Example sentences of "made [det] impression " in BNC.

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1 The protest vote theory , though valid , was not sufficient to explain why 2 million adults took the trouble to vote for organic smallholders and kindred green souls who had hitherto made little impression on the political scene .
2 Although it impressed both Cicero ( 106–43 BC ) and Virgil ( 70–19 BC ; ) , the Epicureanism on which it was based made little impression on the Romans , except for its hedonistic aspect .
3 The gangling , boyish 28-year-old Canadian actor had made some impression as an innocent in The Flim Flam Man ( 1967 ) and as a Malibu beach bum in The Sweet Ride ( 1968 ) , and seemed to have promise .
4 Without Bully , her Red Riding Hood character would not have made much impression , but with the black-faced wolf-like dog following her she won loud applause .
5 Whether or not such strategies exist , numerous European electronics companies have tried to enter the US market , but few have made much impression and even fewer much profit .
6 While recent scientific findings about sleep patterns receive regular exposure in the media in popular N science programmes and in magazines , there is little evidence from the results of the Hull survey that they have made any impression on the public mind .
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