Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of tagged architecture is limited to research projects at present , although the Burroughs B6700 computer makes some use of tagging . |
| 2 | Time/space travellers make audio tapes of the sounds and rhythms they have heard on the voyages . |
| 3 | Outstanding among those contributions are his Math Vab Mathonwy ( 1928 ) and Rhiannon ( 1953 ) which , in spite of some evident shortcomings , particularly a failure on the author 's part to make sufficient use of the comparative method , testify to Gruffydd 's originality of mind , his general perceptiveness , and his clarity of exposition . |
| 4 | One 's inability to make better speed on a scrambling descent seems as paradoxical as it is frustrating . |
| 5 | The two men 's inability to make common cause illustrated one of the main reasons why the government had less to fear from oppositionists than the radical manifestos of 1861 – 2 appeared to suggest . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher was rebuffed , again largely by her own backbenchers , over the choice of Speaker in 1983 , MPs ' pay , proposed housing benefit changes , rate support grant proposals , Britain 's EEC contribution , and , most humiliating of all , over Sir Keith Joseph 's plans to make major cuts in aid to students in higher education . |
| 7 | I would have thought that it is the DoT 's responsibility to make some provision for cyclists on main routes like this . |
| 8 | The pattern maker 's lathe made fast work of this , the cutter mounted on the cross-slide and wound down the length of the wood . |
| 9 | views with dismay the failure of the Lord Chancellor 's Department to make any improvements in the payment on account of civil legal aid fees ; |
| 10 | Indeed the Church 's counter-offensive made common property the most familiar arguments of deists and natural law philosophers in order to refute them . |
| 11 | Zollner 's illusion makes parallel lines seem to diverge by placing them on a zigzag striped background . |
| 12 | ‘ It was very drab in comparison with Scott 's school , where the children 's artwork makes colourful displays . ’ |
| 13 | WOBBLER : Bruce Grobbelaar 's return made little difference to Liverpool 's leaking defence . |
| 14 | Octavio Paz 's elegant essay is the prime example , where despite some insightful remarks he uses Gironella 's work to make general observations about the creative role of the critic , for example , or for digressive flourishes on Spanish culture . |
| 15 | Hungry as we are today for the luxury of authenticity and for visual elegance , we find that the Potter 's work makes enticing reading : " How delicious to a schoolboy 's healthy appetite sixty years ago , was a potted meat at breakfast in my grandmother 's old Wiltshire home . |
| 16 | Gordon Mitchell 's admirable technical accuracy involves the eye , but the lyricism innate in the best of Brenda Lenaghan 's work makes greater appeal . |
| 17 | Progress in the hostage exchange deal had been held up , since the release in August of Edward Tracey [ see p. 38405 ] , by Israel 's refusal to make unilateral gestures without receiving information on seven Israeli servicemen listed as missing in action . |
| 18 | Even in Britain , with its relative isolation from , and suspicion of , continental legal thinking , Beccaria 's ideas made some impression . |
| 19 | Back in Britain , the bombing of cities continued ; even Buckingham Palace was damaged and St. Paul 's Cathedral made remarkable escapes from destruction . |
| 20 | Ferguson 's chance to make fresh start |
| 21 | David Owen 's SDP made little impact on council elections during the conference season . |
| 22 | The arrival of the railways had made cheap holidays widely available , and Frith 's prints made popular souvenirs . |
| 23 | ‘ What in God 's name made those noises ? ’ blurted Edgar , looking around , as if expecting to see some scene of carnage . |
| 24 | Insensitive handling of this process can result from a misassessment of an elder 's competence to make these shifts , and of the time and energy this takes . |
| 25 | The story of how Meehan and his advisors tried and failed during the next seven years to obtain justice for him in the light of increasing evidence of his innocence and Waddell 's guilt makes sorry reading . |
| 26 | He was injured again when Quinn 's boot made accidental contact with his face . |
| 27 | He was injured again when Quinn 's boot made accidental contact with his face . |
| 28 | Aside from protecting depositors against losses , a large capital base will restrain a bank 's impulse to make risky loans to maintain its profits in a depressed market . |
| 29 | AND FROM THE RACISM THAT SADLY AFFLICTS US ALL AND LEADS WHITE PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE INFERIORITY AND DARKNESS , KURTEN 'S RECONSTRUCTION MAKES MORE SENSE , SINCE NEANDERTHALS LIVED IN GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHT SKIN MAY BE AN ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN MIDDLE TO HIGH LATITUDES . |
| 30 | Karen Mayo-Chandler 's allegations made lascivious reading : ‘ When girls are asked what they look for in a man , they always talk about sensitive things , like intellect , kindness and a sense of humour . |