Example sentences of "[verb] make [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly the law has made possible regulations to encourage the mobility of Greek university students within Europe . |
| 2 | At the same time the government has made great efforts to centralise the control of information . |
| 3 | However , Sir Lewis has made great efforts to dispel an admitted ‘ deep scepticism ’ at his appointment among the group 's staff of more than 7,000 , and there is growing confidence among them in what he is doing . |
| 4 | Although Cypress has made great efforts to get the HyperSparc to the launch platform so quickly ( when compared to Viking , see front page ) — the design process spanned just 18 months — Cypress has one major problem : it has no customers signed-up for the thing yet . |
| 5 | This year the new editorial team has made great strides to develop the editorial content within a limited budget . |
| 6 | There are some twenty-two indigenous Indian languages spoken in these communities , and the government has made little effort to support education in these mother tongues . |
| 7 | The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals ( CVCP ) has made two attempts to define the purpose of the Ph D. The first , in 1975 , said that the Ph D is a ‘ training for independent scholars and research workers at the highest level . ’ |
| 8 | Likening God to a shepherd has made many people assume that the point of the metaphor was to emphasize the sheep-like quality of people — that they have no mind of their own , that they are there to be told what to do and treated like sheep . |
| 9 | The emphasis on care in the community , the reduction of institutional type beds has made mental health nursing a challenging but exciting specialty . |
| 10 | The Queen has made major concessions to protect the monarchy . |
| 11 | MODERATE : Labour 's Industry spokesman Gordon Brown has made strenuous efforts to shed his normally lugubrious demeanour , presumably on the orders of the party 's image police . |
| 12 | In the last few years , the AAA has made strenuous efforts to see that the age for distance rules are observed , not only for official races but also for fun runs , which are not subject to their control . |
| 13 | Obviously , Phil Tufnell has made rapid progress to fill the void left by Phil Edmonds but coming up behind is Paul Weekes . |
| 14 | And if you get an interview you are more likely to succeed if you can prove that you are a positive person who has made demonstrable efforts to counteract the ill-effects of being unemployed and have managed to put your time to constructive use . |
| 15 | The party has made huge efforts to seem more modern . |
| 16 | The Royal Botanic Garden is an excellent example of a popular attraction which has made special improvements to allow thousands of disabled people to enjoy its beauty each year . |
| 17 | Large reserves of foreign currencies would then be required to buy the domestic currency in support operations , but the growth and mobility of capital flows has made most countries accept that such a defence is impractical . |
| 18 | We have seen that the ubiquity of the mystical compulsion has made most religions cultivate a contemplative strain , even when this seems alien to the original spirit of the founder . |
| 19 | The other is that Mr Rabin 's decision to seal off the occupied territories — the closure is now in its second month — has made most Israelis feel a lot safer , and some of them a lot happier about giving up the territories altogether . |
| 20 | But Porterfield stressed : ‘ Kevin has done very well for us since coming into the side and has made important saves to keep us alive in some games . ’ |
| 21 | It is this that has made some Americans say that , if Iraq agreed to withdraw from Kuwait , it must abandon its tanks and other heavy equipment . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most well-known experiment in work organisation is the Volvo car assembly plant at Kalmar in Sweden where the company has made some attempt to break away from the traditional mass-production assembly line . |
| 23 | This is what has made some people think that in this work the distinction between good and bad is simply arbitrary , residing not in the nature of the characters but in the needs of the plot . |
| 24 | I believe he is half aware of his problem and has made some effort to solve it by forcing himself to concentrate on what he is told to read . |
| 25 | Kevin Seymour has made some detail changes himself , but the owner is good with his hands and , in many places , it is very difficult to differentiate between modification and original joiner work . |
| 26 | The House of Commons Library has made some calculations based on the December 1984 Supplementary Benefit Annual Statistical Inquiry . |
| 27 | Mr. Cyrus Vance , who stepped into the breach , has made herculean efforts to establish a peace so that , eventually , a peacekeeping force might move into place . |
| 28 | Singapore has made significant efforts to corner the market in this type of specialised service company , as well as offering special incentives to the financial services sector . |
| 29 | You might need to make some purchases to augment your own wardrobe . ’ |
| 30 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |