Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first problem at Llandrindod Wells was to estimate the numbers coming to the lake , so each night during the spring we made hourly circuits of the lake collecting all the toads we encountered . |
| 2 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 3 | They had to take many economic decisions in the course of each annual cycle , and according to their status and wealth they made different decisions from one another in various places and over the year . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Even during the much more disastrous Seven Years War she made strenuous efforts under the Duc de Choiseul to recover her lost seapower , and these were continued in the 1760s and 1770s . |
| 6 | Continuing up the easy gradient of the ridge we made frequent stops to admire the icy crest and fearsome north west face of Chamlang , soaring skywards . |
| 7 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
| 8 | The Greenlys moved to Clevedon for some time , in which district he made valuable contributions to Pre-Cambrian , Palaeozoic , and Quaternary geology . |
| 9 | And then for half an hour they make small talk . |
| 10 | Encourage her to come back more often you 'll not only sell the seats you 'll sell the drinks you 'll sell the ice cream you make good profit from those and every theatre and every promotional help is done . |
| 11 | Also in 1875 Townsend made his first tour to the Continent ; throughout his life he made regular visits to Europe , especially to northern Italy , where he developed a lifelong interest in architectural mosaics . |
| 12 | Had he been more self-assertive he might have risen higher in politics , but in his chosen field he made good use of his wealth and talents . |
| 13 | To this end he makes periodic counts , from the issue records , of the number of books on loan in each category . |
| 14 | During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 . |
| 15 | It is not even clear whether they travelled in a Japanese or a Chinese ship : but either way they made secret contacts with Thakin friends who agreed to accompany them back to Japan . |
| 16 | It was the responsibility of the Justices of the forest to see that the Forest rights of the Crown were not usurped , and for this purpose he made frequent use of sworn inquiries by the foresters and verderers and juries of knights and free men of the neighbourhood . |
| 17 | This time she made sure Maggie ate the meat and the pie herself , and forced her to drink a cupful of milk . |
| 18 | In fact we made rubber stamps for people in the office — the departments to go in , the bureau , and the stamp was the J because they were all photostated to that made this stamp just loved it . |
| 19 | In time they made new villages , cleared more land for crops and traded with the older inhabitants . |
| 20 | Thus , it is not uncommon to find Comte , Durkheim , Marx , and Weber all described as positivists , even though from many points of view they make strange bedfellows . |
| 21 | Mrs X- — ( a teacher ) used to like Indian food and there were quite a few Indian girls in the class , so in two or three lessons in the cookery class they made Indian food . |
| 22 | In the region they make electrical goods , including computers in Manchester , canned , bottled and processed foods such as biscuits , cat food and sauces , including Heinz baked beans in Wigan ; all manner of packaging and printing ; shoes , cigarettes and furniture . |
| 23 | At that time it makes good sense to separate males from females . |
| 24 | Levine , an investment banker at a prestigious Wall Street firm , was alleged to have been involved in insider trading over a period of six years , during which time he made huge profits while trading on the basis of material nonpublic information in the securities of companies . |
| 25 | During that time he made important progress in a number of directions . |