Example sentences of "has make a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | An infant at eight months who retrieves a completely-occluded object has made a major advance in understanding the appearance-reality distinction , at least on the plane of action , because he now knows that , although the perceptual input at one time tells him that there is no rattle in his reachable space , really there is . |
| 2 | The black director Spike Lee has made a similar mistake in Malcolm X , not so much in characterisation but in allowing awe of the man who challenged white authority in America to come in the way of good film-making . |
| 3 | An International Centre for Educational Evaluation has been established in Ibadan and , though currently very understaffed , has made a useful start in mounting long training courses in evaluation and in undertaking evaluation of curriculum projects at the request of their organisers ( among which are the Namutamba and Ife projects described earlier in the chapter ) . |
| 4 | Labour ex-Cabinet minister Lord Healey warned : ‘ Lady Thatcher 's type of nationalism is the greatest single danger to peace in the modern world , and Mr Major 's failure to confront it head-on as such a danger has made a civil war in the government party a danger to Britain and to Europe as whole . ’ |
| 5 | I imagine she leaned eagerly over the desk towards me , as towards a pupil who has made a good point in his essay , smiling and nodding encouragingly . |
| 6 | The decision by Tesco and other groups campaigning to break the law to get their own way — which they have largely done as a result of the Government 's co-operation and collaboration — has made a serious dent in the turnover and profit of the stores that are already struggling . |
| 7 | Bomb damage at the Dublin Road offices has made a serious dent in plans for Oxfam Week ( September 25-October 3 ) . |
| 8 | In parts of Madeira ( above 800m ) the heavy precipitation has made a profound alteration in the basalt to form clays that are reddish in colour . |
| 9 | GENERAL ABDUL WAHEED , Pakistan 's army chief , has made a reluctant debut in politics . |
| 10 | ‘ This book makes a definite statement ’ , the authors begin ‘ It is this : Western medicine has made a fundamental error in allowing itself to become reliant on the universal use of drug therapy . ’ |
| 11 | With the movement of responsibility for the Russian market from the UK to its Mountain View headquarters in California Sun has made a considerable drive in the scientific and academic markets in Russia . |
| 12 | The dead man 's sister , Sara Glynn , has made a fresh statement in which she claims to have seen her brother , Alfred , leaving the scene shortly after the time at which Matthew must have died . ’ |
| 13 | IT SEEMS that Roland Franklin , the latest unbundler to appear in the UK , has made a fatal error in the preparation of his £697m break-up bid for stationery and packaging group DRG . |
| 14 | Martin Pipe 's soft ground performer , Rusch de Farges , has made a rapid advance in the market , but is the weather ever going to change ? |
| 15 | DISGRACED Olympic sprinter Jason Livingstone has made a false start in his bid to become a professional footballer . |
| 16 | Leslie , 59 , above , has made a remarkable recovery in Bristol 's Frenchay Hospital since having two operations to remove blood clots . |
| 17 | Take heart : the green consumer movement has made a significant dent in manufacturing practices over a very short time . |
| 18 | This is not to deny that Volvo has made a significant innovation in work organisation and production technology , but it is one evolutionary step and not a revolution . |
| 19 | She has made a wooden impression in televised debates . |
| 20 | For although Piper 's manager Frank Warren thinks Benn believes he has made a big mistake in selecting Piper as a first challenger and does n't fancy the job , I suspect the opposite is true — he may think it is going to be too easy . |
| 21 | Ron Spill , pension controller with Legal & General , said : ‘ This has made a big difference in people 's behaviour . |
| 22 | Jimmy Goddard has made a creative leap in linking the sites corresponding to the elements through the medium of sound . |
| 23 | The country 's best known Mao impersonator , an actor called Gu Yue , has made a startling comeback in a new 90-minute epic portraying the last months of China 's civil war . |
| 24 | Thus , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to make a special effort in every budget to ensure that tax rates ( or thresholds ) are adjusted in line with inflation — unless , of course , he particularly wishes to increase the tax burden of these groups as part of his economic strategy . |