Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone has to make sure Wellington has heard this news . ’ |
| 2 | He went on to commend the interpretive skills of Richard Benson , who made the halftone negatives and worked closely with the craftsmen at Meriden Gravure in Meriden , Connecticut , who printed the plates in tritone ( which involves making three negatives — for light , dark and middle tones — for each print , and two passes through the press ) . |
| 3 | The firm introduced Signet , a tailor-made computer system which has made financial accounting very much faster and also handles word processing requirements . |
| 4 | There is something in the British political culture , and I call this a national characteristic once it gets deep into a culture , which has made British politics consistently less violent than others . |
| 5 | Generally , though , the effect is one of stillness , of supreme design : it is only in passing a family raising picks over their heads to break the deep brown clods that you consider the huge effort which has made this landscape . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And what difference will it make to a government which has made more U-turns than a snake ? ’ |
| 8 | The Royal Botanic Garden is an excellent example of a popular attraction which has made special improvements to allow thousands of disabled people to enjoy its beauty each year . |
| 9 | But the council , which has to make severe economies to meet Government spending targets , is trying to ensure that more people spread their visits throughout the entire week . |
| 10 | ( Mary Magdalen is found to be an altogether more sympathetic role model ; she has a nice plain earthiness which seems to make more sense of our actual lived experience . ) |
| 11 | Sales and technical support for these two products will be done by Nippon DEC , which hopes to make 200 sales of each product in the first year . |
| 12 | Sales and technical support for these two products will be done by Nippon DEC , which hopes to make 200 sales of each product in the first year . |
| 13 | There are also rumours that she may take a role in a film directed by David Lynch 's daughter Jennifer , which promises to make Blue Velvet look positively staid . |
| 14 | Thus it was with a certain amount of relief that I acceded to our editor 's request to look at FloorPlan Plus , ( FP from hereon ) which promises to make this kind of thing much easier to sort out . |
| 15 | Moreover , Lyons himself does make explicit appeal to the characteristics of literacy in his description of ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 16 | By a business contact who has made serious threats . ’ , |
| 17 | Indeed Butzer is a geographer who has made great contributions in defining a field of Pleistocene Geography which was the term used as a subtitle for his book on Environment and Archaeology first published in 1964 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He is hardly someone who has made friendly remarks about the coal industry of late . |
| 20 | Livermore said : ‘ He 's a clever footballer who has made tremendous strides , bearing in mind he 's only 18 . |
| 21 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
| 22 | Potential sales of his device could be huge , says Mr Garnett , who has made two trips to the US to visit officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency . |
| 23 | So far , the only person who has made that suggestion is the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 24 | And if you get an interview you are more likely to succeed if you can prove that you are a positive person who has made demonstrable efforts to counteract the ill-effects of being unemployed and have managed to put your time to constructive use . |
| 25 | Philip Weston , who has made steady progress , was named as captain of England Under-19 for the three-match series with Sri Lanka . |
| 26 | Arguably the player who has made most progress since the European triumph last May , the 19 year-old Glasgow University student is already planning a full-time career in the sport following his graduation this summer . |
| 27 | There are pros and cons , and everything really depends upon the main interests of the observer ; for example , anyone who wants to make regular studies of the Sun will be far better off with a refractor , while the deep-sky enthusiast will in general prefer a reflector . |
| 28 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's not the sort of girl who wants to make political statements with her music . |
| 30 | She has made various publications on the subject of HIV infection/AIDS and hepatitis in haemophiliacs , including books of collected papers on hepatitis and blood product therapy . |