Example sentences of "[conj] making a [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A time may come when you decide , however reluctantly , that you have no alternative but to seek redress by complaining to an industrial tribunal or making a claim through the civil courts . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is vital to encourage talk after every new experience — whether that experience is obtained through reading a book , meeting an expert ( eg a museum curator ) or making a visit to a castle , a factory or a farm . |
| 3 | It is evident that Ollier ( 1981 ) , although making a plea for a more evolutionary geomorphology , does not cite the quantitatively expressed geophysical research and it seems unlikely that geomorphology can contribute in such areas unless it is willing to adopt the methods and language of other practitioners . |
| 4 | Guinness has maintained this tradition , believing that making a contribution to the society in which it prospers is as important today as it was when the company was founded . |
| 5 | It is necessary to understand the simple distinction between being a non-believer , and even in some respects opposed to religion 's influence , and making a judgement about the theoretical and practical importance of religion in human societies . |
| 6 | This does not , however , apply to a contract made by someone visiting the Ideal Home Exhibition and making a contract at a trader 's exhibition stand . |
| 7 | The plot , such as it is , involves Billy The Kid ( Emilio Estevez — cardboard characters a speciality ) being given a pardon by the Governor , shafted by politicians , springing his old mates from the nick , and making a run for the border pursued by another old mate who 's sold out to the law . |
| 8 | The plot , such as it is , involves Billy The Kid ( Emilio Estevez — cardboard characters a speciality ) being given a pardon by the Governor , shafted by politicians , springing his old mates from the nick , and making a run for the border pursued by another old mate who 's sold out to the law . |
| 9 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 10 | Hoccleve should apply to prince Henry for patronage and protection , using his talents as a scribe and making a translation on the duties of a prince . |
| 11 | He did n't pause to admire the car ( the car seemed like new : great ! ) but hurried inside , flinging off his coat with a hot gasp and making a lunge for the phone . |
| 12 | The Davenports ’ second cellar in Mary Barton , though described as a ‘ back apartment ’ , and making a difference in the rent of threepence , is fit for neither with its floor of evil-smelling mud and its grating through which drop ‘ the moisture from pigsties , and worse abominations ’ . |
| 13 | Her song was cut short when she saw the filthy knapsack sitting on the new , pink broadloom and making a smudge against the blush pink wall . |
| 14 | While the secular merchant retires for contemplation , the " religious " monk has been actively talking love and making a bargain with the wife . |
| 15 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 16 | At Christmas , 1843 , some of the boys became disorderly , breaking a wall and making a fire in the privy . |
| 17 | During adolescent years when we face the responsibilities of adulthood and the prospect of choosing a career and making a living in the world . |
| 18 | The counsellor is also to some extent directing the course of the discussions when making a selection from the many possible areas of interest . |
| 19 | I staked it and nipped out sideshoots as they appeared , exactly as one would when making a fuchsia into a standard . |
| 20 | 2.9 The first question , then , when making a claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 is to consider who can claim . |
| 21 | They have therefore decided , subject to shareholders ' approval , to introduce a new executive share option scheme and a series of savings related share option schemes for employees overseas as well as making a change to the UK SAYE scheme . |
| 22 | Gandhi might well regard that as making a fetish of the principle of ahi sā . |
| 23 | The main individual characteristics that have been incorporated , under neoclassicism , as making a difference to the culpability of offenders have been age , mental capacity and intent ( for instance , degree of premeditation ) . |
| 24 | The children built it themselves , underground , and it was their ‘ secret place ’ which they filled with useful domestic items as well as making a place for the gun . |
| 25 | Where there is a causal link between the grant of a rent-free period and the carrying out by the tenant of work to the property , and the tenant is obliged to carry out such work ( eg shopfitting ) , the tenant will be treated as making a supply to the landlord of an amount equivalent to the rent foregone . |