Example sentences of "[noun] to make [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the whole of the time they had no demands to make on the masters . |
| 2 | When he set out today it had been his intention to make for the hills bordering the Golden Valley , but when he got through Blakemere the sweat was dripping from his chin and the sight of a stream tinkling its way not three yards from the road automatically brought his legs off the pedals . |
| 3 | When the farmer changes his land from pasture to arable , he has additional outlay to make in the form of farm machinery , equipment , and so on . |
| 4 | The education of rational leaders would entail the elimination of church censorship upon freedom of thought — a radical point for Freud to make in the context of Austria , and the strong position held by the Roman Catholic Church in education in that country at that time . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |
| 6 | no , no , my Lord I have three applications to make in the light of the evidence given by Mr yesterday and this witness today , er the first is this in terms of this witnesses evidence , I do n't know whether your Lordship appreciated it , but I certainly did in terms of evidence , that in cases of some brochures there were a number of editions , in other words first , second and maybe third edition |
| 7 | The Ministers had as many as 140 appointments to make to the Area Boards and Central Authority ( 43 of them full-time ) . |
| 8 | The main point to make about the Programme Authorities was that their total allocations from the Urban Programme were very small . |
| 9 | A final point to make about the adoption of accruals accounting is that in the USA the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has further developed the idea of a set of accounts which are not purely cash-based but are also not full accruals accounting as best commercial practice would envisage it . |
| 10 | On the proposed council tax , I have just one point to make on the theme of individual freedom . |
| 11 | What is the House of Commons to make of the reports of serious on-going disagreements between , on the one hand , Mr. Ian Burns and other most senior officials in the Home Office and the Metropolitan police , as represented by Mr. Bill Taylor , and , on the other side of this subject of how to deal with Ireland-originating situations , Mrs. |
| 12 | Although the two never met , they both forged a figurative style out of the Abstract Expressionism raging all about them — not the most popular move to make at the time . |
| 13 | Let me add that the Leninist theory of nations on which the USSR ( and Yugoslavia ) was subsequently constructed was essentially the same , though in practice — at least in the USSR — supplemented by the Austro-Marxist system of nationality as an individual choice , which every citizen has the right to make at the age of 16 wherever he or she comes from . |
| 14 | In the case of legacy per damnationem , the legatee was not of course owner , but he was the beneficiary of a civil-law obligation imposed on the heir by the testator : the words used for such a legacy , damnas esto dare , generated a liability at civil law for the heir to make over the property to the legatee . |
| 15 | ‘ Cadfael , I have a request to make of the abbot . |
| 16 | Even if the outgoing employee has no constructive criticism to make of the job , the period of compiling the job specification prior to the interview is an invaluable chance to reconsider what exactly the job involves and to compare what is being done to what is really needed . |
| 17 | 11.1 Save as provided in clause 11.2 no agent adviser or other person acting for the Landlord has at any time prior to the making of this agreement been authorised by the Landlord to make to the Tenant or to any agent adviser or other person acting for the Tenant any representation whatever ( whether written oral or implied ) in relation to the Site or the Premises or to any matter contained or referred to in this agreement |
| 18 | The child imitated the sipping movements his sister had been schooled by Tommaso to make at the cafe , like a small bird at a fountain . |
| 19 | Oh , why do n't you make what you 've got cos you 've got a lot of things to make at the moment , and then come back and choose another time , hm . |
| 20 | They have some fairly disparaging comments to make about the study of ‘ use ’ as a predictor for weeding . |
| 21 | He had phoned her at Milton Buildings , saying that he had a routine enquiry to make about the Datsun , would have asked for Mr Marius Steen but , owing to the recent regrettable happening , wondered if she could help . |
| 22 | West Mercia Police which carried out the original murder inquiry said it would have no comment to make about the case before the conclusion of Eddie Browning 's appeal hearing . |
| 23 | Lawrence had no comment to make about the letter , but fans sprang to the defence of Pollock , who has emerged from nowhere as a midfield star of the future . |
| 24 | The teachers ' authority extends to the enforcement of school rules ( which a head teacher has authority to make under the articles of government of school and which may , unless they are unlawful — for example because of sex or race discrimination — be regarded as the ‘ law of the land ’ so far as pupils and parents are concerned ) . |
| 25 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 26 | We have a long journey to make to the south . |
| 27 | I 've got another walk to make through the fog . |
| 28 | Hello again , 2 points to make about the FFL |
| 29 | Cronenberg 's crazed , controversial , body-rebelling movie had some salient points to make about the video nasty furore then current , but scenes like the one where Deborah Harry stubbed a cigarette out on her breast got all the attention . |
| 30 | Points to make in the context of this table are , again , the very large turnover involved and the fact that profit margins are healthier and more stable than in the tour operator case . |