Example sentences of "[noun] [be] make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of writing solicitors are making hay with a flood of complaints about homes found to contain undisclosed faults after the buyer has moved in . |
| 2 | In addition to a comparison of the Soviet Union/Russia and Britain , the researchers are making contact with other research groups in Europe — particularly in France , Austria , Germany , Poland and Bulgaria . |
| 3 | The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) has warned that traders are making use of fake export permits in an effort to circumvent CITES bans . |
| 4 | The solicitor said the newly formed Solicitors Criminal Bar Association were making representations to the Lord Chancellor 's office to scrap the legal aid changes and would specifically complain about last week 's hearing . |
| 5 | A fifth , mid-century , scribe wrote the calendar , the verses and the Chronicle entries down to 490 , and a sixth the annals probably to the end of 1048 ; those to 1044 seem to have been written at one time , while changes in the appearance of the script suggest that subsequent entries were made year by year . |
| 6 | Having bought it under expectations of strong profits , TVS has since discovered MTM is making losses of £20million . |
| 7 | Having bought it under expectations of strong profits , TVS has since discovered MTM is making losses of £20million . |
| 8 | While UTV is making inroads with its viewing figures in the South , the absence of cable TV in Northern Ireland , particularly in Belfast , is hampering RTE 's expansion there . |
| 9 | In a nearby workshop a goldsmith is making earrings of long , dull-faceted Afghan lapis lazuli and old Indian gold beads . |
| 10 | Significantly , the text of the Law of Succession was made public on 31 March , the eve of " Victory Day " , the anniversary of the end of the Civil War . |
| 11 | A great roar from the 15th green had suggested that Andy Kyle was making amends for his disaster . |
| 12 | In nineteen seventy Richard Branson was making waves as a young businessman , even then he had aspirations to take on the giants . |
| 13 | There was no attempt to supervise all juveniles ( aged between 14 and 17 ) who numbered about 36,000 in 1910 ; instead , the intention was to make contact with the school-leavers , of whom there were approximately 9,000 , with each ‘ helper ’ responsible for ten or less . |
| 14 | In 1928 , when Cosmo Lang was made Archbishop of Canterbury and went for his first royal audience , the King remarked that he hoped he would stop the clergy wearing moustaches . |
| 15 | One of the two new sheriffs was his nephew , while two of his feoffees received royal patronage : Thomas Kebell was made attorney of the duchy of Lancaster and William Chauntry replaced John Gunthorpe as dean of the king 's chapel . |
| 16 | One of the two new sheriffs was his nephew , while two of his feoffees received royal patronage : Thomas Kebell was made attorney of the duchy of Lancaster and William Chauntry replaced John Gunthorpe as dean of the king 's chapel . |
| 17 | Through the window the wind was making noises in the stripped trees . |
| 18 | The Earl of Warwick was made Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire for life , and Arundel Sheriff of Shropshire for life , a sign than his reconciliation with the king was now complete . |
| 19 | Wherever you looked at the French giant , Renault was making progress in 1992 where other manufacturers were struggling to stand still . |
| 20 | Hampshire are making grants of nearly £900,000 this year , including major support for the Bournemouth Orchestras , the Welsh National Opera and the Glyndebourne Touring Opera , who tour regularly in the country . |
| 21 | Let us remember that parents are making choices about their children and their future . |
| 22 | If Worcester were to make progress in this competition , the wicket of England captain Graham Gooch had to be claimed — and quickly . |
| 23 | For the teachers who have to cater for all kinds of pupils this concentration on a particular kind of pupil and a particular kind of educational success poses the same dilemma voiced by the rural studies teacher in response to the promotion of academic examinations in his subject ; ‘ Once again we can see the unwanted children of lower intelligence being made servants of the juggernaut of documented evidence , the inflated examination . ’ |
| 24 | Chaired by the head of English , and consisting of the librarian and heads of all departments or their representatives , its terms of reference were to make recommendations to the head on the best ways to spend the money , to formulate a project proposal , and to oversee all subsequent matters of library policy . |
| 25 | The Committee is making recommendations on how the bureaucratic procedures governing the erogation of funds can be speeded up . |
| 26 | The duke 's attitude is made plain in a letter which he wrote to Mungo Graeme of Gorthie in 1737 when asked to obtain a church for a brother of a Graham laird , who was one of the most active members of the Montrose interest . |
| 27 | Yet , in the cultural and specifically academic world within which Lyons is making claims for ‘ objectivity ’ , this is what the term is taken to imply . |
| 28 | Coupled with this factual thesis is the full-blooded relativist view that there are only these different views ; that to talk about morality is to make reference to them ; and that there is no fact-of-the-matter ; no independent concept of right and wrong ; of good and bad ; of duty or responsibility . |
| 29 | There is no point in teaching prefixes if the child is making errors in the initial consonant ; and if he 's uncertain about the relationship of sound to symbol , and is producing lots of phonic alternatives , then that must be solved before anything else is approached . |
| 30 | If the softly spoken Welshman is making history as the first rugby man to conquer soccer , he will not be the last . |