Example sentences of "[adj] make [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ] . |
| 2 | The unfortunate Capel Junior made a terrible hash of things and belted the ball yards over the bar . |
| 3 | In 1416 the French made a serious attempt to regain Harfleur , which they blockaded by land and sea . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | STOCK market newcomer Drew Scientific made a promising debut as its shares raced ahead to 155p some 50p ahead of the placement price . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We were both trembling with desire , afraid to make the first move . |
| 9 | His chosen instrumental makes a significant contribution — it has the familiar Bösendorfer hallmarks of exceptional beauty of tone but restricted variety of attack . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 12 | Erm we have put forward an alternative er mechanism for environmental discounts and er I can say by at this stage , by reference to the erm critique that has taken place of that of those environmental discounts in N Y eleven , that erm , while we would n't go along with making anywhere near the the additions that are suggested there , erm it may be that it would be sensible to make a further discount in respect of the heritage coast . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank God someone is still prepared to make a moral stand like this ! ’ |
| 14 | In the great store wars to get customers in , supermarkets invented the ‘ loss leader ’ — lines such as bread on which they were prepared to make a small loss if it lured people in . |
| 15 | I am a pensioner , but would be prepared to make a reasonable contribution to any costs involved . |
| 16 | The fact that only three west European companies were prepared to make a major commitment in such a key area was one more indication of how global the electronics industry had become . |
| 17 | CNP hopes to develop the Japanese approach of partnering , where a customer is prepared to make a heavy commitment to a single supplier in return for guaranteed quality , service and delivery . |
| 18 | Poland 's communists look prepared to make a formal surrender of their monopoly of power . |
| 19 | Nat West Chief Executive Tom Frost said : ‘ We are prepared to make a public commitment to supporting small businesses . |
| 20 | I do n't think I 'm prepared to make a public statement , but I think you 're very close to the truth there . |
| 21 | whilst the insurer was prepared to make an interim payment if providing indemnity they argued that the pursuer was not entitled to an award because he did not have the means to enable him to pay . |
| 22 | Assuming that the Court is prepared to make an interim payment , the amount it is empowered to make is : — ‘ such as it thinks just , not exceeding a reasonable proportion of the damages which in the opinion of the Court are likely to be recovered by the pursuer ’ . |
| 23 | If an asylum claim that is not justified under the United Nations convention is to be the means of obtaining settlement in the United Kingdom , we need at the very least to explain , particularly to the minority communities legitimately settled here , why their friends and relatives who would like to come and join them are not allowed to do so because they told the truth when they made their applications , whereas others who are prepared to make an unfounded asylum claim can remain indefinitely . |
| 24 | Indeed he treated his children 's holidays and an uninterrupted period of married life as a stern duty for which he was prepared to make the supreme sacrifice . |
| 25 | In early 1978 the Firefly was prepared to make the long road journey to its new home in Cambridgeshire . |
| 26 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 27 | If , as the Minister says , we recouped so much money on the Gulf war , may I ask him to explain why the Ministry of Defence is being so mean and tight-fisted towards some of those who were prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice during that war ? |
| 28 | It would be foolish to make a strong claim about the salience of the JC STRUT vowel for LE speakers on the strength of limited data like this , but it does appear that for some speakers , this point of difference between LE and JC falls below a " salience threshold " which leads it to be ignored for adaptation purposes , while for other speakers it is salient enough to be adapted , but not consistently . |
| 29 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 30 | In Ashbee [ 1989 ] 1 WLR 109 ( CA ) , the accused made a false application for a passport . |