Example sentences of "[noun sg] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fourth condition they were asked to judge whether a sentence made any sense . |
| 2 | ‘ Does the interview with the Admiral make any difference to anything ? ’ |
| 3 | The price , to a cheetah , of growing larger leg muscles is all the other things that the cheetah could have done with the materials and energy used to make the leg muscles , for instance make more milk for cubs . |
| 4 | Turner 's view that migrants move into the city slums and then out to the shanty towns , is not so much the case now since the large number of spontaneous housing settlements and the widespread knowledge of their existence make this sort of housing immediately available . |
| 5 | A square of light coming through the open hatch made half-hearted patterns through the ladder and silhouetted the Negro . |
| 6 | New ways of printing make unforeseen demands upon an old face , while at the same time giving the typographer scope to design problems away . |
| 7 | The trial made legal history when child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras . |
| 8 | Does the writer make any judgements about : a ) the character of MacDonald , |
| 9 | Finally — perhaps one should say continuously — there is the comparison between conductors ; and here again , rather surprisingly , Davis 's tried and proved expertise made less impression than the new but not dissimilar touch brought by John Nelson . |
| 10 | Then she dawdled through the mews where the milk-horses were shod , and the blacksmith made new railings to put in front of the houses . |
| 11 | It has one central point of teaching and the details of the story make that point both clear and vivid . |
| 12 | At each of the 40 junctions the driver made two judgments . |
| 13 | The position would have been very different in the case of a payment made some years before which was sought to be recovered because a court in another case had ruled that the regulation under which the demand had been made had all along been ultra vires . |
| 14 | He did n't want money made that way ; he did n't want the humiliation . |
| 15 | As we have seen , the inheritance of wealth and educational advantage make this ideology of ‘ free competition for unequal reward ’ a very dubious claim , but in studying social mobility we are still comparing the actual amount of social mobility with the ideal of totally free movement through totally equal opportunity . |
| 16 | An important part of that letter which impinges directly on new clause 5 , and makes it essential that the new clause is accepted , was that the right Hon. Gentleman said that before British Rail made any investment plans for rural areas is should consider bus substitution . |
| 17 | Leonard himself was enthused to make his own music , an inspiration which developed from being induced to learn the piano as a young boy with Miss McDougall , in which he said that neither he nor his sister made any headway . |
| 18 | So the Guardian made some inquiries . |
| 19 | A third party may of course make diplomatic representations or bring pressure to bear upon a State to perform what it perceives to be that State 's treaty obligations with another State , although such action is likely to be resented as unwarranted interference in external affairs . |
| 20 | We must of course make full allowance for the disappearance of the most important historical sources of the third century B.C. Hieronymus of Cardia is likely to have given a precise account of the Celtic events of 280–275 B.C. Later Phylarchus continued the story . |
| 21 | How often does your mum make these dishes ? ’ |
| 22 | I once attempted to read his first book , Alex Through The Looking Glass , but stumbled and fell at page 10 where the Hurricane made this observation on the subject of literature : ‘ My favourite read is Robert Ludlum . |
| 23 | During the screening process , however , the Education Ministry made some changes which were criticized by liberals . |
| 24 | Adjustment of the relative risks for smoking made little difference . |
| 25 | The South African-born striker made little impact and is still out in the cold . |
| 26 | They will resort to secession only when national oppression and national friction make joint life absolutely intolerable . |
| 27 | The out of court settlement made two days before the trial was to be heard has been hailed as a legal milestone by the Spinal Injuries Association . |
| 28 | It was not until 584 that his bid for the throne made serious headway , and then only after the murder of Chilperic had left certain of his followers without a patron . |
| 29 | Dulles in any case made few friends among foreign politicians apart from the dour West German chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , and Jean Monnet ( chairman of the European Coal and Steel Community who was doing more than any other figure to create the sort of Europe desired by Washington ) . |
| 30 | Farthing made full use of his stamina , taking the lead early . |