
| 26 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
| 27 | ‘ If the vow you made that night for Minch 's safe return is holding you back do not let it , for there are many ways such a vow may be fulfilled , ’ she said . |
| 28 | The vow I made four years ago that someday I would go on the Boards . |
| 29 | If the number of children varies , then the branching ratio n can be taken to be the number which makes this sum give the right answer . |
| 30 | Anyway , in the end I made 1,800 pesos on the funeral . |