Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] makes a [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , when life sentences are reviewed , the trial judge makes a recommendation to the parole board but complaints have been made that too frequently junior Ministers in the Home Office depart from the recommendation , usually by increasing the length of the period of imprisonment .
2 Mr X who is fully within the UK inheritance tax regime makes a gift to the settlement .
3 The LOB collocation dictionary makes a contribution to the recognition process that is significant to the 95% confidence level .
4 In cases involving the supply of goods ( which is the only case where consumer status makes a difference to the effect of a term in a standard term contract ) the definition is , of course , restricted by the third limb of the definition of " consumer " : the buyer only deals as a consumer if the goods are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption .
5 When a Kachin householder makes a present to his local chief of the right hindleg of every animal he kills , he is " saying " the same thing .
6 They can also exist , for example , when a government agency makes a grant to a private sector not-for-profit organization such as a charity .
7 ‘ Worst case : the Justice Department makes an application to the INS . ’
8 However , the present government 's stance on market forces makes a return to interventionist regional planning unlikely .
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