Example sentences of "[vb -s] make a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LASMO is one of the three companies which has made a gas discovery about six miles east of Scarborough off the Yorkshire coast . |
| 2 | Now in sporting legend the All Blacks take some beating … but when it comes to the greatest in any sport … there 's just one name … that 's Muhammed Ali … he 's over here at the moment and has made a surprise call on an Oxfordshire man reckoned to be his number one fan . |
| 3 | Terry Butcher , the former England centre half who was sacked as Coventry 's player-manager earlier in the season , has made a surprise comeback as a player . |
| 4 | WIMBLEDON champion Andre Agassi has made a surprise appearance at the All England Lawn Tennis Club for lunch . |
| 5 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER actor Peter Polycarpou has made a shock admission . |
| 6 | But do n't you think that th do n't you think that the fact that the father , I 'm speaking do n't you think that the fact that the father has made a capital settlement |
| 7 | Do n't you think that the fact that the father has made a capital settlement , that he has sometimes to travel to the other end of the country to see his child , do n't you think that should be taken into account . |
| 8 | The mother has made a phone call to the hospital asking after her daughter 's safety but she has not called back as promised . |
| 9 | Buckminster Fuller has made a life-time study of geodesic domes . |
| 10 | I recall that two years ago at the NFT he announced that his great ambition as a young man had been to become a movie director : now ( aided by director of photography William Lubtchansky and production designer Chloe Obolensky ) he has made a landmark television film . |
| 11 | During those sixty seconds of biological time , Modern Man has made a rubbish tip of Paradise . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend has made a sound point . |
| 13 | The ACPO in Scotland , as also in England and Wales , has made a policy decision about sponsored events which has brought about the above situation . |
| 14 | Gordon himself has made a mail work , sending short , threatening letters to 300 recipients , and Anand Zenz has designed a pinstripe suit ( ed.13 ) , woven by a tailor in Savile Row , but changing the stripe to a provocative text which can be read at close quarters . |
| 15 | Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop , who has made a lifetime study of the British Constitution , spelled out the constitutional realities as he saw them . |
| 16 | Thus if B orders goods on its terms and S responds by acknowledging the order on its own , different terms , S has made a counter offer ( see British Road Services Ltd v Arthur Crutchley & Co Ltd [ 1968 ] 1 All ER 811 ) . |
| 17 | He has made a counter claim . |
| 18 | Before leaving the accident site the investigator needs to make a wreckage plot showing where all the pieces of wreckage were positioned , in relation both to each other and to a fixed point on a large scale map . |
| 19 | ( Winnie has already been seen to have star potential — Harry Belafonte wants to make a TV miniseries about her . ) |
| 20 | Next year the EC has to make a budget plan for the following five years . |
| 21 | But this arrangement means that the baby , when it first emerges from her genital opening has to make a marathon journey . |
| 22 | The company intends making a beta version of the NT software available next month . |
| 23 | Mr Ashdown intends to make a keynote speech in Dunoon today , dwelling on the lessons he has learned from his private tours round Britain since the election . |
| 24 | He intends to make a dawn landing . ’ |
| 25 | If we discount the unscrupulous operator who is prepared to ‘ mine ’ his land for a quick profit , we are considering a responsible husbandman who aims to make a cash living whilst conserving and improving his capital , the soil . |
| 26 | If a customer ( importer ) of Albion Bank wishes to make a dollar payment for goods imported from the USA , then Albion Bank ( AB ) will instruct Big Apple Bank ( BAB ) to debit its nostro ( dollar ) account in New York and pay the required sum of dollars to the US exporter . |
| 27 | ( 6 ) Where a licensing board decides to make a closure order under this section , the order shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the closure order or has been abandoned . |
| 28 | Basic block 1 : the attacker begins to make a knife hand strike . |