Example sentences of "[vb -s] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between the Sex Pistols , PiL and his own good self , JOHN LYDON has appeared on no less than 13 covers ; combining The Jam and The Style Council , PAUL WELLER has made 11 fronts ; while assorted Joy Division , New Order and Electronic stories have seen us do some eight BARNEY SUMMER covers , with more to come no doubt . |
| 2 | At the time of writing BP has failed to find oil and Exxon has made one discovery but this does not mean that oil will not be found . |
| 3 | The Spotted Orange has made one piece of bogwood its home , but does not appear to make any aggressive moves against any of the other fish . |
| 4 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
| 5 | All-seeing , all-wise , all-present , self-existent , He has made all things well for ever and ever . |
| 6 | THE LACK of snowfall in most European resorts over the last two winters has made all skiers aware of the advantages of artificial snow-making machinery . |
| 7 | On both sides of the Irish Sea it has made all practitioners keenly aware of the deep oubliettes of the timetable , in short of the incoherence even of the apparently most broad and balanced curriculum . |
| 8 | As Yarrow is the flagship in my constituency and the biggest private employer in the whole of Glasgow , I hope that the Secretary of State will accept my sense of relief and — yes — gratitude that the Ministry has made that decision today . |
| 9 | So far , the only person who has made that suggestion is the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 10 | Grobbelaar , who has already been linked with Chelsea this season , has made 591 appearances for Liverpool since his arrival from Vancouer Whitecaps for £250,000 in 1981 . |
| 11 | Similarly the law has made possible regulations to encourage the mobility of Greek university students within Europe . |
| 12 | Livermore said : ‘ He 's a clever footballer who has made tremendous strides , bearing in mind he 's only 18 . |
| 13 | But in the last 15 months , the Association has made tremendous progress . ’ |
| 14 | For some years now modern farming has made tremendous demands on the finite sources of energy which exist on earth . |
| 15 | George Michael 's counsel told the court that Sony has made worldwide profits of over fifty two million pounds from the singer 's recordings , whereas Mr Michael has made profits of over seven million pounds . |
| 16 | In the New Left Review , Benedict Anderson has made sharp criticisms of the work of the journalist and poet James Fenton which compare it with that of Kapuscinski and Naipaul . |
| 17 | The increased power of the deterrent , that is , the nuclear weapon and the means of its delivery , has made global war more frightening and less likely . |
| 18 | The first is the launch by Corin of a revolutionary universal hip that enables surgeons to tailor hip replacements to the patient , whilst the second is the advance by AEA of a technique for measuring bone density that has made early detection of bone wastage possible for the first time . |
| 19 | A Downing Street statement in the Prime Minister 's name said : ‘ King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has told me that his government has made available £1.5 billion for the Al Yamamah government-to-government defence programme . |
| 20 | In addition , Young has made six sand drawings on mylar sheets . |
| 21 | He is hardly someone who has made friendly remarks about the coal industry of late . |
| 22 | Coal has gained the electricity generating markets but lost its domestic markets while gas has made vast gains in domestic and industrial heating markets . |
| 23 | We are now producing our traditional ‘ Palatine Bitter ’ in large cans and 2-litre PET bottles suitable for the take-home trade , and our sales force has made encouraging progress in placing these on off-licence and supermarket shelves . |
| 24 | The technical trick that has made cheap laser-printers possible has also brought type design and typesetting to a far wider market . |
| 25 | For years whenever I 've got out of bed in the middle of the night — about whatever pursuit you get out of bed in the night for — my right ankle has made cracking noises , like kindling being snapped . |
| 26 | There is a long tradition of by-employment , much of it non-agricultural in nature , in Japanese farming families , and the extension of this practice since 1945 — accentuated by the sharp decline of the previously all-important silkworm cultivation — has made part-time farming a dominant feature of the rural sector . |
| 27 | We want them to be bailed.A consular official has made regular visits to the jail . |
| 28 | Allegations of stamping apart , the recent trend towards the use of longer studs has made nasty gashes through ‘ sprigging ’ far more commonplace . |
| 29 | An indication that the acceptability of the concept of headhunting has made great progress among employers in Britain is the fact that many of the respondents attested to search consultants ' knowledge of the executive market place , gained over a number of years , and their expertise in certain specialised sectors . |
| 30 | 1971 ) has made great progress as a geologist who used the wing cases of fossil beetles ( Coleoptera ) to indicate climatic characteristics of palaeoenvironments because coleoptera are very sensitive to changes in wetness and dryness . |