Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] has made a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen Czerkas is an amateur American paleontologist who has made a name for himself by reconstructing lifelike models of dinosaurs . |
| 2 | An occasional treat or privilege for a child who has made a big effort to master a new skill or managed to give up a bad habit hardly comes into that category . |
| 3 | He lost Manoj Prabhakar , carried away by the exuberance of his own and everybody else 's strokeplay , but Kapil Dev survives - and he is the only Indian who has made a faster Test hundred than Azharuddin 's . |
| 4 | Until now the Magistrate had been in the position of a scientist who has made a discovery which he knows to be true but is unable to prove . |
| 5 | The medal is traditionally presented at the end of the city 's annual Science Festival to a scientist who has made a particular contribution to science and society . |
| 6 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 7 | His eyes were those of a chess-player who has made a good move . |
| 8 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 9 | The solution is not to abolish honorary degrees for this would remove the one means in the gift of the University of recognising a debt to a person who has made a contribution of time and service to the well being of the University . |
| 10 | I imagine she leaned eagerly over the desk towards me , as towards a pupil who has made a good point in his essay , smiling and nodding encouragingly . |
| 11 | Unfortunately the service may come to late for a childless woman who has made a desperate plea for an egg donor . |
| 12 | In drawing a miner he has made a self-portrait . |
| 13 | Alternatively , any firm which has made a definite decision not to seek authorisation must ensure that it understands what constitutes investment business and , having established that it can refer clients to suitable authorised independent advisers , avoid further involvement like the plague . |
| 14 | a geomorphologist who has made a substantial contribution which includes a considerable number of process-type contributions as well as some concerned more with evolutionary geomorphology , concluded after a review of three recent statements on the issue ( Dury , 1972 , p. 201 ) : |
| 15 | If your vet is n't up to date with this problem , I suggest you write to Peter Neville , the animal behaviourist who has made a study of pica . |
| 16 | In my garden it has made a swift transition from weed to wild flower to flower . |
| 17 | A customer who has made a major purchase may then realise that he needs other , smaller items . |
| 18 | For a discipline which has made a speciality of the modern world we are somewhat at a disadvantage compared to journalists . |
| 19 | In fact she has made a cryptic entrance already in the fifteenth line of this canto : ‘ … of Berengar his heirs was this Eleanor ’ . |