Example sentences of "[vb -s] make [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 All-seeing , all-wise , all-present , self-existent , He has made all things well for ever and ever .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Mr Morton , who has made many speeches on the need for an integrated and planned transport policy , would in any case be unlikely to relish the job of breaking up the rail network .
5 Steve Crooks , Hull 's caretaker coach , has made several changes to a 16-man squad in an effort to end a run of three successive defeats .
6 Councillors in Darlington gave the development the go-ahead after they heard the hotel company Tomorrow 's Leisure has made several changes to the original application submitted last year .
7 Damien Slorach , a process operator at Buckhaven , has made several jumps as a member of the Scottish Parachute Club .
8 This is his second year at Leeds , and he has made several appearances in the Reserves .
9 Large reserves of foreign currencies would then be required to buy the domestic currency in support operations , but the growth and mobility of capital flows has made most countries accept that such a defence is impractical .
10 We have seen that the ubiquity of the mystical compulsion has made most religions cultivate a contemplative strain , even when this seems alien to the original spirit of the founder .
11 The other is that Mr Rabin 's decision to seal off the occupied territories — the closure is now in its second month — has made most Israelis feel a lot safer , and some of them a lot happier about giving up the territories altogether .
12 The country has made few preparations for civil defence .
13 He has made few speeches and passed no Bills .
14 And what difference will it make to a government which has made more U-turns than a snake ? ’
15 It is this that has made some Americans say that , if Iraq agreed to withdraw from Kuwait , it must abandon its tanks and other heavy equipment .
16 It too has made some disposals of companies during the year , has reduced the number of operating subsidiaries by amalgamation and has raised the pro-file of its internal audit team .
17 In a short statement in the House of Commons on Monday , John MacGregor , a junior industry minister , said that the government has made some purchases and is planning others .
18 Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently
19 Jim has made some enquiries through Italian legal colleagues and by all accounts the man does come from a very good family — very good indeed — so at least he has n't told her a tissue of lies about his background . ’
20 The papers have been desperate to unsettle Rocky for ages , so they see that Wilko has made some enquiries about a player , they see the two clubs , they see an out-of-favour player on each side and immediately jump to conclusions .
21 The present duke has made some additions — as part of the pleaseure gardens , he 's added a maze , the second longest in the world — planted five years ago , it 's yet to grow to its full height of 5 or 6 feet .
22 The House of Commons Library has made some calculations based on the December 1984 Supplementary Benefit Annual Statistical Inquiry .
23 The postponement of first births by women born in the 1950s ( mostly married in the early 70s ) has made these births more ‘ spread-out ’ in time ( Kiernan and Diamond 1982 ) and contributed to the trough in births observed in 1975 — 9 .
24 It is this partnership of complementary skills and knowledge , which has made these results possible and on your behalf I extend our thanks to our employees throughout the company .
25 I do n't know if anybody wants to make any comments about any of the items on paper B Okay , is it agreed to receive this report ?
26 I , I would normally say to you now , right what 's your objectives for the two days , but to be honest if we do that , er , I do n't think it helps very much , erm , but if anybody wants to make any comments about any specific part of it , er , then I 'll try and just talk you through it .
27 planning applications and er er items relating to Poor Lane , er and also the traffic on Station Road later on , er I think it 's rather complicated to talk about all of these at at one go , because I know er different members of the public have come for different reasons and perhaps , for the moment , I 'll not ask for any comments about Mr Smith 's proposals on Poor Lane , er nor er comments about Station Road , er but I will ask you if you want to refer to planning applications , er we have three planning applications , one is to extend the car park behind the pub , one is for a change of plan to one of the houses on the development adjacent to us , er and the third one is er er the plans submitted by Grant Development at Thorney , erm , I suspect most comments will be about the last , er perhaps I should ask first if anybody wants to make any comments about proposals behind the reindeer in , or at Chapel cottage site , does anybody , er in the public want to mention those erm , well we will go on to the one at Thorney then , and you 're Mr Walker ?
28 Often as not it has to make several passes through the gravel before all of the suspended matter is finally trapped in the gravel .
29 Cos every country has to make some sort of farming tools , has to make some plates , you know you 've seen photographs and you 've seen pictures , some countries all have some sort of factory .
30 The biggest shock in the new round of cuts is that IBM 's forecasting last year was so abysmal that despite the fact that 40,000 people will have left by the end of the year where it was only counting on shedding 20,000 , it still has to make more cuts .
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