Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to conducting this particular case study I made some visits to another school ( which I have called ‘ Southend ’ ) in the same LEA which had gone through an identical appraisal exercise a year earlier . |
| 2 | The programs were tried out extensively with my own students , and from their feedback I made several modifications . |
| 3 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 4 | From my hotel at the foot of fifth Avenue I made short forays into the neon between soaking my cuts , counting my abrasions and nursing anxiety to sleep . |
| 5 | Here again , Dohnányi 's view is markedly cool and crystalline , lacking the tension and reined-in emotion which make this piece work for me . |
| 6 | I drive to the Hope in my ugly , crusty car which makes horrible squeaking sounds in the rain . |
| 7 | Each ward should have a planned programme which makes full use of its learning opportunities . |
| 8 | Maxwell Davies has written for him a 20-minute piece which makes full use of these strengths . |
| 9 | Figure 12.1 shows a small hierarchy or group of ranked subjects which makes some statement concerning the relationships between those subjects . |
| 10 | The deal also includes associated production equipment at Alma 's Keillers plant , which will be moved into one of Cadbury 's Trebor Bassett factories , and the small Angus plant in Dundee which makes chocolate-covered nuts and raisins . |
| 11 | ‘ an excellent piece of methodology … one of those rare books which make good reading , and this one is packed with good activities … |
| 12 | Maeve could be Kali , or even Mammy Water the lake goddess of Nigeria 's Ibo-land who makes beautiful women mad so she can possess their boyfriends . |
| 13 | In this he was helped by the clergy who made voluntary contributions to the value of twelve pence in every mark , of the annual value of their benefices . |
| 14 | So we start to take an interest , and among other things we 're passed the names of a couple of Iranians who make frequent trips back home by train . |
| 15 | Next comes grandson William Gylby , wealthy London lawyer who made great strides , increasing the size of the island to over 1,500 acres by his death in 1744 , and having the dubious distinction of attempting to reduce the troublesome rat population by having them killed , dressed and offered up to his tenants and workmen to eat . |
| 16 | There are several specialist ice-cream manufacturers who make good quality coconut ice-cream . |
| 17 | ‘ I know grace rooteth not out the affections of a mother , but putteth them on His wheel who maketh all things new , that they may be refined ; … |
| 18 | The mood of the meeting was adversely affected by President Roh Tae Woo 's forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union [ see p. 37918 ] , and by a series of confrontations involving journalists in the Northern delegation who made unauthorized visits to several of Seoul 's universities where they met with student radicals . |
| 19 | It was Freud who made modern people aware of the unconscious influence of the father . |
| 20 | Our first problem at Llandrindod Wells was to estimate the numbers coming to the lake , so each night during the spring we made hourly circuits of the lake collecting all the toads we encountered . |
| 21 | Mira herself makes several appearances , both in the first and the third persons , before also discovering that her name is on the list as the delegate from Amalgamemnon , whereupon she too ‘ dies ’ . |
| 22 | These blooming ears they make more trouble than they 're wor , erm , than they 're worth ! |
| 23 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 24 | In a very real sense , therefore , the employers , whether farmers or landlords — in practice it made little difference — were not part of the rural village community as far as the agricultural worker was concerned . |
| 25 | Last Saturday he made another debut for Grove Steels in the Vaux Bluebell Over 40s League . |
| 26 | Eddie Stride in one of his books he makes this statement , he says , my jealousy , your envy , someone else 's pride , needs the pardon bought with the blood of Christ at Calvary , as much as someone else 's promiscuity , or perversion . |
| 27 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |
| 28 | What he can not do , of course , is articulate clearly his true reasons of state , reasons which make perfect sense in an administration context and obey all the rules of realpolitik , including the rule that you should have God on your side . |
| 29 | Then there is a group of more technical reasons which make statistical modelling and extrapolation more difficult , and inhibit attempts to overcome a shortage of resources for direct measurement by statistical estimation of soil losses . |
| 30 | However , the instruction manual , though extremely comprehensive , is written in that awful Americanese which makes similar pamphlets printed in Japan almost a pleasure to read ! |