Example sentences of "[verb] make [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Can we make , can we just please make make a final point .
2 It only takes a little imagination to turn the Cam pit into a nature reserve and if it was possible to lay out a few paths making nature trails etc. the future of the Great Pit that Rugby Cement Works are now engaged in could in years to come make an ideal game reserve and possible " marina " with a link to the river .
3 The period between the end of the twelfth century and the middle of the thirteenth saw several crucial innovations in weaponry and armour which helped make the medieval knight what he was always intended to be : a superb fighting machine .
4 Rotel make an extensive range of hi-fi separates : their current 900 series encompasses some 20 models plus the de luxe ‘ Michi ’ products reviewed last December .
5 The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter .
6 LIVERPOOL 'S under-11 side has made a mixed start to the schools cricket season .
7 Even for those of us who admit that he has made a rational choice on this occasion , it remains surprising that he has benefited so little from experience , that he has never made , or let God or society make for him , any previous decisions on general issues which could be of help to him .
8 During the last five months he has made a strenuous effort to get to know the area and the residents of this constituency of contrasts .
9 A customer who has made a major purchase may then realise that he needs other , smaller items .
10 Already the rosy periwinkle from Madagascar has made a major contribution to curing childhood leukaemia and other blood cancers .
11 Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent .
12 And yet , in a separate discussion of education in Cuba since the revolution , Bowles claims the exact opposite : ‘ There is every indication ’ , he writes , ‘ that the allocation of a sizeable fraction of the nation 's resources to education has made a major contribution to the forces of production . ’
13 It has acquired this position for a number of reasons including the fact that historically it was essentially the creation of the people of Wales themselves and has made a major contribution to the educational needs of the nation .
14 He has made a major contribution to public understanding of science through his books , lectures and broadcasts and through the Exploratory .
15 Wimpey became heavily involved in Oman 's drive for modernisation and through Wimpey Alawi has made a major contribution to the fabric of the State by building roads , prestigious offices and government buildings , a police training college , hospitals — including the magnificent £150 million Royal Hospital — and hotels .
16 Oxford is a national centre for the treatment of problems associated with childbirth , and research in Oxford has made a major contribution to the treatment of these problems .
17 Just turned 21 , she has sold more than 30 million records worldwide , has made a major feature film and has silenced the carping critics with a massively successful debut tour as a live performer .
18 President Bush has made a major concession to industry over the implementation of the new Clean Air Act , overturning a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) .
19 There was a hint that this was a short term strategy , Mao at the seventh national congress in April nineteen forty five argued the C C P has made a major concession to land to the tiller .
20 An infant at eight months who retrieves a completely-occluded object has made a major advance in understanding the appearance-reality distinction , at least on the plane of action , because he now knows that , although the perceptual input at one time tells him that there is no rattle in his reachable space , really there is .
21 The black director Spike Lee has made a similar mistake in Malcolm X , not so much in characterisation but in allowing awe of the man who challenged white authority in America to come in the way of good film-making .
22 More recently , Edward Shorter has made a similar case for improvements in women 's health status generally as a pre-requisite to an active feminist movement .
23 Garland ( 1985a , p. 129 ) has made a similar point : although both classical and positivist criminology incorporated a conception of the relationship between the individual and the state , he sees the positivist version as ‘ moving from a liberal mode to a more authoritarian , interventionist one ’ , at least in the case of the early , biological school .
24 Adrian Jones , who studied for a number of years at Parnham House , has made a similar cabinet , and in the September issue he displays that piece and talks bout his work as a successful furniture-maker .
25 Mary Havern , from Newry , races in her third world trophy event while newcomer Anne Sandford has made a superb transition from the world of cycling to top class fell running .
26 Mary Havern , from Newry , races in her third world trophy event while newcomer Anne Sandford has made a superb transition from the world of cycling to top class fell running .
27 The Irish Bank Officials ’ Association , over the years , has made a tremendous contribution to the welfare of its members and we know that in recent times IBOA has been engaged in many struggles to protect those terms and conditions .
28 Setting aside the mass of controversial mysticism which , over the centuries has surrounded this man , the fact remains that his life has made a tremendous impact on the religious and political history of a large part of the world .
29 Simplifying their lifestyle has made a tremendous impact on the Woolleys .
30 ‘ Dewi Morris has made a tremendous difference to England .
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