Example sentences of "made [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six were noted away from the coast , and birds sometimes made prolonged stays in favoured coastal marshes , for example 35 days in 1965 . |
| 2 | Munich , Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain made enthralling reading in the Manchester but what Mr Douglas remembers was the spirit of friendship offered by the school towards the refugees of the Spanish Civil War and Hitler 's Germany . |
| 3 | The theory was a good scientific theory , in the sense described in Chapter 1 : it was simple and it made definite predictions that could be tested by observation . |
| 4 | Conditions then vary from those in which the cultural institutions and their producers are wholly subordinated to general state policy — a condition often made harsher by full or attempted monopoly of all means of cultural production — to more nuanced situations in which , while general policy direction is exercised , the practical relations are not significantly different from those in modern patronal and intermediate bodies , which of course also , in varying ways , have general policy directions in accordance with the social order in which they are working . |
| 5 | Both Gerrard and his opposite number Bryan Gunn made outstanding saves in a thrilling climax to the game , and Norwich manager Mike Walker feels his side are now returning to their early season form . |
| 6 | He made outstanding contributions to all branches of children 's surgery but his lifelong interest was the aetiology of malformations . |
| 7 | It was found that some of the Scottish women made outstanding progress in French language as a result of this approach . |
| 8 | A society consisting of educated people , like a society of healthy people , made economic sense . |
| 9 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 10 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |
| 11 | Another place of worship was built in 1828 for the Methodists but as attendances dwindled in the 1970s it was decided to share with Christ church , a facility which made economic sense . |
| 12 | It also made economic sense , he said . |
| 13 | It made economic sense . |
| 14 | With a strange cock of the head that made Ace certain he was grinning , the figure handed the card to the overweight , elderly man in the sedan chair . |
| 15 | ‘ No time for that , ’ Legion barked , and its tone made Ace automatically stop and stand to attention . |
| 16 | He and Greenidge made 119 in 27 overs , and although Richards went near the end for 65 Greenidge remained unbeaten on 98 . |
| 17 | Psion , creators of the first personal organiser , have for some time made plug-in modules available to provide dictionary and other data facilities . |
| 18 | Reading a right-wing rather than a left-wing paper made Labour identifiers 6 per cent more favourable to Thatcher and 6 per cent less favourable to Kinnock by the end of the campaign though the effects were smaller before that . |
| 19 | Paddy Ashdown would certainly agree with Peter Mandelson that the ‘ nudging and winking ’ during the final week of the campaign about a Lib-Lab arrangment made Labour look weak and muddled and John Major principled . |
| 20 | Labour 's policy review made Labour an effective anti-Thatcherite force . |
| 21 | Milling and baking continued to account for over a third of these totals and grocery products , particularly the enlarged fruit juice business , made strong gains in both sales and profit , along with the United States branch after rationalisation and the tomato products acquisition . |
| 22 | Milling and baking continued to account for over a third of these totals and grocery products , particularly the enlarged fruit juice business , made strong gains in both sales and profit , along with the United States branch after rationalisation and the tomato products acquisition . |
| 23 | The Irish side , Waterford Crystal , made strong progress , cutting its loss from I£4.8m to I£1.2m in 1991 . |
| 24 | The Alresford Society made strong protests , and the application was refused . |
| 25 | The classical elite theorists , Mosca , Pareto and Michels , all made strong claims to have established a scientific theory proving that government by a small elite over the rest of society is inevitable . |
| 26 | Egypt made strong protests both before and after the conclusion of the Memorandum . |
| 27 | Lord Wittisham made strong objections . |
| 28 | Even when the working party has produced its final report as for History , or made strong recommendations after wide consultation , as for modern foreign languages , the Secretary of State may well have a strong influence on the final version that becomes part of legislation . |
| 29 | Brian Pearse FCIB , Deputy Chairman , responded and made strong reference to the need for a return to high standards of banking education . |
| 30 | And de Gaulle had , on each occasion , made strong personal appeals for a large " yes " vote , implicitly and sometimes explicitly indicating that he would resign if the vote went against him . |