Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did her unkempt condition preclude making a quest out of her ? |
| 2 | Owen , significantly , makes repeated reference to the work of those who insist that ‘ schools do make a difference ’ . |
| 3 | One school , led by S. E. Finer , claims that the parties do make a difference and that , because parties have become more partisan , this is regrettable . |
| 4 | So , " parties do make a difference in the way Britain is governed … [ but ] the differences in office between one party and another are less likely to arise from contrasting intentions than from the exigencies of government " . |
| 5 | In the effort to spice up the Enya alliance , some journalists have made a meal out of ‘ menage a trois ’ speculation . |
| 6 | In Committee and on the Floor of the House , the Opposition have made a series of spending pledges with other people 's money , and pledges to slash the profits of industries that need profits in order to invest . |
| 7 | Rather , the authors have made a selection and described them fully in order to explain and illustrate several different military strategies . |
| 8 | How the Coen Brothers have made a dream out of a nightmare |
| 9 | A recent spate of proposals for deep mining and opencasting in Scotland threaten to make a mockery of the government 's designation for the country 's most outstanding scenic areas . |
| 10 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 11 | Overhead is the splendid architraved knife-edge about which the guidebook says : ‘ Delightful open and delicate climbing … ‘ and : ‘ Small wires have made a difference to this once very bold lead . ’ |
| 12 | If A and B have made a contract under which an obligation remains to be performed by A and A now makes this obligation the basis of a new agreement with C , there are two possibilities . |
| 13 | In the end , when , despite substantial losses , you are convinced that the business can improve , shareholders and management have to make a gesture to demonstrate their commitment . |
| 14 | Whether the money has been borrowed for investment or for consumption , both borrower and lender have made a judgement about the viability of the project and its returns . |
| 15 | So many people have benefited from its help that this year the parish council have made a grant of nearly £2,000 to see that its work continues in the village . |
| 16 | BANGOR stand to make a lot more than the £60,000 down payment on midfield ace Paul Byrne . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Greek tobacco growers ( producing a poisonous and addictive drug ) , Italian milk producers ( non-implementation of milk quotas ) and Dutch illegal farm subsidies continue to make a laughingstock of attempts to standardize legislation throughout what is probably the most heterogeneous group of small countries to be found anywhere in the world . |
| 18 | If you imagine suddenly and unexpectedly finding yourself in an almost vertical dive facing the ground , it is easy to understand why so many pilots fail to make a movement forward on the stick to help the glider unstall itself . |
| 19 | THAT governments do make a difference is an important presumption of free competitive elections . |
| 20 | GROUND cover plants help make a garden easy to maintain and they curb weeds . |
| 21 | Town have to make a change tomorrow . |
| 22 | None the less , there is excitement in CSIRO that Jennings and colleagues in Sydney have made a discovery which is part of a wider trend to customise pharmaceuticals to attack specific diseases . |
| 23 | Recently such films have made a comeback in the form of Ninja movies , based on the exploits of Japanese martial arts experts . |
| 24 | Winnicott traces out how from infancy onwards individuals learn to make a space between themselves and others , and yet avoid total separation by ‘ the filling in of the potential space with creative living , with the use of symbols , and with all that adds up to cultural life ’ ( Winnicott , 1971 ) . |
| 25 | Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. has set out the medical evidence available to us and , in my view , on that evidence it would not have surprised me if there had been a finding that at the relevant time on 5 July , suffering as she was from considerable and continuing pain in her chest , coughing up sputum , on various drugs designed to alleviate pain and to act as sedatives and during the evening suffering contractions in the first stage of labour , she was not in any event fit to make a decision . |
| 26 | The cultivation of a distinctive ‘ voice ’ becomes the primary means whereby journalists working on the same material and increasingly reliant on the same basic sources seek to make a name for themselves . |
| 27 | ‘ She ; s come to make a hit , she should be so lucky , ’ the trio had joked as a nervous Kylie had sat patiently waiting to see them . |
| 28 | In marketing terms , it is known as ‘ Brand Loyalty ’ when satisfied customers return to make a repeat purchase . |
| 29 | The Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries have made a videotape called ‘ Actuaries ’ which is available for viewing from university and polytechnic career services . |
| 30 | The fact that the threshold test is met does not mean that the family proceedings court have to make a care order . |