Example sentences of "[noun sg] have made a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the computer has made a significant contribution to the processing of much of the routine data generated by office staff . |
| 2 | The company , which is now owned by British Aerospace has made a spectacular recovery from the heavy losses of the mid-eighties to announce pre-tax profits of sixty five million pounds last year . |
| 3 | I think Leonora Stem has made a tentative identification with a young Mr Thomas Hearst of Richmond who liked to come and play the oboe with the ladies . |
| 4 | The US company backed with British money has made a hasty deal to put its much-publicised camera on general sale in Britain after Easter . |
| 5 | LIVERPOOL 'S under-11 side has made a mixed start to the schools cricket season . |
| 6 | Where the defendant has made a voluntary interim payment before proceedings , the plaintiff must still plead the whole of his claim including any special damage for expense paid for by the interim payment . |
| 7 | The advent of the private car has made a greater percentage of the population mobile , we can reach many different areas today by private car . |
| 8 | Japanese industry has made a real effort to reduce energy use and particularly to cut oil consumption . |
| 9 | The sofa bed or studio couch has made a great difference to one-room living . |
| 10 | The new development has attracted a £2and1/4 ; million grant from the department of trade and industry ; a regional spokesman says foreign investment has made a huge impact on Telford . |
| 11 | A senior legal figure has made a strong attack on Government policy towards Scotland 's justice system . |
| 12 | The outcome of the research is embodied in a thesis written by the candidate , and the doctorate is awarded if the thesis is of sufficient standard and it is judged that the research has made a definite contribution to knowledge . |
| 13 | Whatever the rights and wrongs of a sad situation , the fact remains that the club has made a dreadful start this season — winning only four of their first 13 games . |
| 14 | The second defendant had made a large number of deliveries to and collections from the premises on Capricorn 's account . |
| 15 | The PR Department had made a good start in the CASB period with Colonel Glass in charge . |
| 16 | Vitor 's tactile greeting had made a sharp contrast with the gruff ‘ hello ’ which Leif had bestowed earlier , before turning all his attention to her . |
| 17 | Most importantly , punk had made a negligible impression in America , the world 's largest market , where 50 per cent of all records are sold . |
| 18 | He doubted that the injection had made a significant difference in the patient 's condition . |
| 19 | And they got a huge boost hours later when it was revealed that the president had made a spectacular recovery in the polls . |
| 20 | Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy . |
| 21 | Your children will inherit a world in which Basil 's influence has made a great contribution . |
| 22 | This work has made a great contribution to our understanding of the subject , although the structural diversity of port wine stains confounds the best attempts at mathematical modelling and there is no substitute for good clinical assessments and comparisons of different laser systems . |
| 23 | With the movement of responsibility for the Russian market from the UK to its Mountain View headquarters in California Sun has made a considerable drive in the scientific and academic markets in Russia . |
| 24 | It was a further miracle that the child has made a full recovery from the injuries he did sustain . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The Labour council has made a terrible mess of Sheffield , ’ he says . |
| 26 | CASH-starved Clwyd county council has made a fresh appeal to its staff to volunteer for redundancy or take early retirement . |
| 27 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 28 | Indeed , it was explicit in its judgment that the Public Order Act had made a new offence of prison riot unnecessary . |
| 29 | Within a few months , the child had made a full recovery and the condition has not returned . |
| 30 | The question was not whether the judge had made a wrong decision but whether he had inquired into and decided a matter which he had no right to consider . |