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 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Following concerns expressed by the Visiting Group , a consultant has made a report on environmental conditions in the Library .
15 ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’
16 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 .
17 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 ) .
18 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 . ’
19 The cat had made a sort of nest in one corner of the stables .
20 Perhaps the boy had made a mistake — perhaps he was supposed to report directly to one of the warehouses instead .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 ) .
26 Ansoff has made a distinction between :
27 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 .
28 My hon. Friend has made a sound point .
29 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 .
30 ( 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 .
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