Example sentences of "[noun pl] make [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was reflected in the prices paid for the average in-calf and maiden heifer , which at times made no more than a good commercial first-calver at Carlisle . |
| 2 | Chola reached up to the arch above the doorway add seven times made the same imprint with the pad of her thumb on to seven discs of semi-dried cow-dung . |
| 3 | 100 years ago a legion of artists and craftsmen made the same journey . |
| 4 | Variations of hue are indistinguishable , and many deep-sea animals make the most of the ambient light by tuning all their visual pigments to blue . |
| 5 | Even shallow water animals make the most of the ambient light by tuning all their visual pigments to blue . |
| 6 | It is a scientific fact that empty vessels make the most noise . |
| 7 | The term that comes to mind and is much used by Germans in the training clubs is ‘ empty vessels make the most noise ’ . |
| 8 | In the absence of other voices making the same moral argument sufficiently loudly , we should perhaps be grateful to hear it from the very heart of the establishment . |
| 9 | Poor listeners often make irrelevant comments ; the most influential contributions do not necessarily come from those vessels making the most noise . |
| 10 | Michael Green draws attention to the fact that the Gospels represent an entirely new literary form , which was neither history , nor biography , but a highly selective weaving together of fragments using preaching and teaching ‘ arranged in order to show what sort of person Jesus was , to give the evidence on which the disciples had followed him and had adjudged him the Messiah and Son of God , and by the strongest possible implication , challenge the readers to make the same act of faith in Christ as they themselves had done ’ ( Green 1970:229 , 230 ) . |
| 11 | A BIRDS EYE VIEW : Visitors make the most of the sideshows while waiting for the start of It 's a Knockout and Superstars . |
| 12 | At a time when most companies are consolidating their positions , Spaceway South have found it profitable helping other companies make the most of their available space . |
| 13 | After morning service , we would walk back to our bus stop through the Chater Gardens and enjoy the sight of hundreds of Chinese families relaxing together , eating picnics , taking photographs with fountains in the background , or watching goldfish in the pond ; and the happiness of the very many Filipinos making the most of a day of leisure . |
| 14 | Our comprehensive Discovery Holiday ( supplement £30 ) includes a fascinating range of visits to make the most of your trip to Amsterdam , yet allows you the flexibility to choose the itinerary that suits your individual taste . |
| 15 | Individual social mobility continued to be actively pursued , and many able individuals made the most of a rapidly changing environment and opportunities to rise above their origins , or , in some cases , to enjoy the luxury of non-conformism . |
| 16 | After the war , Unionist candidates with commissions , good war records and decorations made the most of their advantages , especially when they could be set against opponents who had opposed the war or stayed at home . |
| 17 | Main picture : Venetian blinds make the most of the light in the upstairs living room , while Jon 's cricketing books and prints add character |
| 18 | This was typical ‘ normal science ’ — the very necessary filling-in operation which had to follow the categorically original discoveries made a few years earlier by the chief . |
| 19 | Most big banks make the same charges for club accounts as for ordinary personal ones — which means that you may have to pay up to 70 pence for every cheque you write . |
| 20 | REPLY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF ALL THE PRIZE-WINNING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED YOU ! |
| 21 | Bedrooms have telephone and , to help ensure Citalia customers make the most of their stay , the price includes dinner , bed and breakfast and the cost of a hire car with unlimited mileage . |
| 22 | He admired her efforts to make a little money by freelance writing , whilst awaiting a divorce from the husband who had deserted her . |
| 23 | Hedge your bets with a foreign currency fund : Martin Baker reports on the best ways for investors to make the most of a falling pound |
| 24 | ‘ To argue that workers displaced by machines should necessarily be able to find work building those machines makes no more sense than to expect the horses displaced by mechanical vehicles to have been employed , directly or indirectly , in various branches of the expanding automotive industry , ’ says Leontief ( 1978 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Where a mercantile agent is , with the consent of the owner , in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods , any sale , pledge or other disposition of the goods , made by him when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent , shall , subject to the provisions of this Act be as valid as if he were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same ; provided that the person taking under the disposition takes in good faith , and has not at the time of the disposition notice that the person making the disposition has not authority to make the same . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Where a person , having sold goods , continues , or is , in possession of the goods or of the documents of title to the goods , the delivery or transfer by that person , or by a mercantile agent acting for him , of the goods or documents of title under any sale , pledge , or other disposition thereof , or under any agreement for sale , pledge or other disposition thereof , to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale , shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same . ’ |
| 27 | The American neo-Lamarckians made the same point , arguing that the fossils seemed to support a theory of directed evolution , not one based on the selection of random variation by the local environment . |
| 28 | Plant material is poor in nutritive value , and difficult to digest , and herbivores have had to adapt in several ways to make the most of it . |
| 29 | The parents ' lawyers made the same points . |
| 30 | Allerton Bywater is hardly on the rock map and the locals made the most of a rate visit to their town , greeting every song with enthusiastic clapping . |