Example sentences of "[pers pn] make [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drinkwise 1993 is designed to provide the public with information about alcohol to help them make informed choices about drinking . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It 's quite funny watching them make complete fools of themselves . |
| 4 | Many of them make regular trips to the filmset where it was all put together , at Portmeirion in Wales . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Q Can I make private calls ? |
| 8 | Should I make fresh efforts to get him back ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And then , after a while well , I made new friends . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I made violent splashes to attract his attention ; he circled until a rescue launch picked me up , some 30 to 45 minutes later . |
| 15 | Earlier I made delicate incisions |
| 16 | ‘ I made extra scones , ’ she said . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ( 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For the next two or three years , I made elaborate paintings in which figures struck wooden postures and confronted each other in profile . |
| 22 | I thought she meant her sons had died in the war and I made sympathetic noises . |
| 23 | From my hotel at the foot of fifth Avenue I made short forays into the neon between soaking my cuts , counting my abrasions and nursing anxiety to sleep . |
| 24 | I made smoking gestures , and walked over towards them . |
| 25 | To get a wider picture than I had obtained from the local bookshops I made special journeys to various places , and acquired every library book I came across , only restricting myself by not acquiring more than one book from each library . |
| 26 | During a week 's stay under the ranges I made daily visits to this rich arboretum , which would have served me to investigate until this time without exhausting its treasures ; but , alas ! our provisions failing , we were obliged to re-trace our steps . ’ |
| 27 | Back that the al-Rasheed hotel , where I was staying , I made sporadic efforts to escape this undercurrent of hysteria . |
| 28 | I make certain assumptions about the lyric poem , however : The lyric poem , then , is a particular kind of universe of discourse . |
| 29 | I make frequent visits to the Killearn workshop and I need a base for when I 'm in Scotland . |
| 30 | Streets or parks are too theatrical for me to be at ease , so I make bad moves , exaggerate or , more often , under-bid . |