Example sentences of "[adj] and make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spent a year painting designs on the walls , finding new designer furniture to replace the old and making modest alterations like removing doors to create space and light . |
| 2 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 3 | ‘ I sat back a little bit more than usual and made sure things were organised . |
| 4 | LIVERPOOL manager Graeme Souness was ‘ stable and making good progress ’ yesterday after a comfortable night following major heart surgery . |
| 5 | They are mostly technical and make few concessions to the casual browser . |
| 6 | A trading company may have the general objective of surviving and making good deals . |
| 7 | So it 's really about keeping his spirit alive and making sure people get a chance to hear this album and see it performed live . |
| 8 | Although his may not sound much , after reading the book and getting to know the calm character of Mrs Aimsley , it comes as a big surprise when she starts to get very emotional and make irrational accusations to Imamu . |
| 9 | The reason for breaking our vows were pecuniary and made financial sense . |
| 10 | Baby Bogdan , brought from Romania for a life saving operation to drain fluid from his brain , is ‘ satisfactory and making good progress ’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 11 | They were three quarters of the way through the meal when Caspar , who did not miss anything any of the giants said and who had , in fact , long since perfected the art of listening to three different conversations at once , suddenly went rather white and made frantic gestures to Fenella . |
| 12 | By being stubbornly obstructive and making snappy remarks . |
| 13 | Party leadership was put in the hands of Rakovskii ( a Roumanian ) , who was instructed to make every effort to win over the support of the Ukrainian Left and make all concessions required to conciliate the Ukrainian peasantry . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , the cohabitation rule is fair , equitable and makes perfect sense . |
| 15 | The graphics are extremely good and make this game well worth ordering . |
| 16 | The new Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin is a haven where distinguished scholars in all disciplines can work undisturbed and make cross-disciplinary contacts . |
| 17 | Fifth , the children were happy and making good progress in care . |
| 18 | Macmillan also left income-tax rates alone , hit cigarette-smoking and made stern noises about public expenditure ; and he presided over the highest interest rates for decades — bank rate was a horrific 5.5% . |
| 19 | Some of these freshwater fish are heavily armoured and make robust fossils — particularly the headshields . |
| 20 | This article gives a series of anonymous examples to suggest that the impact of similar guides for editors has been patchy and to make some suggestions for better communication . |
| 21 | Acme uses WORDY and makes two copies of it , one for back-up and one for use on another computer . |
| 22 | But when a building looks a problem to sell , some planning authorities show a dangerous tendency to try to be kind and make encouraging noises that parts of the grounds might be suitable for development . |
| 23 | It is easy to debate in this House and reveal inherent contradictions between one side and the other and to make simplistic points about how one side must be right and the other wrong . |
| 24 | Rex spied out Sam Maggott hollering at all and sundry and making good use of his over-sized red gingham handkerchief . |
| 25 | It is the duty of the official receiver to investigate the conduct and affairs of every bankrupt and to make such report ( if any ) to the court as he thinks fit ( s 289(1) ) . |
| 26 | It is the official receiver 's duty to investigate the conduct and affairs of the bankrupt and to make such report ( if any ) to the court as he thinks fit ( s 289(1) ) . |
| 27 | Very dazed and making awful noises . |