Example sentences of "and [verb] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presented with such explicitly racist material and asked to make intellectual sense of it , most people 's reactions are likely to be anchored to positions in which they have an emotional and material stake . |
| 2 | Halley claims that Sonnabend are disorganised and failed to make suitable contact with collectors and museums interested in his work . |
| 3 | In particular it covers the development of cost-effective , integrated responses to customers ' distribution and transport requirements and involves making in-depth study of customers ' needs , analyzing the data and then designing tailored packages making the optimum use of vehicle and warehouse resources , IT engineering and personnel . |
| 4 | She has reintroduced a Dutch Open , and has made impressive strides in terms of organising the first European-based Solheim Cup , the women 's equivalent of the Ryder Cup . |
| 5 | And it is specialised over the years in craft training , particularly in relation to the building and engineering trades , and has made unique provision in the district for the less able . |
| 6 | But Porterfield stressed : ‘ Kevin has done very well for us since coming into the side and has made important saves to keep us alive in some games . ’ |
| 7 | Although Aldo Ciccolini is Neapolitan by birth , he has lived in France since 1949 and taught at the Paris Conservatoire , and has made fine recordings of French piano music including works by Saint-Saëns and Satie . |
| 8 | The Scottish National winner enjoys shorter trips and has made rapid improvement . |
| 9 | Elsewhere in How to Read Pound remembers Landor and Browning , and has to make special provision to exempt them from these strictures . |
| 10 | Grammar explanations and practice exercises are rigorously signposted and cross-referenced to make sure students can find their way around the book . |
| 11 | ‘ The greatest thing is telling him there is no point going to his mainstream school any longer if he is not going to get around and that he 'll have to go to a special school — at which point he explodes in terror and starts to make special efforts . |
| 12 | Sometimes I caught the Feldwebel looking wistfully out of the window at a dilapidated horse and cart or an old man on a bicycle but he controlled himself and tried to make polite conversation . |
| 13 | This was the tonic which the nuclear industry had been waiting for — a government which was both strongly sympathetic to its point of view , and prepared to make firm decisions . |
| 14 | Every upward inch was fought for — I pressed , kicked and squirmed to make upward progress . |
| 15 | It appears that the only people that do want BST are the pharmaceutical companies who have genetically engineered the hormone and stand to make extra profits from its introduction . |
| 16 | That night in my areesh , wrapped warmly in my blankets , the wind rose again and began to make odd wind sounds as it pushed through the fencing . |
| 17 | The skimmed milk was fed to pigs but the Rowlands eventually decided it could be used more profitably and began to make low-fat yogurt and cottage cheese . |
| 18 | The squirrel was sleeping when she entered , but he woke instantly and began making agitated noises , obviously indignant at his captivity . |
| 19 | Mitchell bought it for $250 , and began making regular acquisitions of ancient American gold through dealers , auctions , and private collectors in New York , Zurich and London . |
| 20 | Perhaps the last word might go to L. R. McColvin , whose views on the relationship between book provision and demand make interesting reading 35 years after they were written . |
| 21 | Medical help is not then the main requirement , but it may be relevant : advice , advocacy and co-operating to make new resources available may all be deeply appreciated . |
| 22 | I am off next week to Holland by North Sea Ferries to check the route and start making detailed arrangements for this year 's run in October . |
| 23 | At a banquet held in his honour in the Chinese capital Beijing , his host , Lu Ping , Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China 's State Council , referred to Wilson as " our old friend " who , over the years , had made unremitting efforts to promote mutual trust and co-operation between the UK and China on the Hong Kong issue , on the basis of the Sino-British Joint Declaration , and had made useful contributions to the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong . |
| 24 | We found that in the long term a little under a third of the participating teachers had been significantly influenced by what they had heard and seen and had made major changes in their classroom practice as a result . |
| 25 | Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was , and had made alternative arrangements . |
| 26 | He had spent most of the day talking to the people of the exiled Court and had made copious notes . |
| 27 | Ulster 's Lord Chief Justice Hutton said Christie had carefully planned the murder and had made sustained efforts to evade being caught , showing that her ‘ residual mental responsibility was very considerable . ’ . |
| 28 | He had become a political exile in France in October 1990 , and had made public statements to the effect that he would not return to Albania until democracy had been restored there [ see p. 37792 ] . |
| 29 | Chairman Judith Eyles said : ‘ You were responding to an acute emergency and had made considerable efforts to avoid driving . ’ |
| 30 | However , the Commission believes that it should , and proposes to make legislative changes ( after ‘ appropriate consultation ’ with interested parties ) in time for the 1 January 1993 implementation date . |