Example sentences of "[noun pl] make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling . |
| 2 | Although the written text may be very general and refrain from referring either to men or women , the illustrations make a definite point for the majority contain male figures . |
| 3 | However , cyclists make a good example because they too are starting to wear hard hats . |
| 4 | ULSTER boxers made a strong claim for an monopoly of the titles in the Maxol National Junior championship semi-finals at the National Stadium last night . |
| 5 | Although its great hall and courtyard buildings have crumbled , its linked tower houses make an impressive sight from the A85 towards Crieff , and the interior still contains fine tempera painted ceilings , plasterwork and moulded fireplaces . |
| 6 | There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 . |
| 7 | The air raids were commonly known as the Baedeker Raids , after a publishing house that produced travel guides , because the Germans made a sudden switch from bombing major cities , industrial and military targets and bombed cities that did not have anything remotely possible connected with any major war effort . |
| 8 | The Germans made a thin capillary out of palladium , heated it red-hot and diffused hydrogen through it . |
| 9 | We either have them or we do not , although we can at times make a conscious effort to put certain feelings out of our minds . |
| 10 | We might think that ‘ Naxos ’ in Cantos 2 , 24 , and 78 is the place of that name beneath Taormina , the site ( lately and partially excavated ) of the earliest Greek colony in Sicily , and thereafter the port whence the teams from all the Sicilian Greek cities made a ceremonial departure to compete in the Olympic Games ; but the Annotated Index is doubtless right to identify Naxos , on the contrary , with an island in the Aegean . |
| 11 | During their researches , however , the Canadians made an important discovery . |
| 12 | In fact few library authorities make a serious attempt at tackling problems of stock logistics , so that this factor is rarely quantified , except in a very general sense . |
| 13 | If this seems fast , consider that Armand Charlet guided Wilfred Noyce down this 1,500 metre AD descent in two hours in the 1950s , and I do n't imagine that either of these great climbers made a single unsteady step throughout . |
| 14 | The availability of legal aid to those unable to afford to pursue their legal rights in the courts made a practical reality of the access to justice to many who could not have afforded to do so . |
| 15 | Sirloin on Sunday or midweek 's leg or lamb , Tryton Inn Yorkshire Puddings make a delicious accompaniment to all your meat dishes . |
| 16 | However Compact employers make a collective commitment for the provision and support of activities such as those outlined in No. 10 above . |
| 17 | It is also the final of the Marley National Pony Society Mountain and Moorland Ridden Championships , and thirty quality native ponies made a splendid sight in the vast Grand Hall . |
| 18 | A few years ago I and my two sons made an amazing discovery — a discovery we shared with a few of our colleagues here . |
| 19 | In fact , tawnies are the only British owls that hoot — some of them screech , but little owls whistle and barn owls make a terrible snorting sound like an old man snoring . |
| 20 | On the militarist question , there can be no doubt that the Boy Scouts made a significant contribution to the growth of the war mentality , although the early movement was nearly torn apart by the question of militarism which eventually led to break-away groups such as the Woodcraft Folk . |
| 21 | But there can be no doubt that the Boy Scouts made an extraordinary impact on the era . |
| 22 | En route , the slavers make an early sale when Ian and two other prisoners are bought by the master of a galley ship . |
| 23 | But if it turns out that the units make an independent contribution , then there is a further level-of-analysis problem . |
| 24 | The term continues until determined as if both parties made a new agreement at the end of each year for a new term for the ensuing year . |
| 25 | Lord Donaldson was suggesting that the parties made an informed decision that the matter had to be referred to arbitration on the basis that they had a formulated dispute where their rights and obligations were to be determined . |
| 26 | Television , oil spills and dying animals make a strong political brew . |
| 27 | The above considerations make a general purpose handwriting recognition system a virtual impossibility . |
| 28 | On the evidence of the autumn action — and last summer 's Lions tour to which Scots made a huge contribution — Scotland can win the championship , especially as they play their ‘ difficult ’ games against France and England at Murrayfield . |
| 29 | His eyes made a comprehensive sweep of her and she realised belatedly that , in the hangover from her nightmare , she had forgotten her own state of undress . |
| 30 | His dark hair and eyes made a good foil for Breeze , whose skin was very fair , and whose short brown curls gleamed like raw silk in the strong morning sunshine . |