Example sentences of "a [noun] make a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 2 | In essence the result of this change was to ensure that when a contractor made a payment to a sub-contractor holding a tax certificate issued by the Inland Revenue , the sub-contractor could be paid in full . |
| 3 | ‘ How would such a confirmation make a difference to you ? ’ |
| 4 | The plan can be attractive to anybody other than a parent making a gift to a child . |
| 5 | The plan can be attractive to anybody other than a parent making a gift to a child . |
| 6 | The plan can be attractive to anybody other than a parent making a gift to a child . |
| 7 | The group also discussed a plan to make a trip to York to see a needlework exhibition which will feature the Duchess of York 's wedding dress . |
| 8 | Clearly , a large part of the job of a person making a submission to the court is to ‘ know ’ the judge , to try to predict what the judge does and does not want to hear and so on . |
| 9 | You 're probably quite prepared to stomach the fact that I 've slept with girls before you , you 'd think it odd if I had n't , but if you ca n't see that a baby makes a difference to how much other affairs matter , I ca n't explain it to you . " |
| 10 | A builder making a payment to a sub-contractor who does not have a certificate must make a deduction from the payment for tax . |
| 11 | For some children it 's a treat to make a visit to hospital less daunting . |
| 12 | The Eretrian alliance arranges for the Council to choose ten men to go to Eretria , and there is a similar provision in a document from the year 367 ( Tod 137 = HD 54 ) : the Council is to choose a herald to make a protest to the Aitolian League ( cp. also Aisch. ii.19 ) . |