Example sentences of "[Wh det] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1685 , although more established and better organized , the Garden was proving a heavy expense for the Company , which made a proposition to Mr Watts . |
| 2 | I stepped on a twig which made a noise that seemed as loud as thunder and I ran back across to my hiding place . |
| 3 | RAF Corporal John Williams and his wife Selina told the court they were driving past the layby and saw men were crouching behind two wooden boards , which made a v-shape on the ground . |
| 4 | From Catania , where they played a vital role in their country 's successful bid for a place in next year 's World Sevens finals , the two Taiwanese stars , flanker Jon Teng Sing and winger Chyan Shuonn Mae , headed for Paris to join the multi-national FIRA selection which made a four-match , two-test tour to Namibia . |
| 5 | One of the French girls at her Swiss boarding school had told her that boys liked a girl to have a ‘ poitrine ’ and they became very excited when they touched a girl 's breast ; this , she had maintained , explained the fashion for dresses which made a girl look flat-chested — so that as many as possible would not inflame men 's passions and would thereby remain virgins . |
| 6 | The group is looking for a major balance sheet boost with the sale of its spectacle lens business Sola , which made a £10m profit in the first half . |
| 7 | The following evening ( that was three expensive dinners in a row , which made a contrast to Georg 's grudging once a month treat at the cinema ) she had insisted that this time they talk about him . |
| 8 | A stout middle-aged man sat at a corner playing a red squeeze box and working a pedal with one foot which made a row of wooden puppets dance . |
| 9 | The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ . |
| 10 | The results include North of Scotland Radio , bought last December , which made a profit of £218,000 against £180,000 . |
| 11 | The results include North of Scotland Radio , bought last December , which made a profit of £218,000 against £180,000 . |
| 12 | However , Yard bosses are happy with the performance of Harland 's other divisions , particularly merchant shipping , which made a profit of £4.1m . |
| 13 | A voice which ordered the clocks back , which made a nonsense of time . |
| 14 | He took them by a tortuous route to a pub called The Black Dog , which made a change from horses and pookas , until she recollected uneasily that a black dog was one of the devil 's traditional earthly disguises . |
| 15 | Then came a review which made a bonfire of all the others and lit up Burton 's name in flames in the English theatre of the day . |
| 16 | Then I remembered the guns which made a lot of smoke . |
| 17 | Obviously , it is in a ‘ plugger 's ’ interest to claim that it was his or her work which made a record into a hit , but if you employ a ‘ plugger ’ it is worth being sceptical when deciding what to believe . |
| 18 | Brave Piper took the seventh round on my card , while drawing three others , and impressed English judge Mickey Vann to make him a round up going into the climatic 11th , which made a joke of Piper 's manager Frank Warren having objected to Vann as a judge . |
| 19 | But he added that unless a buyer could be found for the debt-ridden club , which made a £700,000 loss last year , they could join the dubious ranks of former Football League clubs . |
| 20 | Both Yorkshire , which made a £13.1m profit last year , and Tyne Tees , which made just £200,000 , need to make big cost savings to support the bids . |
| 21 | Eventually , Jack Hayden was promoted to station inspector which made a move away from Covent Garden Station necessary , but he was somewhat frustrated at not being able to re-establish contact with ‘ Charlie ’ , as he had christened the ghost . |
| 22 | With the dBase world now concentrated in the powerful hands of Borland International ( since its Ashton-Tate acquisition ) , Microsoft Corp ( with its pending Fox Software Inc acquisition ) and Computer Associates International ( which made a move on Clipper developer Nantucket Corp at the beginning of May ) , efforts to develop the various languages into an ANSI standard under the Xbase tag have now begun at the American National Standards Institution in Scottsdale , Arizona . |
| 23 | In this area , and others we support , it 's the individuals which make a company 's role in the community so well received . |
| 24 | The qualities which make a girl smart and successful at her work would similarly make for her success in the marriage market . " |
| 25 | We have become so habituated to market relations that it can seem merely banal to observe that types of work which make a loss will , within market production , be reduced or discontinued , while types which make a profit will be expanded . |
| 26 | In general , the buildings in Funchal are of a modest simplicity which make a contrast with the luxuriance of the vegetation . |
| 27 | Erm that is considered to be er an element which make a contribution towards the new settlement . |
| 28 | We have become so habituated to market relations that it can seem merely banal to observe that types of work which make a loss will , within market production , be reduced or discontinued , while types which make a profit will be expanded . |
| 29 | The reco-reco consists of pieces of wood on a string which make a sound rather like someone playing the washboard . |
| 30 | We regret the consequences to the communities of Darlington and Spennymoor of the industry 's terminal decline but then we have never thought that having factories which make a product which kills people was ever anything to be proud of . |