Example sentences of "[adj] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made perfect sense of Miss Julie 's slightly tatty and irregular patrician origins . |
| 2 | I 'd have them all on if I needed a confidence boost , or just for the sheer enjoyment of the sound , but it was fundamentally one AC30 that made that noise . |
| 3 | That made some sort of sense . |
| 4 | Bragad had brought quite a few men with him — a dozen or so though some , of course , were Mugeary 's , if that made any difference . |
| 5 | In fact we made rubber stamps for people in the office — the departments to go in , the bureau , and the stamp was the J because they were all photostated to that made this stamp just loved it . |
| 6 | Why should the fact that she 's ill and helpless make any difference ? |
| 7 | On 21 January the Communists numbering up to 3000 made another assault on the Secretariat and were again repulsed . |
| 8 | Officials of the UN Protection Force , Unprofor , said earlier that the airlift would be carried out by six helicopters which could each make six trips a day , carrying six stretchers and four other wounded people . |
| 9 | Hence , each made great efforts to achieve a dominant position . |
| 10 | Nick Skelton , on Burmah Serenade , and Germany 's Franke Sloothaak , on Walzerkoenig , could have taken the prize , for the rider clearing the highest course , but each made one error . |
| 11 | The appellants , who each made repeated sales at the shop , pleaded not guilty to indictments charging burglary and handling stolen goods as alternatives . |
| 12 | To discourage and prevent unjust and criminal practices , and to make provision for the punishment of those who indulge in them , ss. 206–11 of the Insolvency Act 1986 make stringent provisions for company fraud and deception . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , what in God 's name does that make that creep Callum , eh ? ’ |
| 14 | What does that make little Maria ? |
| 15 | Does that make any sense to you ? ’ |
| 16 | Let's talk about horse racing , but before we do so , one last question about football pools and that is that some people have systems — they come up with a whole range of numbers and combinations of things — does that make any sense at all ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why should that make any difference ? ’ |
| 18 | Strips of this make ideal flashings for brickwork , whilst whole plates can be used to make weatherproof roofs for sheds . |
| 19 | They were desperate for solid information rather than rumour , and a few made veiled threats to scale down their coverage of another case for which the Yard was desperate for publicity unless there was a press conference . |
| 20 | If , as our studies suggest , there is not true and complete colonic metaplasia , does this make these hypotheses any less likely ? |
| 21 | Does this make any sense ? |
| 22 | Will this make any difference ? " |
| 23 | Does n't this make 20 points as opposed to our present 19 ? |
| 24 | The French made countless varieties of goats ' milk cheeses which are often small and wrapped in a chestnut leaf and then tied with raffia ( see p67 ) . |
| 25 | Because German opposition was light in this sector , and because the Germans thought that , after their bleeding at Verdun , they were incapable of massed attack , the French made some gains . |
| 26 | ( h ) The accused may commit the s.2(1) ( b ) offence either by intending to make permanent default of his own liability or intending to let another make permanent default , but the liability must be his own : Attewell-Hughes , above . |
| 27 | Unless a society is to utilise only a fraction of the intelligence at its disposal it must obviously in one way or another make sufficient provision for vertical mobility to ensure that capacity passes , unimpeded by vulgar irrelevancies of class or income to the type of education fitted to develop it . |
| 28 | Members of Parliament did complain about poor radio reception in their constituencies , and some made occasional allegations of political interference and bias in the radio news . |
| 29 | Nearly half the funds were , however , unable to offer independent substantiation of their ethical claims , and the report showed that some made surprising investment choices , with Nestlé and RTZ , among others , attracting " ethical " investment . |
| 30 | Some fish are good company , and some make good companions . |