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

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1 That made a pleasant change .
2 He could see in her face that he 'd surprised her , but that made no damned difference to Gary at all .
3 That made the Irish Sea the most radioactive stretch of water in the world .
4 Each time he was about to embark on a new affair , he bought Jessica an expensive present — as if that made the whole thing right .
5 The Most Rev. George Carey , the Archbishop of Canterbury and senior cleric of the Church of England , on May 18 — in the week before he was due make an official visit to the Pope — criticized the Roman Catholic church 's policy on " artificial " methods of contraception , as contained in the Humanae Vitae encyclical of 1968 [ see pp. 24239-41 ] .
6 When the nymphs are hatched into young males and females , they each make a shallow burrow from which they emerge at night to search for a mate .
7 The unfortunate Capel Junior made a terrible hash of things and belted the ball yards over the bar .
8 Yes , it was my idea , and yes , I sent her to my salon , and yes , I 'm the bossiest person in the world , as you used to say when you were nine , but does that make the finished result any less attractive ?
9 Leaders who lead the church into this make a radical choice to break the isolationism of so many evangelical Christian nuclear families and create true Christian community .
10 A few made a short journey , for most privately owned butchers , there were still over twenty of them in the city , operated their own slaughterhouses .
11 Does this make a significant difference to the the hous household requirement ?
12 In 1416 the French made a serious attempt to regain Harfleur , which they blockaded by land and sea .
13 At the negotiations , the English made an important concession in saying that the claim to the French crown might be traded for a sovereign Normandy .
14 It 's just that the first time it happens , especially if you are used to the more genteel reduction in power and revs of a Lycoming or a Continental when you throttle back , it does n't half make the old adrenalin start flowing .
15 As always , the strongest make a steady recovery but the others either wither away because they actually believe their press or , more commonly , find themselves selling considerably fewer records .
16 Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov on Feb. 12 made the astonishing announcement that January 's sudden withdrawal of Rbs50 and Rbs100 banknotes had been prompted by the discovery of a Western plot to flood the Soviet economy with billions of roubles to create artificial hyper-inflation .
17 Some made a good job of the sandwich element , but many paid it lip service .
18 STOCK market newcomer Drew Scientific made a promising debut as its shares raced ahead to 155p some 50p ahead of the placement price .
19 This made a promising start in preparing a report for publication during 1993 .
20 This made the total cost of erecting the lift to be an estimated £27,000 .
21 All of this made the rural village an extremely close-knit society .
22 This made the local mob angry .
23 Then the fore and hind wings , bending under the additional stress of the turn , beat against one another making an audible rattle that you can easily hear as you sit watching them make their circuits over a pond .
24 It is interesting to make the obvious observation that , while the first and last named are fanatical behaviourists , believing that everything is subject to unlimited moulding and rearrangement through a process of reward and punishment , the three in the middle are fanatical instinctivists , insisting that virtually everything and anything is inherited , a gift ( or a grief ) of the genes and not subject to the environment .
25 But when I played it I thought that in some of the climaxes the original twenty-three strings were too few to make a full effect .
26 They also shared the quality of humility , seemingly unaware of their real stature , yet neither was afraid to make a penetrating comment if the situation demanded it .
27 We were both trembling with desire , afraid to make the first move .
28 His chosen instrumental makes a significant contribution — it has the familiar Bösendorfer hallmarks of exceptional beauty of tone but restricted variety of attack .
29 One owner after another makes the amused discovery that these simple objects will keep the playful cat or kitten occupied much longer than any fancy toy .
30 And we know there are various er responses to that question , and I would be looking to the districts to say whether or not they could cope with the various levels of provision that have been identified for Greater York , and it 's the view of whether they can cope within their own districts , I have n't said how you can cope , I said whether you can cope , you might I will I will leave you free to make the odd comment , but I want to focus on that part of the issue , and then the natural corollary to that is , will it be necessary , or is it considered necessary in the context of this alteration to provide specific guidance within H One policy for the distribution of that er development to er at sub , what I would call sub-district level , in other words do you want a specific entry for say Ryedale or Hambledon ?
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