Example sentences of "[verb] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You did n't at that stage I do n't think make any sort of link towards referrals and introductions .
2 So it 's important to notice that in many species and certainly in ours , although males need not as you say make any contribution apart from their genes in principle , in fact males are heavy investors in offspring , albeit indirectly , so that must be important must n't it and that must
3 Appeared in 22 Carry Ons , including Carry On With The Same Old Camp Jokes That Helped Make Gay People A Hated Minority .
4 Daniel Becker , director of the global warming programme of the US environmental group , the Sierra Club , declared that : " The United States helped make this conference a failure .
5 Three of the schools visited made regular use of a video recording of The Machine Gunners as a basis for a further topic work .
6 Between the Sex Pistols , PiL and his own good self , JOHN LYDON has appeared on no less than 13 covers ; combining The Jam and The Style Council , PAUL WELLER has made 11 fronts ; while assorted Joy Division , New Order and Electronic stories have seen us do some eight BARNEY SUMMER covers , with more to come no doubt .
7 At the time of writing BP has failed to find oil and Exxon has made one discovery but this does not mean that oil will not be found .
8 The Spotted Orange has made one piece of bogwood its home , but does not appear to make any aggressive moves against any of the other fish .
9 He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path .
10 All-seeing , all-wise , all-present , self-existent , He has made all things well for ever and ever .
11 THE LACK of snowfall in most European resorts over the last two winters has made all skiers aware of the advantages of artificial snow-making machinery .
12 On both sides of the Irish Sea it has made all practitioners keenly aware of the deep oubliettes of the timetable , in short of the incoherence even of the apparently most broad and balanced curriculum .
13 As Yarrow is the flagship in my constituency and the biggest private employer in the whole of Glasgow , I hope that the Secretary of State will accept my sense of relief and — yes — gratitude that the Ministry has made that decision today .
14 So far , the only person who has made that suggestion is the Leader of the Opposition .
15 Grobbelaar , who has already been linked with Chelsea this season , has made 591 appearances for Liverpool since his arrival from Vancouer Whitecaps for £250,000 in 1981 .
16 Similarly the law has made possible regulations to encourage the mobility of Greek university students within Europe .
17 Livermore said : ‘ He 's a clever footballer who has made tremendous strides , bearing in mind he 's only 18 .
18 But in the last 15 months , the Association has made tremendous progress . ’
19 For some years now modern farming has made tremendous demands on the finite sources of energy which exist on earth .
20 George Michael 's counsel told the court that Sony has made worldwide profits of over fifty two million pounds from the singer 's recordings , whereas Mr Michael has made profits of over seven million pounds .
21 In the New Left Review , Benedict Anderson has made sharp criticisms of the work of the journalist and poet James Fenton which compare it with that of Kapuscinski and Naipaul .
22 The increased power of the deterrent , that is , the nuclear weapon and the means of its delivery , has made global war more frightening and less likely .
23 The first is the launch by Corin of a revolutionary universal hip that enables surgeons to tailor hip replacements to the patient , whilst the second is the advance by AEA of a technique for measuring bone density that has made early detection of bone wastage possible for the first time .
24 A Downing Street statement in the Prime Minister 's name said : ‘ King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has told me that his government has made available £1.5 billion for the Al Yamamah government-to-government defence programme .
25 In addition , Young has made six sand drawings on mylar sheets .
26 He is hardly someone who has made friendly remarks about the coal industry of late .
27 Coal has gained the electricity generating markets but lost its domestic markets while gas has made vast gains in domestic and industrial heating markets .
28 We are now producing our traditional ‘ Palatine Bitter ’ in large cans and 2-litre PET bottles suitable for the take-home trade , and our sales force has made encouraging progress in placing these on off-licence and supermarket shelves .
29 The technical trick that has made cheap laser-printers possible has also brought type design and typesetting to a far wider market .
30 For years whenever I 've got out of bed in the middle of the night — about whatever pursuit you get out of bed in the night for — my right ankle has made cracking noises , like kindling being snapped .
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