Example sentences of "[verb] make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three of the schools visited made regular use of a video recording of The Machine Gunners as a basis for a further topic work . |
| 2 | But in the last 15 months , the Association has made tremendous progress . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There is a long tradition of by-employment , much of it non-agricultural in nature , in Japanese farming families , and the extension of this practice since 1945 — accentuated by the sharp decline of the previously all-important silkworm cultivation — has made part-time farming a dominant feature of the rural sector . |
| 7 | An indication that the acceptability of the concept of headhunting has made great progress among employers in Britain is the fact that many of the respondents attested to search consultants ' knowledge of the executive market place , gained over a number of years , and their expertise in certain specialised sectors . |
| 8 | 1971 ) has made great progress as a geologist who used the wing cases of fossil beetles ( Coleoptera ) to indicate climatic characteristics of palaeoenvironments because coleoptera are very sensitive to changes in wetness and dryness . |
| 9 | Clever Folly has made great improvement this season , winning three of his five races and he is only 1lb out of the handicap . |
| 10 | But although this discovery has made accurate diagnosis much easier , the way in which the expansion occurs remains to be understood . |
| 11 | In the three Education Acts passed during their first nine years of power , the Conservative government has made parental influence and involvement a central issue . |
| 12 | Banking services and finance companies continued to trade profitably in spite of higher interest rates and the group 's network of independent financial advisers , has made good progress , although slower than envisaged . |
| 13 | On the second erm erm issue the commitments in Greater York , erm Mr has has made good progress erm on this erm and he 's been had discussions this morning with er district colleagues and hopefully we we are nearly there on that one . |
| 14 | Though the DHA has made good provision for assessment and diagnosis , accommodation for those requiring long-term care , which is provided primarily by the private sector , was found to be insufficient . |
| 15 | The firm introduced Signet , a tailor-made computer system which has made financial accounting very much faster and also handles word processing requirements . |
| 16 | The emphasis on care in the community , the reduction of institutional type beds has made mental health nursing a challenging but exciting specialty . |
| 17 | Then , if there is no further movement , it should be obvious that the ferret has made firm contact and will be attempting to kill the rabbit . |
| 18 | And the greater integration of individual countries into trading blocs ( Europe , North America , Southern Africa , Latin America ) has made gentle progress towards some form of global administration ( rather than government ) seem more natural and inevitable . |
| 19 | The SeHCAT test has made intestinal bile acid malabsorption much more easy to detect . |
| 20 | The particularly complicated editorial and keying work on volume 8 of the Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired since 1925 has made substantial progress this year ; the catalogue description is finished and the disc has been sent to HMSO , while work on the index is at an advanced stage . |
| 21 | The Cathedral Precinct project has made substantial progress , providing Scotland 's finest medieval building with a splendid new setting — which includes prize-winning housing and the new St. Mungo Museum of Religion . |
| 22 | The business has made substantial progress in terms of integrating production facilities , warehousing and administration . |
| 23 | As an alternative to damages , an account of profits may be available and this may be more advantageous to the plaintiff , especially if the defendant has made substantial profit from his use of the information . |
| 24 | It has been a lack of progress on other fundamental changes in society that has made effective implementation of either programme so difficult . |
| 25 | By ensuring that only the most promising designs enter the wind tunnel , it has made physical evaluation more cost effective . |
| 26 | In Japan , Sweden and some other European countries , consumer pressure has made unbleached paper products available . |
| 27 | After one treatment the fish has made rapid progress and is now able to swim upright . |
| 28 | Obviously , Phil Tufnell has made rapid progress to fill the void left by Phil Edmonds but coming up behind is Paul Weekes . |
| 29 | Modern fax technology has made rapid progress . |
| 30 | This year we decided at the AGM to visit the Llangollen Railway , having learnt from the railway press that it has made rapid progress in the last three years . |