Example sentences of "[noun sg] have made a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drinks industry has made a gesture towards its concern about alcohol misuse by setting up the Portman group . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The president has made a habit of breaking election promises . |
| 4 | Could the professor have made a mistake ? |
| 5 | erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed |
| 6 | And yet the best form of relief for this boy whom grief had made a man would be in action . |
| 7 | Before that , however , the British High Command had made a decision of the utmost ineptitude . |
| 8 | Gulliver wanted to step down in August because of business commitments but was asked to carry on by chairman Wallace Mercer until the club had made a decision about a new stadium . |
| 9 | The opponent in the West seat had made a call of a weak 2 Hearts , which suggested that he had a 6 card Heart suit and not many high cards in his hand . |
| 10 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 11 | The young stranger had made an impression on Tess . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Following concerns expressed by the Visiting Group , a consultant has made a report on environmental conditions in the Library . |
| 16 | Sick of seeing Sunday morning ramblers waiting to catch car rides and buses out of the area , Cleveland County Council has made an offer it hopes walkers will not be able to refuse . |
| 17 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The ILEA had made a commitment to schools/industry curriculum development and had been one of the five pilot authorities in the first phase of the Schools Council Industry Project , now the Schools Curriculum Industry Partnership ( SCIP ) . |
| 20 | I told her that her precious sister-in-law had made a mess of my life yet again , so I suppose she felt obliged to make amends . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I am very disappointed that they wrote when the committee had made an agreement to take a non-confrontational approach with the health authority , ’ said Coun Scott . |
| 22 | The cat had made a sort of nest in one corner of the stables . |
| 23 | Perhaps the boy had made a mistake — perhaps he was supposed to report directly to one of the warehouses instead . |
| 24 | Whether the money has been borrowed for investment or for consumption , both borrower and lender have made a judgement about the viability of the project and its returns . |
| 25 | So many people have benefited from its help that this year the parish council have made a grant of nearly £2,000 to see that its work continues in the village . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | How would you establish at all reliably if a magistrate , politician , inspector , or teacher had made an error ? |
| 28 | The circumstances are , that the plaintiff had made an engagement to marry Ellen Nicholl , his uncle promising him to assist him at starting , by which , as I understand the words , he meant on commencing his married life . |
| 29 | Despite this coup I was disappointed to find at the end of our first month that the shop had made a loss of over three pounds which meant I was n't able to return a penny piece to Daphne . |
| 30 | The band had made an album with RCA for £30,000 and sold 500,000 copies around the world and had a Top Five hit with ‘ Crash ’ . |