Example sentences of "we have made a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were all aware we 'd made a total cock-up . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've made a healthy profit on him and that will come in handy because it 's no secret I 'm still looking to buy players to improve our squad . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've made a poor start and we have worked out why . |
| 4 | ‘ Anne — Miss Miggs , ’ began Christine breathlessly , ‘ we 've made a great discovery ! |
| 5 | but I mean other than that , I , I , I 'd like to be dead cautious about that , I , I still think it 's early days , I know we 've made a great success , but it 's early days . |
| 6 | We 've made a concerted effort in recent years to make the articles in our association magazine , Business Credit , relevant to the day-to-day problems credit and financial managers face , and to present the latest techniques and applications . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've made a good beginning , ’ he said , interrupting Kate 's account of how Ginny Salperton had met David Quest . |
| 8 | We 've made a determined effort to try to get more er drug addicts to come forward , to accept treatment and so on . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've made a positive start , but there is a long way to go . |
| 10 | One afternoon we had made a forced march around the local countryside with our rucksacks on . |
| 11 | The hotel had much to keep youngsters occupied , but by day three we realised we had made a bad mistake in taking such a young child skiing . |
| 12 | He explained that we had made a grave error — it was Saturday afternoon . |
| 13 | If we pursue the last option then we might have a job proving that we have made a successful descent but at least it would then truly become a purely personal outing in a boat . |
| 14 | We have made a good start . |
| 15 | Group managing director said that the overall Divisional result was good taking into account the difficult market conditions and added , ‘ We have made a good start to 1993 , although margins were under pressure in the animal feed business due to higher raw material prices ’ . |
| 16 | Then we have made a new start . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We have made a strong start to 1993 and we expect this positive trend to continue . |
| 18 | So , during the last two years , we have made a systematic comparison of the language experience of 32 five year olds , as they made the transition from home to school . |
| 19 | We have made a simple beginning to question analysis . |
| 20 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 21 | We have made a sound start in 1990 to achieving the degree of co-operation and mutual aid that we know the Government and Public expect to see more in evidence throughout this decade . |
| 22 | Together , we have made a unique mark on history . |
| 23 | For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car . |
| 24 | Looking forward , we have made an encouraging start to the year with buoyant export sales . |
| 25 | That is , where we have made an obvious substitution of the constant -C . |
| 26 | Clive Owen , the council 's chief executive , said : ‘ We have made an excellent start . |