Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Muslim community in Bradford , where Yasmin comes from , is very strong , and there had recently been a case which made national news of two Muslim sisters fighting for their right to wear their headscarves to school . |
| 2 | Combining vaginal and rectal swabs , together with the use of a selective culture medium , improves the predictive value ( positive predictive value of 67% and a negative predictive value of 92% ) but only to a level which makes mass screening viable in areas with high rates of infection . |
| 3 | It is seen by the government as a measure which makes more people pay directly for local services and which will increase local accountability . |
| 4 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |
| 5 | The finished design is then transferred onto heavy-duty tracing paper and pierced by a picador , a machine which makes tiny holes along the traced lines . |
| 6 | There is in fact no special protection afforded by the law to members of a council who make defamatory statements at meetings of the council . |
| 7 | Sometimes the farmer will be almost desperate to be rid of his rabbits since he regards them as a pest which makes undesirable inroads into the profitability of his farm . |
| 8 | The film is therefore built up in pieces , a process which makes particular demands of an actor — who is also vulnerable to technical problems with cameras , lighting and editing in a way which is quite removed from the stage actor 's experience . |
| 9 | If your audience is Irish , even if you are Irish , you do not want a joke which makes Irish people appear stupid , but clever instead . |
| 10 | A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense . |
| 11 | Another place of worship was built in 1828 for the Methodists but as attendances dwindled in the 1970s it was decided to share with Christ church , a facility which made economic sense . |
| 12 | We believe in a God who made this world and all in it as something beautiful to behold . |
| 13 | However , following the two oil price shocks it was decided that the country 's vulnerability ( as Europe 's largest oil importer ) to crude price rises meant that a policy which made more use of the country 's abundant coal resources and reduced oil dependence should be followed . |
| 14 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 15 | A ROBBER who made Nazi salutes after shooting an Asian boy and his uncle was given two life sentences yesterday . |
| 16 | A ROBBER who made Nazi salutes after shooting dead a 15-year-old Asian schoolboy and attempting to murder his uncle was given two life sentences yesterday . |
| 17 | Most items produced in Europe paid practically no English duty if they were to be re-exported to the colonies , but a few , including iron and steel , were taxed at a rate which made continental products very expensive and thus gave English manufacturers a clear field in the colonial market . |
| 18 | Without a word she left the Archimandrite 's cell , swept from the courtyard in a manner which made three sheep instinctively follow her , and started down the mountainside . |
| 19 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
| 20 | Its five books re-tell and overlap the ancient stories of how God created Man and after generations of wandering around living a life which makes Wild West movies look tame , there was captivity in Egypt and then liberation to the Promised Land . |
| 21 | Somehow you do n't seem to me like a man who makes idle threats . ’ |
| 22 | I mean sadly that really was in a sense what making local authorities answerable was supposed to stamp out . |
| 23 | His , however , is a love which makes exacting demands . |
| 24 | I want to play you a recording I made last night . |
| 25 | The newspaper Sovyetsyaka Kultura quoted Voronezh residents as saying that between 23-29 September they had repeatedly seen UFOs — including a three-eyed humanoid , a robot and a raygun which makes mere earthlings disappear . |
| 26 | An example of terms routinely implied in contracts of sale is that where goods are ordered from a manufacturer who makes such goods , it is implied that the goods are the manufacturer 's own make and supplied under his normal label for the brand ( see Johnson v Raylton ( 1881 ) 7 QBD 438 ; Scaliaris v E Ofverberg and Co ( 1921 ) 37 TLR 307 ) . |
| 27 | That generation now dies at the rate of 150,000 people a year which makes coronary artery disease Britain 's number 1 illness ; a generation that has died of ignorance , indifference and arrogance . |
| 28 | This range of factors all create changes which result in the constant need to rethink and repackage IM principles in the light of current business plan priorities and technical developments and to express them in a way which makes cultural sense within the organisation . |
| 29 | As a batsman he made 3,882 runs at a modest average , but showed himself a robust tail-ender when it mattered . |
| 30 | yes you would actually get , a magic E right , or a magic I making that vowel right say its long name , so it would be quite difficult to say dig giding |