Example sentences of "but [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that , I think it is generally known , that we , that Telford was n't anywhere near the top of the list , and it had been taken purely on the question of the er , needs of the various areas , it 's unlikely that Telford would have succeeded , even with its reduced geographical area , but I made discrete enquiries and was told that the factor which tipped er , the Commission in favour of Telford , and this has an important bearing on what we 're going to discuss later , was the fact that Telford has been very good in taking up schemes and providing their section , and not just the Wreakin District Council , other area , other bodies in Telford , of getting good innovative schemes off the ground and providing the cash , they did n't , as some areas did , get the status , and then hardly do anything about it . |
| 2 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 3 | Editor , — Martin E Wilkie and colleagues have prepared a comprehensive review on diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in adults , but they made several statements that are not necessarily firmly established or on which recent views have changed . |
| 4 | Editor , — Nicholas Wald rightly emphasises the importance and the ethical nature of randomised multicentre prevention trials , but he makes two statements that can not go unchallenged . |
| 5 | The first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held on 2 January 1818 with eight founder members present , but it made slow progress until in 1820 Telford , who never joined the Smeatonians , agreed to become the first president . |
| 6 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |