Example sentences of "it [be] make a [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 making a clicking sound — the sort of sound you make when you click your thumb and forefinger together — but the others are remaining silent . ’ |
| 5 | His voice trembling with anger at the English writer 's ignorance , Rozanov said , ‘ It 's making a huge difference . |
| 6 | Smoke detector 's batteries must be going down cos it 's making a funny noise . |
| 7 | ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 8 | Now it is making a third bid for influence . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Abortion was a common-law crime until 1803 , when it was made a statutory offence . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | Oh it did n't look like it was making a hundred miles an hour anyway |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was making a mewling sound . |