Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Income support makes a person 's income up to a level set by the Government . |
| 2 | A breakdown of the latest figures shows that the consumer electronics division made an operating loss of $31.1m , similar to its shortfall of $33.4m in the same period last year . |
| 3 | It was in this state when a team consisting of six men from Scott 's base camp made an ascent of the volcano in December 1912 , with a geologist , Raymond Priestley , in the lead . |
| 4 | ACTOR Eric Cullen — known to his millions of TV viewers as Wee Burney — was on his best behaviour when he visited Drymen Branch to make a presentation to the winner of an art competition . |
| 5 | The early wind Serenade made a showpiece for the Halle 's excellent wind section and he obtained rich and often subtly detailed playing in the tone-poem Also sprach Zarathustra . |
| 6 | She was in her bedroom on Saturday morning making a list of the errands and shopping she had to do when she became aware of an excited chattering in the courtyard below her window . |
| 7 | Percent for Art is a part of our long term promotion to make a city of culture , which we will do with the support of people . |
| 8 | Fir the first ‘ garment ’ I was issued with four different colours and instructed to knit four-inch stripes in two plain , two purl rib to make a scarf . |
| 9 | It is somewhat refreshing to see a North-East industrialist make a success of his business in relative anonymity . |
| 10 | It was decided that emotional well-being should also be examined , in order — as stated above — to see if the action project made a difference in that respect . |
| 11 | Sometimes when you 're doing radio interviews they introduce you like you 're a '70s rock star making a comeback . |
| 12 | Some years ago professor Geach made an arrangement of this material , which the editors , professor G. H. von Wright and Miss G. E. M. Anscombe have retained with a very few alterations . |
| 13 | In spite of David 's childhood marriage to the sister of the English king , Edward did not hesitate to help a Balliol descendant make a bid for the Scottish throne , driving David and Joan into exile in France after the battle of Halidon Hill near Berwick . |
| 14 | For 1 ½ lb. of blettes or poirée , the chard which one sees displayed for sale in huge bundles in every market in the southern Rhone country make a cream sauce with 1 ½ oz. of butter , 2 tablespoons of flour , ¾ pint of milk , seasonings of salt , pepper and nutmeg and about 3 oz. of double cream . |
| 15 | The wind had , by comparison , almost dropped , and the March sun made a path of gold across the water . |
| 16 | There was a patch of light from the lancet window making a pattern on the floor of the chapel . |
| 17 | Similarly , when life sentences are reviewed , the trial judge makes a recommendation to the parole board but complaints have been made that too frequently junior Ministers in the Home Office depart from the recommendation , usually by increasing the length of the period of imprisonment . |
| 18 | Peter Gillman suggests that it was not until TV South West made a film ‘ A Trust Betrayed ’ , and consulted Dr Neil Ward of Surrey University , that a plausible explanation for the conflicting evidence of poisoning and the official view that it could not happen came to light . |
| 19 | And that was fairly literal if you think in terms of the village blacksmith making a sword . |
| 20 | As police probe allegations that the controversial Arsenal striker made a V-sign at Chelsea supporters on Saturday , Wright found an unlikely ally yesterday — the FA . |
| 21 | This being the case , it 's hardly surprising that the bucket seats grip you like a pair of pliers , that the suspension shakes your spine on potholed surfaces and that the engine noise makes a stereo unnecessary , even if one was provided . |
| 22 | Even at that time , however , there was a difference between combinations and friendly societies — the one intent on using the collective power of the work force to make a change in real wages and the other developing a system of welfare services among members through cooperative effort . |
| 23 | Most important of all , to ensure that a school 's management plan makes a difference at the level of classroom management , there has to be an assessment of the extent to which the quality of individual children 's work is affected by an individual teacher 's classroom management and by his or her adoption of the relevant part of the school plan . |
| 24 | In 1934 the Hall Committee made a set of regulations for lending which were stuck in each book on a numbered bookplate ; the highest number remaining is over 800 . |
| 25 | As for Gerstner , IBM is coming under pressure from the Securities & Exchange Commission to make an announcement to prevent a false market in the shares . |
| 26 | THE behaviour of the Tory Whips in the Maastricht debate makes a mockery of the prefix ‘ honourable ’ in MPs ' titles . |
| 27 | It was necessary for the Council of the Law Society to make a number of regulations in connection with this process . |
| 28 | ( 4 ) The Law Society makes an average of 50-60 appointments |
| 29 | On 9 October 1990 Judge Diamond made an order for the trial of the preliminary issue : |
| 30 | On the second of July of this year , the Home Secretary made a statement to Parliament on the subject of asylum . |