Example sentences of "[Wh det] made [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCoist could not train at McDiarmid Park yesterday , which made him no different from half of Roxburgh 's squad , but is healing at an encouraging rate . |
| 2 | Yet Politics among Nations is the book which made him a major figure in the discipline and its message is as we have described it . |
| 3 | It was another of those things , like the green car , which made him a less than perfect Moslem . |
| 4 | He said afterwards that he had understood Terry had come out just to allow him to reach his goal , but it was an unfortunate end to a splendid innings , which made him the first English batsman since Barrington in 1967 to score three consecutive centuries in a series . |
| 5 | He might have shed his Lindbergh-like naivete and enthusiasm for simple solutions which made him an easy prey to authoritarianism and the meretricious appeal of Nazis and fascists . |
| 6 | It was all of these factors and experiences which made him an outstanding teacher and a distinguished consultant ( perhaps the only person to be Chairman of the local association of the ICE and IStructE in successive years ) . |
| 7 | It was his success in this role which made him an obvious choice for prime minister , an essentially ‘ managerial ’ post . |
| 8 | From 1951 to 1953 he was president of the Royal Meteorological Society , which made him an honorary fellow in 1976 . |
| 9 | Which made her the last person to know how to handle this evening 's adventure . |
| 10 | Her great kindness and sense of humour will be long remembered , as will the enthusiasm and energy which made her an outstanding Teacher and Society Member . |
| 11 | In retrospect , Ceauşescu 's first important meeting with a Western head of state on equal terms took place in circumstances which made it a curious anticipation of his own downfall . |
| 12 | The dollar also became a principal source of liquidity for private transactions ( e.g. oil payments ) because of the dollar 's crucial position in the international monetary system , which made it a safe and acceptable medium of exchange . |
| 13 | The visual splendour and durability of gold which made it an outstanding symbol of excellence were matched by the fact that however widely distributed and keenly sought in nature it has remained rare . |
| 14 | It was the oldest Boeing remaining in existence which made it an historical treasure , and it was an interesting aircraft beyond that because it flew in so many of the old Hollywood movies . |
| 15 | But he added : ‘ It did n't require a great deal of insight in 1985 to appreciate that the business of Barlow Clowes was not at that time being run in a fashion which made it an obvious candidate for a licence . ’ |
| 16 | The reasons for the widespread development of the particular form of alphabetic literacy evident in Greece must clearly be sought in the social structure ; Goody and Watt , however , insist that ‘ considerable importance must surely be attributed to the intrinsic advantages of the Greek adaptation of the Semitic alphabet , an adaptation which made it the first comprehensively and exclusively phonetic system tor transcribing human speech ’ ( ibid. pp. 40–1 ) . |
| 17 | Boston ( 1086–1113 ) too is a planted town , its plan related to the curving banks of the River Witham along which came the trade which made it the second most prosperous town after London by 1206 . |
| 18 | That 's what made him a successful foreign correspondent . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That 's what made him a natural for Crocus . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We are falling away from what made us a good side . |