Example sentences of "[det] [noun] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of the £33 million earmarked for 20 City Technology Colleges , that figure makes interesting reading . |
| 2 | Although each side made significant compromises — the bill 's proponents rewrote at least four of its sections whilst the Administration withdrew its objections to at least two provisions — they remained divided . |
| 3 | The Club took this opportunity to make several course alterations which were opened for play in August 1922 . |
| 4 | Could I also take this opportunity to make another appeal for all types of books and used magazines ( not necessarily AMNESTY ) to be sent to death row prisoners in the Caribbean . |
| 5 | In 1981 , however , this fundamental right was challenged for the second time in another case to make legal history . |
| 6 | Flourishing in sun or light shade , this stachys makes good ground cover under roses . |
| 7 | This self-censorship makes effective consultation and accountability impossible . |
| 8 | This inability to make explicit symmetry judgements contrasts dramatically with the preserved effect of symmetry on figure-ground segretation . |
| 9 | But Ninagawa stops the action every few minutes to make tiny adjustments . |
| 10 | under him , yet in practice he appointed an excessive number of them ; he compelled them to pay for their appointments , and in some cases to make annual payments to him afterwards . |
| 11 | Some cultures make extensive use of learned gestures and they do indeed have to be learned in the same way as one learns the word for " station " or how to refuse politely . |
| 12 | Some states made small denominations at this date , but these were not common and there was no regular supply . |
| 13 | Why do some authorities make greater provision for pupils with special needs than other authorities faced with the same Problems ? ’ |
| 14 | In recent years M.P.s have made use of this privilege to make defamatory allegations . |
| 15 | The introduction to this chapter made specific reference to the need for school management to plan the school 's path through the changing environment . |
| 16 | This chapter makes heartening reading , as does the entire book . |
| 17 | A few authors make multiple self-citations to their theses , presumably out of a desire for bibliographic completeness . |
| 18 | They flung each other off and stared for an instant , each of them aware that he was known , each conscious that this recognition made many things plain . |
| 19 | Some manufacturers make extra-long bags for taller people . |
| 20 | This act made working-class males a majority of the electorate in the country at large . |
| 21 | Some parents make regular use of extreme force . |
| 22 | ‘ Some parents make big sacrifices to send their children to independent schools . |
| 23 | Some judges make extensive use of shoulder headings ; some do not use them at all . |
| 24 | This contrast in rhyming helps to emphasise important points in each stanza as this difference makes these lines stand out . |
| 25 | If this picture makes some sense to you , then you need not read the rest of this paragraph . |
| 26 | The relatively short life cycle of an annual publication of this sort makes early action by both copyright holder and the law essential . ’ |
| 27 | For capitalism the land was a factor of production and a commodity peculiar only by its immobility and limited quantity , though , as it happens , the great opening of new lands at this period made these limitations appear relatively insignificant for the time being . |
| 28 | But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep . |
| 29 | Using the 100-inch telescope on Mount Wilson , in 1923 Hubble identified for the first time a cepheid variable star in a spiral ‘ nebula ’ ( M 31 in Andromeda ) , and proceeded in the next few years to make similar discoveries in several other such ‘ nebulae ’ . |
| 30 | From a practical standpoint , however , this distinction makes little difference . |