Example sentences of "make [art] big " in BNC.

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1 After a succession of jobs as bellhop , waiter , car-park attendant , like a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in this aquatic Hollywood , he has built a career out of surfing big waves .
2 The size of the holes , and the thickness of the surrounding bubbles of enriched galaxy formation , depend on the details of the perturbations fed in to the idealised model calculations , and this offers hope that better observations of these holes in the Universe may reveal information about the kinds of disturbances that made the big bang of creation develop irregularly .
3 — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time .
4 In 1980 , Dirk Coetzee made the big time in the South African Security Police .
5 I always wondered what made the big difference between the last rates bill for Brent and the present arrangements ; now I understand that it was the £140 reduction .
6 The moment last year when the JET scientists made the big breakthrough … producing energy from nuclear fusion … the joining of atomic particles .
7 New and expanded towns experienced the highest rates of population growth in the 1950s and 1960s , but in absolute terms it was the medium-sized cities , like Bristol , Leicester , and Southampton , which made the biggest contribution to overall population increase .
8 More significantly , the Government yesterday made the biggest effort yet to defuse the row by saying the two Central Office officials ' visit had been cleared by the Tory chairman , Sir Norman Fowler , but Major himself had known nothing about it .
9 In Scotland , sanitary waste made the biggest impact — 38 individual items were found per kilometre , compared with 27 plastic bottles and the same number of cans , and five plastic six-pack holders .
10 Come in with me as my lieutenant , and we 'll make the biggest fortune ever seen in Cornwall .
11 DALTON Grant , Britain 's high jumper who threatened to ‘ make the big boys sweat in Barcelona ’ flopped out and could only reach 2.15 metres — near the bottom of the list .
12 The page layout software and the laser printer make the big difference compared with traditional methods .
13 Eat early Make the big meal breakfast and take the smallest in the evening .
14 I suppose that the common denominator in on-the-road campaigning is the commitment it requires , especially from the volunteer workers in the constituencies who make the biggest sacrifice .
15 The people who make the biggest contribution to profit are those who take a pride in being the best .
16 Of all lights in the room these make the biggest difference and are a blessing since you can plug them in and put them behind plants , or in corners , or behind large pieces of furniture to give a beautiful , dramatic accent light , creating mood and interest that could never be imagined by day .
17 ‘ First , had I chosen to have an abortion or for him to be allowed to die , I would have made the biggest mistake of my life .
18 For economic or social reasons ( plus a sweet tooth ? ) it was they who seem to have made the biggest dietary switch from meat , fish and wild plants to largely maize , which , being rich in carbohydrates , caused their teeth to decay more markedly than before .
19 CARDIFF rugby club have made the biggest signing in their history .
20 Within a few months , Charles firmly believed he had made the biggest mistake of his life .
21 Unlike HP , which has so far made the biggest splash enticing the mainframe software vendors to port their applications to its platforms , Sun is less likely to pay up-front for the porting work , preferring to spend the money on joint marketing .
22 I was so afraid tonight when you did n't show up that I 'd made the biggest mistake of my life in letting you go back to England without trying to extract a promise from you . ’
23 On April 29 , JS sponsored a lunch at Stationers ' Hall in the City of London held to honour the person identified by the horticultural industry as having made the biggest contribution to commercial horticulture in 1992 .
24 Customs officers at Dover have made the biggest ever heroin seizure in Britain ; it 's sixty kilos with a street value of ten million pounds .
25 Oxfordshire snooker star Tessa Davidson has made the big break into the game 's elite .
26 Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘
27 It 's no longer merely a handful of advocates who wonder why someone with such high-calibre material has n't made a bigger dent in the global public 's consciousness .
28 The pity of it was that she had n't made a bigger part for herself in the night 's scenario ; she was getting polite nods and hellos from people that she already knew slightly , and curious glances from most of the others .
29 The regulators have made a big effort to prevent KKR 's involvement openly breaching the famous walls between banking and commerce .
30 Living with the family in Richmond is bewildering , and although I would never admit it I feel as though I have made a big mistake .
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