Example sentences of "make [noun] with the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There their numbers were swelled to 200 fighting men and 500 elders , women and children by the arrival of Looking Glass , who declared bitterly : ‘ Now , my people , as long as I live I will never make peace with the treacherous Americans .
2 Architectural and musical comparisons have been made to explain its structure , and numerological interpreters have made play with the mystical numbers implicit in its succession of twelve virtues , seven pillars , ten commandments , four seasons , five senses and five degrees .
3 And somehow , having made contact with the deepest part of herself , the woman often gives permission to that womb to flower .
4 PC Richard Parry said the car was very dirty and a detailed inspection failed to find any sign that it had made contact with the two pedestrians .
5 It followed growing pressure from within the ruling Communist Party for a dialogue with the opposition , and came after newly elected Communist Party leaders in the provinces had already made contact with the biggest opposition group , New Forum .
6 Others will normally have made arrangements with the departmental secretary for seeing students by appointment .
7 Anthea has only just stepped into Yvette 's shoes but has already made pals with the other presenters and , course , Bonnie the dog .
8 Our children , Ashton and Taler , fell in love with the Learning Together program , and soon made friends with the other children .
9 My detachment was not allowed to last , I was soon chatting to the ex-Lady Mayor of Portsmouth and later made friends with the Commanding Officer of one of the Army supply boats stationed on Benbecula with whom I was able to swap experiences in the Outer Hebrides .
10 Benny had made friends with the local tobacconist and when he walked into the shop at four-thirty-five on Monday he was immediately drawn into conversation .
11 On the other hand , there are those who have only an imperfect formal competence in a language but who by a combination of guesswork and intuition can somehow make contact with the aesthetic qualities of a foreign poem .
12 It also features the work of the Anglican Peace and Justice Network which recently made contact with the landless people of Pelotas , Brazil .
13 Through his research in Norway he made contact with the former secret agent Bernhard Bergersen who was keen to ensure that the Norwegian facts were correct .
14 Somehow she again made contact with the young man .
15 I also made contact with the local cycle touring group and did several rides with them at weekends and on Tuesday evenings .
16 If the loose ferrets make contact with the wounded rabbits they become preoccupied , stay where they are and do not resurface .
17 In addition it has been suggested that bureaux make contact with the social worker for the deaf at the local Social Services Department to ensure that the bureau has all the up-to-date information relevant to the deaf .
18 The substance to be odorous must have a measure of volatility , so that it constantly loses molecules which make contact with the olfactory sensitive region of the nose .
19 Make contact with the so-called " special clinic " ( department of genito-urinary medicine ) at your local hospital if you have any reason whatever to suspect that you may have contracted a venereal disease .
20 But if you run into problems , make friends with the helpful staff at the enquiry desks .
21 They walked to the edge of the tranquil water where Christina wrapped her long , slim legs around him , and they made love with the warm Caribbean lapping over them .
22 Mind you , we 'll still make sets with the old gauge low Bs in them , because some players do n't want to make the shift and some basses just are n't set up for strings that big . ’
23 It will target specifically chosen people in an effort to help them make links with the changing climate .
24 If it is not , the department will make enquiries with the competent authorities in other member states , asking them to reply within five working days .
25 Much of the other coursebook publishing consists of additions to series at both higher and lower levels : Nelson is publishing Signature Beginners and Synthesis Plus ( not to be confused with the already-published Synthesis Advanced , labelled ‘ new ’ in the Nelson catalogue ) ; OUP is producing Hotline Intermediate ; Longman has Blueprint Upper-Intermediate and Intermediate Choice ; Penguin is completing Making Waves with the fourth year 's work ; and CUP promises New Cambridge English Course 4 for the summer .
26 Making comparisons with the inter-war period of Polish history under Pilsudski , he asserted that " there is no set-up which would provide stability without the President as Prime Minister " .
27 Moreover , clientelism prevents the peasant making contact with the wider society .
28 These fenders rise and fall with the lock water level and prevent ships ' hulls from making contact with the concrete lock walls .
29 An unsigned internal letter dated 13 February to the operations staff at MEHQ states that Stirling was making arrangements with the Eighth Army for further raids .
30 They were accustomed to drop in on him between ten and eleven in the evening , when he could be an agreeable companion ; and he , who had spent so little of his life with women , surprised his colleagues by making friends with the celebrated actress Dorothy Tutin .
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