Example sentences of "[noun sg] make [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story . |
| 2 | Superb 3-D and a Dave Whittaker soundtrack make it a real high-flyer . |
| 3 | His dribbly nose , crooked teeth and cheeky Cockney accent made him an obvious classroom victim . |
| 4 | He told Johnson that Warburton ( the combative English divine and man of letters , whose generally controversial national presence made him a common topic of Johnsonian conversation ) had a close relationship with an unnamed ‘ eminent printer ’ . |
| 5 | If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism . |
| 6 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 7 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 8 | The city 's site on the Isthmus made her a natural centre for trade , and the aryballos seems to have been created to meet a new need : to bottle scented oils , imported from the East , for re-export east and west . |
| 9 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 10 | Landor 's want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor , and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes ; but in energy and resourcefulness , in courage and power of endurance , he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers . |
| 11 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 12 | And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club . |
| 13 | The GXA Gaintec S3 graphics accelerator card makes it a good Windows workhorse . |
| 14 | The central location of the Plough makes it the ideal venue for both business and pleasure . |
| 15 | Brown ‘ boiled-up cow ’ type glue is holding the all-solid construction together remarkably well , and the high action makes it the perfect instrument for playing bottleneck and slide blues . |
| 16 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 17 | He was only eight when Bruce Lee , whose 1973 film Enter the Dragon made him an international star , died mysteriously aged 32 . |
| 18 | Moreover , her individual sense of fun and fantasy made her an enchanting companion , though a neurotic strain was also apparent . |
| 19 | What features of the city plan make it a pleasant place for outdoor recreation ? |
| 20 | The apparently unbridgeable gulf between him and his contemporaries in terms of sheer footballing skill made him an exceptional and enormously wealthy black man , after a childhood spent amidst the poverty and squalor of Bauru ( see Pelé and Fish , 1977 ) . |
| 21 | She was not able to hear well enough to take shorthand , but her pleasant personally and conscientious work made her a valued member of staff . |
| 22 | Ironically , Johnson 's lawless image endeared as much as it repelled. he was obviously a player who was easily unhinged but in the odd chemistry of Scotland 's footballing psyche , his recklessness made him a dangerous but likeable rogue . |
| 23 | Health experts would undoubtedly argue that Sara 's blasé attitude makes her a prime target for infection . |
| 24 | It is prone to shrinking and should be pre-shrunk during the manufacture to make it a good buy . |
| 25 | The Act makes it an absolute offence for a shopkeeper to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco product to young people . |
| 26 | When he came to Arsenal , James told Chapman in no uncertain terms that he did n't like his plan to make him a scheming inside-forward . |
| 27 | Sunday 's dynamic , no-nonsense , no-holds barred mood makes it a go-ahead time . |
| 28 | Mercury is a small planet , which combined with its small angular separation from the Sun makes it a difficult planet to observe . |
| 29 | This loneliness makes it an ideal home for the red kite — a rare and nervous bird . |
| 30 | Projects include : expanding the Museum to make it a live wartime HQ with ‘ operational briefings ’ being given to visitors ; Bomb aimer 's simulator ; air gunner 's simulator ; intelligence room ; crash recovery room ; building a memorial garden which will be dedicated to Canada ; refurbishing and fitting-out the Great North Road 's most famous landmark , the Grand Old Duke of York 's ‘ Temple ’ , as a memorial chapel to those who died serving in 6 Group . |