Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 2 | Here again , Dohnányi 's view is markedly cool and crystalline , lacking the tension and reined-in emotion which make this piece work for me . |
| 3 | I drive to the Hope in my ugly , crusty car which makes horrible squeaking sounds in the rain . |
| 4 | Each ward should have a planned programme which makes full use of its learning opportunities . |
| 5 | Maxwell Davies has written for him a 20-minute piece which makes full use of these strengths . |
| 6 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 7 | In a very real sense , therefore , the employers , whether farmers or landlords — in practice it made little difference — were not part of the rural village community as far as the agricultural worker was concerned . |
| 8 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |
| 9 | Combining vaginal and rectal swabs , together with the use of a selective culture medium , improves the predictive value ( positive predictive value of 67% and a negative predictive value of 92% ) but only to a level which makes mass screening viable in areas with high rates of infection . |
| 10 | The Muslim community in Bradford , where Yasmin comes from , is very strong , and there had recently been a case which made national news of two Muslim sisters fighting for their right to wear their headscarves to school . |
| 11 | In 1914 the Board of Education initiated a new Education ( Provision of Meals ) Act which made this provision compulsory for all local authorities , provided an Exchequer subsidy , authorized feeding during school holidays and left the determination of need to the school medical officers who were to assess need purely on grounds of health rather than of parental income . |
| 12 | After the Reformation these traditions were regularized in a unique Poor Law which made each parish responsible for its own poor , and obliged it to finance its aid by levying a poor rate on its inhabitants . |
| 13 | It is a form of law superior to other laws — because ( i ) it originates in an authority higher than the legislature which makes ordinary law and ( ii ) the authority of the legislature derives from it and is thus bound by it . |
| 14 | The dialogue itself makes compulsive reading and there are many musical quotations and ideas to pursue . |
| 15 | I can remember one unfortunate teacher , faced with a whole class engaged in this feat , saying with a very red face , ‘ Any girl who makes that noise will have an order mark ! ’ |
| 16 | When they reached the Ferry Beach at New Passage they made all speed to the hospital and to the ‘ dead house ’ , which held seven coffins . |
| 17 | On his return he made common cause with Ben Tillett and others to establish a National Transport Workers ' Federation which had its first conference on 1 June 1911 . |
| 18 | The GP who made that referral should understand the options available and the implications of his referral . |
| 19 | And its the sorting which makes all money . |
| 20 | But it is the sad worldliness of the backstage banter which makes this play so interesting . |
| 21 | But within the fields of the subtle tattwas comprising the inner energetic format , matrix or tapestry which makes each creature what it is , each one also possesses subtle perceptive abilities , just as we do . |
| 22 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 23 | The room was silent save for the angry swishing sound she made each time she turned the magazine 's pages . |
| 24 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
| 25 | On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality . |
| 26 | It 's that stuff I made last year and |
| 27 | ‘ Then last night I made this promise to him . |
| 28 | The second major factor which makes chartered accountancy training unattractive to hard pressed small firms is study leave . |
| 29 | I had not yet learnt that every German soldier from private upwards had had an elementary political education which made this sort of argument child 's play for him . |
| 30 | In the non-European world it was the requirement to provide separate facilities for a complex hierarchy of class and race which made many railway stations larger affairs than they need otherwise have been . |