Example sentences of "have made [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of its pernicious effects television has made possible a degree of political education and communication between politicians and voters that was not possible years ago . |
| 2 | Subsequently , the MBC has made available a number of new premises for rent to processors and has generally tidied up and improved the area using Industrial Improvement Area procedures . |
| 3 | The University has made available a number of Hardship awards for students facing particular financial difficulties during the course of their studies . |
| 4 | For its part , the city has made available a site overlooking the Rickmers shipyard and will cover all the costs of creating and equipping a sculpture park . |
| 5 | The Marquess of Lincolnshire , a former Liberal Minister ( as Earl Carrington ) and confidant of Asquith , wrote in his diary on 8 December with emphasis , ‘ The general opinion is that Baldwin has made such a mess of it that he must go at once ’ , and on 18 December , ‘ There is a Chamberlain-Birkenhead intrigue going on backed by the ‘ Daily Mail ’ . ’ |
| 6 | This is the first time that the UITF has made such a recommendation to the ASB , which accepted it , and on 9 November issued FRED 2 , Amendment to SSAP 15 ( see p 96 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The money has made such a difference , ’ Elizabeth , 52 , acknowledges . |
| 8 | I decided I would carry the six-pound loss myself rather than admit to him I 'd made such a fool of myself |
| 9 | Having made such a set at London and subdued any important resistance on the continent the Germans turned their attention to the total destruction of Britain . |
| 10 | ‘ Having made such a botch-up on coal , it is amazing that the Government have been so bloody-minded as to push on full steam ahead without prior consultation with the industry and regardless of a potentially devastating impact on jobs . ’ |
| 11 | It may seem strange that Vitruvius , a Roman architect in the first century BC , interpreted by Palladio , an Italian in the sixteenth century , should have made such a mark upon Georgian England , but the values of Augustan Rome and Renaissance Italy have much in common with those of the Enlightenment . |
| 12 | Again , in that head-state , I could feel anger that I could have made such a mistake , and a determination it would n't happen again . |
| 13 | In any case , Liza 's mental state would have made such a journey alone with Celia quite impossible and Harriet was glad not to have to admit to this . |
| 14 | Because her stepmother would never have made such a suggestion . |
| 15 | But early users of the language would not have made such a distinction . |
| 16 | ‘ Surely an outsider , even another houngan , would n't have made such a distinction ‘ at once ’ ? ’ |
| 17 | I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’ |
| 18 | The defence is called " fair comment " — a misnomer , because it in fact defends unfair comment , so long as that comment is honest : " Every latitude must be given to opinion and to prejudice , and then an ordinary set of men with ordinary judgment must say [ not whether they agree with it , but ] whether any fair man would have made such a comment … |
| 19 | I 've made such a mess of things . ’ |
| 20 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't consider I 've made such a fool of myself ; these things happen . ’ |
| 22 | And I 've made those a lot ! |
| 23 | But few in Dowd 's experience had made such a commonplace of it as Godolphin . |
| 24 | For the next hour Fabia was alternately angry that he could take her to such heights only to call a halt when she responded too readily , and despair that he had made such a nonsense of her that she had n't known where the dickens she was . |
| 25 | The Irish Times on Oct. 26 published a taped interview , dating back to May 1990 , in which Lenihan admitted he had made such a call . |
| 26 | No wonder she had made such a fool of herself by fainting in the middle of Luke 's proposal . |
| 27 | Shelley watched them go , her heart full of admiration for his humanity and his talent — and bitterness because he had made such a fool of her . |
| 28 | It did not include a threat to cut off aid to governments guilty of human rights violations , although the UK reportedly had made such a threat outside the conference . |
| 29 | After six months we had made such a success of our little business that we took on a fourth girl and moved into the garage , as we now needed more space . |
| 30 | As soon as the area had been measured and surveyed , the work of cutting the new streets through the old teeming and tortuous maze of the centre had never before been attempted on such a scale , though Christopher Wren had made such a plan for 17th-century London . |