Example sentences of "[noun] have made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | WIMBLEDON champion Andre Agassi has made a surprise appearance at the All England Lawn Tennis Club for lunch . |
| 32 | The Institute of Directors has made a submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer arguing that ‘ the UK should take immediate unilateral action to resolve the problem ’ . |
| 33 | According to security sources , a UDR man recently charged with serious terrorist offences has made a series of detailed statements to police naming other members of the regiment as being involved in illegal activities . |
| 34 | The ILEA had made a commitment to schools/industry curriculum development and had been one of the five pilot authorities in the first phase of the Schools Council Industry Project , now the Schools Curriculum Industry Partnership ( SCIP ) . |
| 35 | I told her that her precious sister-in-law had made a mess of my life yet again , so I suppose she felt obliged to make amends . ’ |
| 36 | Tunney had made a lot of friends along the way , until his travelling money ran out . |
| 37 | The cat had made a sort of nest in one corner of the stables . |
| 38 | Anne and Eileen wore blue taffeta dresses and carried pink carnations and stephanotis , and Mrs Redmond had made a suit in darker blue and a white blouse for Julia . |
| 39 | Perhaps the boy had made a mistake — perhaps he was supposed to report directly to one of the warehouses instead . |
| 40 | She intended to slap Elisabeth on the back , but she was too late ; Elisabeth had made a dash for fresh air and Mitzi 's arm met that of Elisabeth 's chair . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . ’ |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | This means that the seller has made a return of 50 per cent on his initial investment of 200 in just five days while the buyer has lost 50 per cent of his initial investment . |
| 47 | ‘ Crusaid has made a donation to almost every major HIV/AIDS project in the UK ’ |
| 48 | Yet Souleymane Cisse has made a movie anyone can enjoy . |
| 49 | One of the organisations has made a pledge of £25,000 to the appeal . |
| 50 | But Mr Ishihara has made a career out of being shocking , and he has a good motive . |
| 51 | Each of the 22 years of the von Kuenheim rule BMW has made a profit and , 1974 fuel crisis year aside , has increased production . |
| 52 | Roberto Baggio , the new ‘ wonder boy ’ of Italian soccer , is not only an outrageously talented footballer , but he is also intelligent and responsible , a player who on his own initiative has made a series of public anti-violence appeals . |
| 53 | Ernest had made a will when his wife died and left everything to his only child . |
| 54 | Alan Millet plucked his coat from the fender and saw that the drips had made a pool on the linoleum floor . |
| 55 | The Shah had made a showplace of his country with his colossal purchasing of weapons , and look what it had all come to : ‘ If you drive from Shiraz to Isfahan even today you 'll see hundreds of helicopters parked off to the right of the highway . |
| 56 | Shortly before the vote Saddam Hussein had made a speech broadcast by Baghdad radio , asserting that if war came Iraq would fight with a heroism which would fill every Arab and Moslem with pride , and , more specifically , that Iraq had the means to detect US stealth bombers and shoot them down like any other enemy aircraft . |
| 57 | 7–10–1874 The trustees of the late James Bannatyne had made a grant of £100 to assist in employing a Catechist and the money was lodged with the Greenock Board of Police at 4% interest , to be drawn as required . |
| 58 | The Falangists had made a number of attempts to rescue Primo de Rivera from prison , all of which had failed . |
| 59 | At least one of his grandparents had made a career on the frontier ; and in The Cantos this forebear , Thaddeus Coleman Pound , makes several entries , always with an encouraging flourish on the drums . |
| 60 | At first the civilian foremen who came to the Factory each morning from Barashevo village had shouted that the men should stay at their work , but their protests had made a battle that he could not win . |