Example sentences of "which [vb past] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today 's protest sprang from the West Ham bond scheme which aimed to make loyal fans pay skyhigh prices to guarantee longterm season tickets . |
| 2 | The formation of the Film Society in 1925 , which aimed to make British filmmakers aware of the creative possibilities of the medium by screening the most artistically adventurous films being made in Russia , Germany and elsewhere , had caused some confusion in the commercial film industry , which rightly saw the Film Society 's platform as a blast against the prevailing aesthetic orthodoxies . |
| 3 | I was having a saline transfusion day and night , and unfortunately my blood kept clotting , which necessitated making fresh holes in my arm and legs . |
| 4 | Bickford himself fell seriously ill before his fuse could be manufactured in any quantity , and it was only after his death in 1834 that a factory was established in Tuckingmill which continued to make various types of fuse , seldom departing very far from the original specifications , for almost 130 years . |
| 5 | During the last working session of the UNCLOS , arrangements were made to give guaranteed access to those countries and companies which had made substantial investments in deep-seabed mining in the past . |
| 6 | He stood , in Tolkien 's view , for all that was good in the Dark Ages — for the heroic awareness of heroic fallibility which Tolkien thought he could detect in Beowulf and in Maldon , for the spark of virtue which had made Anglo-Saxon England ripe for conversion ( a process carried out without a single martyrdom ) . |
| 7 | Her willingness to talk verged on a compelling need and after all his previous attempts to gain her confidence , which had made little headway , he knew he must not let such an opportunity pass him by . |
| 8 | Under the privatisation proposal it was offering almost £14million for the rest of PPFE , which had made little progress since the Hong Kong flotation . |
| 9 | The Authority was less successful in its attempt to ensure that disciplinary proceedings were brought against a detective superintendent , whose early retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 1989 meant that he avoided questions about his links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs , queries that had arisen after a World in Action television programme which had made serious allegations about corruption in the London police . |
| 10 | He mentioned oil , chemicals , engineering and electrical engineering , all of which had made solid progress . |
| 11 | It was Britain which had made sure finance ministers would be at the summit so the recovery talks can go ahead , he said . |
| 12 | Speaking at SE 's headquarters in Glasgow , he said the new estimate compared with about £28 million earned in 1992 by Scots companies which had made initial ventures into the emerging markets , helped by SE 's energy group and Scottish Trade International . |
| 13 | It draws on data collected during 1992 from three contrasting health districts , all of which had made considerable progress in care programming . |
| 14 | On the heathland of north-west Norfolk many poor men of no military value were ignored until taxed on wages in the subsidy ; above the £1-level people there resembled those who lived farther to the east , except that the outstanding men were great landowners and yeomen , in contrast to the north-eastern district , where peasants were firmly entrenched , usually taking the initiative over enclosure , which had made more progress there . |
| 15 | The council , which had to make severe cuts in its budget , is offering the handouts through the Government 's Urban Programme and the fund can provide grants of up to £1,000 . |