Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover the interpreter of a text has to make a decision on the relative importance of the different elements in a work , and he has to find a way of relating these elements to one another . |
| 2 | So , when the play starts making a lot , I get this extra money on top of my royalty ! ’ |
| 3 | There perhaps you would say the id is beginning to dominate the ego , but in accepting these extreme cases of , of psychotics who are severely divorced from reality , the , what always happens is the id has to make a demand on the ego which then gratifies it . |
| 4 | The drinks industry has made a gesture towards its concern about alcohol misuse by setting up the Portman group . |
| 5 | This chapter has made a number of points about the way in which PNP policy was formulated and communicated ; about the means and manner of its interpretation ; its substance ; and the strategies adopted to secure its implementation . |
| 6 | The president has made a habit of breaking election promises . |
| 7 | Erm y'know that that sort of thing when they when they y'know when they might be , when they feel when they feel that some some other bloke 's making an approach to them , when they feel that er y'know erm somebody finds them attractive , when they think that some other bloke has made a pass at them or something like that y'know they sort of react in a hostile way but y'know there 's that suspicion that mm er y'know kind of er it 's because they 're insecure about their masculinity , it 's because they feel threatened or something like that . |
| 8 | The group 's Snob subsidiary is steadily raising its sales per square foot and management has made a breakthrough at the previously troubled Peter Brown menswear acquisition , which has performed markedly better since June . |
| 9 | In general terms , any group of people wishing to carry on business under English law has to make a choice between three distinct legal forms of organisation , the company , the partnership and a hybrid known as the limited partnership . |
| 10 | Allegations that the expert has made a mistake will succeed only if the mistake is an error so fundamental that no expert is likely to have made it . |
| 11 | Following concerns expressed by the Visiting Group , a consultant has made a report on environmental conditions in the Library . |
| 12 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 13 | One party or the other will almost always be in a position to complain that the judge has made a mistake , that the " right " was his , not his opponent 's . |
| 14 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |
| 15 | But the tall Welshman aims to make a Eubank-Piper conflict equally appealing . |
| 16 | If a nonresident wishes to make a tax effective gift out of UK source income he should use a Deed of Covenant . |
| 17 | This means that the seller has made a return of 50 per cent on his initial investment of 200 in just five days while the buyer has lost 50 per cent of his initial investment . |
| 18 | Roberto Baggio , the new ‘ wonder boy ’ of Italian soccer , is not only an outrageously talented footballer , but he is also intelligent and responsible , a player who on his own initiative has made a series of public anti-violence appeals . |
| 19 | Team hopes to make a splash |
| 20 | When this happens the authoritative directive does make a difference . |
| 21 | The written call having the low exercise price starts to make a loss before the purchased call starts to make a profit . |
| 22 | The Federal Assembly has made a mess of the country 's name , rejecting the Czecho-Slovakia with a hyphen and finally agreeing on the Czech and Slovak Federated Republic ( CFSR ) . |
| 23 | Ansoff has made a distinction between : |
| 24 | My right hon. Friend has made a number of important points about the changes that will be necessary if European monetary union is not to do the country enormous damage . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend has made a sound point . |
| 26 | The court has made a direction to the local authority that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continuing involvement with a view to making an application in due course if thought appropriate . |
| 27 | ( b ) The child The child is entitled to respondent status in : ( i ) applications under Parts IV and V of the Act ( proceedings which relate to care , supervision , contact , child assessment , emergency protection and recovery orders ) ; ( ii ) applications under Part III of the Act ( secure accommodation orders and approval to the emigration of children in care ) ; ( iii ) any application for a residence order under s8 in relation to a child in care ; ( iv ) any family proceedings in which the court has made a direction for investigation under s37(1) ( see Chapter 3 , 1(b) ) and has either made or is considering whether to make an interim care order . |
| 28 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to make a speech about the constituency of Midlothian , he will have to do a lot more homework than he did tonight . |
| 29 | Uitsmijter has made a study of Maa . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's a deliberate pain to be honest but his yelling has made a difference . |