Example sentences of "[noun prp] make a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Macdonald made a series of quota quickies before going on to a larger budget with the striking comedy-thriller This Man is News ( 1938 ) , and Michael Powell built a reputation as a director of energetic quota films before making his mainstream début with Edge of the World ( 1937 ) , about the depopulation of a remote island in the Shetlands . |
| 2 | You and Great-Aunt Alicia make a pair . |
| 3 | De la Mare made a series of charges against Latimer , Neville , Alice Perrers and Richard Lyons . |
| 4 | Wassall made a £113.2m hostile bid for Evode which then entered into discussions with Laporte about a recommended bid of above £1 a share . |
| 5 | Anachem made a £2.2m pre-tax profit on turnover of £11.8m in the year to end-September , and had £2.5m of net cash at the end of March . |
| 6 | In 1636 Mersenne made a series of tests on wires of different materials but it is doubtful if any use was made of the information . |
| 7 | Everton stayed calm , Keown , Ablett and Jackson made a series of crucial tackles , clearances and interceptions and the visitors weathered the storm . |
| 8 | In the permanent income hypothesis , Friedman makes a series of assumptions regarding the statistical relationships that exist between permanent and transitory consumption , permanent and transitory income and transitory income and consumption . |
| 9 | Rabuka made a series of confusing statements during 1990-91 , but appeared to indicate that he continued to harbour political ambitions , including a desire to be Prime Minister . |
| 10 | But the economy remained weak and Bush made a series of mistakes and miscalculations throughout the fall and winter . |
| 11 | In response , Britain made a series of halfhearted , and finally somewhat desperate , attempts to become ‘ European ’ instead . |
| 12 | Awareness of the role of key individuals leads Wiener to make a series of points about how research is organized . |
| 13 | During the 1950s , Talcott Parsons made a series of attempts to integrate psychoanalytic theory into his social-action theory . |
| 14 | Southall made a series of fine saves in the first-half , the most notable a 20 yard drive from Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn which took a wicked deflection causing Southall to dive smartly and push the ball away for a corner . |
| 15 | The designer , Borek Sipek , commissioned Paul de Nooijer to make a series of photographic trompe l'oeil decorations for the room . |
| 16 | In the 10 months to end-January Smith made a £200,000 profit on turnover of £14.5m . |
| 17 | The car division of America 's Ford made a $176m net profit in the first quarter of 1993 , compared with a $16m loss in the same quarter last year . |
| 18 | Howard makes a series of appalling little kissing noises . |