Example sentences of "have made a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 NOTE : STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR A DISCRETIONARY AWARD e.g. ACCEPTANCE FOR THE BTEC HNC ENGINEERING ( Electronics and Communications ) , CERTIFICATE IN FOUNDATION STUDIES IN ART AND DESIGN , OR FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES , MUST BRING A LETTER OF AUTHORITY FROM THE GRANT AWARDING BODY .
2 There is no doubt that Kandel and his school have made a major contribution to the study of the neurobiology of short-term processes in memory formation , both in terms of experimental insights and in bringing physiological respectability to a research field which many , in the aftermath of some of the débâcles of the 1960s , felt chary of entering .
3 They have made a major contribution to staff development by means of short courses and modular programmes in various areas of management education and have developed the Certificate of Management Studies on a significant scale .
4 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 .
5 You have made a major contribution to this production , Miss Grimsilk .
6 Will the Secretary of State admit that the Government have made a right mess of the economy and of businesses of the north-east ?
7 Pendle Consultants Ltd , the Yorkshire-based training and recruitment specialists , have made a great success of recruiting inexperienced staff after putting them through an unorthodox interview procedure , designed to reveal personal strengths and weaknesses of potential sales personnel , rather than stressing their previous experience .
8 The Mill Hill priests who started Sasse in 1939 have made a great contribution to the national life of this young African country .
9 Boldon , on the other hand , have made a great start with three successive wins .
10 I have no interest myself in Michener or a lot of the writers of very long sagas erm who have made a great deal of money out of it .
11 Various pundits and committees have made a great mystery about gluing .
12 Until now they have made a tidy profit from selling re-issued pop hits from the fifties , sixties and seventies .
13 Hirschi and Gottfredson ( 1986 ) have made a useful distinction between these two branches of control theory : the situational approaches constitute explanations of crime , while the original control theory is an explanation of criminality .
14 The Government have made a substantial investment towards the cost of improving the A4059 at Aberdare and Abercynon .
15 But it is the Japanese manufacturers who have made a poor showing in the DSP arena — probably due in part to a lack of commitment and feeble marketing .
16 Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy .
17 For instance , the Tories have made a serious error of judgment in declining to recognise that some change in the manner in which Scotland is governed has become essential .
18 There are those who have made a close study of various aspects of platform life .
19 I understand that the Spanish have made a specific point of seeking to ensure that outcome .
20 The 19th century explorer and illustrator , Walter Hood Fitch is best known for his flamboyant yet accurate drawings which have made a lasting contribution to our knowledge of the plant world and to the art of botanical illustration .
21 The 19th century explorer and illustrator , Walter Hood Fitch is best known for his flamboyant yet accurate drawings which have made a lasting contribution to our knowledge of the plant world and to the art of botanical illustration .
22 The Government have capitulated on principle , but they have made a terrible mess of translating the principle into practice .
23 Successive Foreign Secretaries , the ambassadorial input , the input of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and especially the input of those who beaver away at the top of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in dim Victorian rooms have made a tremendous contribution to the unique catalytic role which my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary mentioned .
24 Additionally , these sections have made a financial contribution to the sponsorship .
25 It 's about collison of cultures in Britain since the end of the war , and it looks at the way that some artists of non-British origin have come to terms with modern art — or , rather , have made a personal art by calling on ways of expression that might have been absolutely native to them in other countries than this .
26 Those that remain have made a personal investment in time and energy ; they have a stake in maintaining the system that has been developed and replacements will need to make their mark and have freedom to develop new ideas , from this a sense of identity , ownership and commitment will develop .
27 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 .
28 Plutarch reports in the Quaestiones Conviviales ( IV , Proemium ) one of the pieces of advice which Polybius was supposed to have given to Scipio after he took charge of him : " Never return from the Forum until you have made a new friend of one of your fellow citizens . "
29 Bowsher and his colleagues have made a good case for paradoxical pain being the result of a genetic inability to metabolise morphine to the potent morphine-6-glucuronide , leaving large quantities of morphine-3-glucuronide ( a putative morphine antagonist or a non-specific cerebral stimulant , or both ) unopposed .
30 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 ’ .
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