Example sentences of "[vb base] make a great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I have come to appreciate over the years , however , that the extra material they provide makes a great safety net .
2 The material researchers provide makes a great safety net .
3 We do make a great deal of fuss when children fail to match our expectations particularly when standards of behaviour are concerned .
4 Stress and conflict belong together , and the way we feel about what we do makes a great deal of difference to our inner store of pressures .
5 ‘ Anne — Miss Miggs , ’ began Christine breathlessly , ‘ we 've made a great discovery !
6 but I mean other than that , I , I , I 'd like to be dead cautious about that , I , I still think it 's early days , I know we 've made a great success , but it 's early days .
7 They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’
8 I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’
9 I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’
10 Pendle Consultants Ltd , the Yorkshire-based training and recruitment specialists , have made a great success of recruiting inexperienced staff after putting them through an unorthodox interview procedure , designed to reveal personal strengths and weaknesses of potential sales personnel , rather than stressing their previous experience .
11 The Mill Hill priests who started Sasse in 1939 have made a great contribution to the national life of this young African country .
12 Boldon , on the other hand , have made a great start with three successive wins .
13 I have no interest myself in Michener or a lot of the writers of very long sagas erm who have made a great deal of money out of it .
14 Various pundits and committees have made a great mystery about gluing .
15 I have to make a great effort to keep the tent tidy .
16 The 1982 A.G.M. was very poorly attended , especially by Q.T.s and we need to make a great effort to improve on this next year .
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