Example sentences of "it [be] make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's made a great thoroughfare in the dining area and broken the dining area up a bit .
2 She says that it 's made a great difference , the swan can now struggle to it 's feet .
3 And it 's made a lovely edging for a wooden tray , coated in varnish once the paste is dry . , .
4 It 's made an incredible difference , ’ Miranda assured her .
5 It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work .
6 It 's made an enormous difference to the way I go about my work .
7 It 's making a clicking sound — the sort of sound you make when you click your thumb and forefinger together — but the others are remaining silent . ’
8 His voice trembling with anger at the English writer 's ignorance , Rozanov said , ‘ It 's making a huge difference .
9 Smoke detector 's batteries must be going down cos it 's making a funny noise .
10 Erm it 's making the initial contacts that 's the problem .
11 The terms ‘ adequate ’ and ‘ wellbeing ’ , not to mention ‘ standard of living ’ and even ‘ medical care ’ , are purely subjective : to prescribe a ‘ standard adequate for wellbeing ’ is not to interpret a rule ; it is to make an arbitrary decision , and an arbitrary decision about the compulsion to be exerted upon the members of a society .
12 In my view it is clear that the party is very much in search of a leader , very anxious , if it is to make an adequate showing at the next general election , over the fact that it needs a symbol of more meaning to the mass electorate than Mr Attlee .
13 ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said .
14 Now it is making a third bid for influence .
15 Dixons chairman Mr Stanley Kalms formally rejected the Kingfisher bid saying ‘ it is making an opportunist bid during a downturn in the economic cycle . ’
16 Dixons chairman Mr Stanley Kalms formally rejected the Kingfisher bid saying ‘ it is making an opportunist bid during a downturn in the economic cycle . ’
17 These products and services are purchased in order that some specific organisational objective may be achieved , whether it be to make a new product , hold greater stocks , improve service and quality , or increase profitability .
18 It was made a compulsory subject in the schools , an essential part of the Leaving Certificate , and it was necessary to pass an exam in the language to enter the civil service .
19 Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist .
20 The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations .
21 Abortion was a common-law crime until 1803 , when it was made a statutory offence .
22 And guess who it was made the original identification and said , ‘ Yes , that 's Uncle Mosse ’ and was his sole heir ? ’
23 I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five !
24 Oh it did n't look like it was making a hundred miles an hour anyway
25 The German Siemens was in a stronger position in several ways ; in addition to its computer and telecommunications equipment strengths , Siemens in the late 1980S was attempting to catch up with the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies ; it was making a major chip effort , with use by the German car industry especially in mind .
26 By adopting the Scottish term , Free Church , instead of Nonconformist , the movement was showing that it was making a new start with an eye to the twentieth , not to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century .
27 It was making a mewling sound .
28 And it 's no use giving out with the ‘ Try a little tenderness ’ technique , you know , ‘ Let Granny take the little fellow for the afternoon — draw the shades , chill the wine , slip into a backless silk negligee , and remind yourselves how much fun it was making the little fellow in the first place . ’
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