Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is a revolution taking place today in the way that executives are obtaining information to help them make critical business decisions .
2 Drinkwise 1993 is designed to provide the public with information about alcohol to help them make informed choices about drinking .
3 While recognising that recent trends in health education are encouraging a move away from a purely topics-based programme , pupils need to have access to reliable information on a wide range of aspects of health to help them make informed judgements about healthy practices .
4 It 's quite funny watching them make complete fools of themselves .
5 Many of them make regular trips to the filmset where it was all put together , at Portmeirion in Wales .
6 The teachers ' accounts of what happened to them make disturbing reading .
7 Such clear-cut options rarely exist in practical politics , but the intractability of many rural problems and the growing cost of meeting them make clear-cut decisions necessary .
8 It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being .
9 Q Can I make private calls ?
10 Should I make fresh efforts to get him back ?
11 I made sure Ryan found out about it .
12 I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support .
13 I made sure Frankie washed himself and warned him to behave himself as well .
14 During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 .
15 Planning for the fateful flight started several weeks earlier when I made tentative arrangements to visit a microlight manufacturer at Membury airfield in Berkshire for the review of the Chevron which appears in this issue .
16 And then , after a while well , I made new friends .
17 Sasbach was no exception and I made good progress with Pascal 's Pensées .
18 The snow improved as the slope steepened and I made good time up the 100 metres to the ridge top and along to the ‘ summit ’ .
19 I was happy with the arrangement because I did not want to be tied to a nine-to-five existence , and my employer remained happy , especially when I made regular appearances as his partner at various golf days — all good for business , of course .
20 My son spent a year at Liphook Junior School , during which time my husband and I made frequent visits to discuss our concerns regarding this apparent lack of progress .
21 I felt she desperately needed my help , and I made frequent visits and tried innumerable remedies I consulted my colleague Siegfried on the problem and he suggested a diet of charcoal biscuits .
22 I made violent splashes to attract his attention ; he circled until a rescue launch picked me up , some 30 to 45 minutes later .
23 Earlier I made delicate incisions
24 I made extra scones , ’ she said .
25 Well Roger I , I made great pains in the presentation to make clear that this is not a standard , because we do n't have a standard .
26 On that , I think it is generally known , that we , that Telford was n't anywhere near the top of the list , and it had been taken purely on the question of the er , needs of the various areas , it 's unlikely that Telford would have succeeded , even with its reduced geographical area , but I made discrete enquiries and was told that the factor which tipped er , the Commission in favour of Telford , and this has an important bearing on what we 're going to discuss later , was the fact that Telford has been very good in taking up schemes and providing their section , and not just the Wreakin District Council , other area , other bodies in Telford , of getting good innovative schemes off the ground and providing the cash , they did n't , as some areas did , get the status , and then hardly do anything about it .
27 ( 55 ) I found a bottle with which I made numerous marks on the ground surrounding our tents and a few yards into the jungle , as far as I dared venture .
28 I made a hand winch with a double handle and a ratchet and room for half a kilometre of twine on the drum ; I made different types of tails for the kites that needed them , and dozens of kites large and small , some stunters .
29 Last month I went back over the past 40 years of owning knitting machines and described some of the ways that I made sufficient money for the machines to pay for themselves .
30 For the next two or three years , I made elaborate paintings in which figures struck wooden postures and confronted each other in profile .
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