Example sentences of "have made [art] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter . |
| 2 | During the last five months he has made a strenuous effort to get to know the area and the residents of this constituency of contrasts . |
| 3 | There was a hint that this was a short term strategy , Mao at the seventh national congress in April nineteen forty five argued the C C P has made a major concession to land to the tiller . |
| 4 | In ANDES " work , particularly in the controlled zones and with refugees , it has made a concerted attempt to include women , and its educational materials have been drawn up bearing in mind the need to broaden the context of women 's work . |
| 5 | Japanese industry has made a real effort to reduce energy use and particularly to cut oil consumption . |
| 6 | The TGAT report is long and difficult in places , but has made a skilful attempt to match the best of teacher practice in the field of assessment with the general constraints imposed by TNC . |
| 7 | GRAEME SOUNESS has made a final attempt to persuade Wimbledon to part with John Scales — and has lined up Neil Ruddock in case he fails . |
| 8 | The Conservative government has made a half-hearted attempt to tax company cars — half-hearted because it fears upsetting natural Tory voters . |
| 9 | Richard Body has made a brave attempt to shed the mythology and propaganda , and to expose farming objectives to public debate . |
| 10 | The father of a murdered prostitute has made a public appeal to help catch her killer . |
| 11 | It is always so annoying when one has made a particular effort to check a point and something still goes wrong . |
| 12 | Mr Major has made a special effort to patch up relations with Germany . |
| 13 | An occasional treat or privilege for a child who has made a big effort to master a new skill or managed to give up a bad habit hardly comes into that category . |
| 14 | ‘ Would you mind telling me , ’ I said diffidently to the Brigadier , ‘ whether Filmer has made a positive threat to disrupt this train ? ’ |
| 15 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 16 | KENNY DALGLISH has made an astonishing attempt to bring Queens Park Rangers duo Les Ferdinand and Andy Sinton to Blackburn Rovers . |
| 17 | Brown has made an interesting attempt to approach the situation from a more scientific basis . |
| 18 | All this is denied to him because he has made the irreversible decision to join up and his life will never be the same again . |
| 19 | But then why would Mao in nineteen forty five say that how that they 'd made a major concession to land to the tiller but that this is a correct one and they 're going to , that land reform has to be taken in stages and they 're going to first of all reduce rent and , I mean er |
| 20 | Did he imagine she 'd made a special attempt to impress him ? |
| 21 | Under emergency procedure I put in the words in the second line , after having made every reasonable effort to consult with the chief executive . |
| 22 | Having made a new table to replace a rather unsteady card table , there being no local shop which sold green baize , I opted for green Heuga carpet tiles . |
| 23 | Having made a tentative decision to come back to nursing , it would be similarly useful to compare your reasons for doing so in the light of the previous exercise . |
| 24 | A lesser man than the Archdeacon would have made a mental note to avoid this rash abandonment of the riches offered by the Prayer Book collect in favour of a misshapen modernity . |
| 25 | By now you will have made a definite decision to become an actor — no matter what the problems or obstacles . |
| 26 | Had I known that the previous year , I could have made a good case to contest the abolition of my old job . |
| 27 | The cellar , being a sort of tunnel between yard and house , would have made an excellent place to play in on wet days . |
| 28 | Apple is said not to have made a final commitment to release the software , and the big question is where Apple sees the base of applications for it , but word is that if the go-ahead is given , the product could come to market before the end of the year . |
| 29 | Apple is said not to have made a final commitment to release the software , and the big question is where Apple sees the base of applications for it , but word is that if the go-ahead is given , the product could come to market before the end of the year . |
| 30 | He claims that after his departure no one seems to have made a serious effort to keep workers informed on the dangers of the process , and especially of the need to cool it . |