Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a business contact who has made serious threats . ’ , |
| 2 | Indeed Butzer is a geographer who has made great contributions in defining a field of Pleistocene Geography which was the term used as a subtitle for his book on Environment and Archaeology first published in 1964 . |
| 3 | Mr Morton , who has made many speeches on the need for an integrated and planned transport policy , would in any case be unlikely to relish the job of breaking up the rail network . |
| 4 | He is hardly someone who has made friendly remarks about the coal industry of late . |
| 5 | Livermore said : ‘ He 's a clever footballer who has made tremendous strides , bearing in mind he 's only 18 . |
| 6 | He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path . |
| 7 | Potential sales of his device could be huge , says Mr Garnett , who has made two trips to the US to visit officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency . |
| 8 | So far , the only person who has made that suggestion is the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 9 | And if you get an interview you are more likely to succeed if you can prove that you are a positive person who has made demonstrable efforts to counteract the ill-effects of being unemployed and have managed to put your time to constructive use . |
| 10 | Philip Weston , who has made steady progress , was named as captain of England Under-19 for the three-match series with Sri Lanka . |
| 11 | Arguably the player who has made most progress since the European triumph last May , the 19 year-old Glasgow University student is already planning a full-time career in the sport following his graduation this summer . |
| 12 | There are pros and cons , and everything really depends upon the main interests of the observer ; for example , anyone who wants to make regular studies of the Sun will be far better off with a refractor , while the deep-sky enthusiast will in general prefer a reflector . |
| 13 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's not the sort of girl who wants to make political statements with her music . |
| 15 | What of the victim , be it child , young girl or mentally inadequate woman , who fails to make any demonstration of lack of consent because she does not appreciate the nature of the act or lacks the capacity to understand its significance ? |