Example sentences of "[verb] to make the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Appreciation of the ways in which the various shapes are related enables the teacher to ask further leading questions when a suitable opening presents itself in a child 's play ( e.g. commenting on the way the flat slabs will go together to make a staircase of three steps — ‘ What would we need to make the next step ? ’ ) . |
| 2 | In later years he was once asked whether he , who was shy , was anguished when forced to go out visiting homes in Liverpool and to try to make the first touch with a strange family . |
| 3 | This time we want to make the 1st division . |
| 4 | Following the trend spearheaded by Unify Corp with its Accell 4GL toolset a few years ago , Ingres Corp is expected to make the first moves in liberating its own toolsets from the Ingres database next month . |
| 5 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
| 6 | She was damned if she was going to make the first move . |
| 7 | Council expressed its appreciation to all those members who had helped to make the 150th anniversary celebrations a success . |
| 8 | Because of the need to keep premiums in line with claims we have reluctantly had to make the first increase in our basic BUILDINGS rate for many years . |
| 9 | Then , both of them a little awkward , a little shy , not liking to make the first move , the Shotterys had walked together down the path , away from the little group at the church porch . |
| 10 | I realize I am too awake to fall back asleep but I manage to make the fourth minute take longer than the previous three to count out , or finally |
| 11 | And , as top six Villa today take on Wimbledon at Selhurst Park , Atkinson said : ‘ I am very pleased for Parker but he has now got to make the next step . |
| 12 | Present day rent free periods can be up to a year or even longer , and the tenant will not wish to make the first payment of rent on the date of the lease where the Rent Commencement Date is 12 months hence . |
| 13 | He struggled to make the first team when we were in the second , and went on loan to a couple of spanish clubs , then was sold to some crap side for next to nothing . |
| 14 | Because the market for meals is in competitive equilibrium we saw that the marginal cost curve for films also told us the marginal value of the meals being sacrificed to make the last film . |
| 15 | He is ‘ determined to make the first grade ’ . |
| 16 | Hence the value of meals sacrificed to make the last film is also the marginal utility of the last meal times the number of meals sacrificed . |
| 17 | And equilibrium in the film industry , by equating the marginal utility of films to the marginal utility of the meals sacrificed to make the last film , guarantees that society 's resources are allocated efficiently . |
| 18 | The garden has been planned to make the last amount of work for those who maintain it : John himself ; his father , who is now 80 and can work for only short periods ; Mr Broughton , who clips the hedges , and Patricia who weeds . |
| 19 | The most stupefying performance , however , came from Cecilia Gasdia , a voice of evidently limited power ( the second part , made up of arias , showed her physical limitations , notably in ‘ D'amor al dolce impero ’ from Tancredi ) , but her dash , her sinewy vocalization , her miraculous phrasing , the skill with which she marshalled the resources of her voice , all conspired to make the first half ( La Separazione , Mi lagnerò tacendo , Bolero above all ) a miraculous experience . |
| 20 | In doing this , we need to make the first block of colours an odd number of rows in length , 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 and so on . |