Example sentences of "make the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was Freud who made the first extensive use of hypnosis to probe the depths of the subconscious mind . |
2 | George Bush made the first Supreme Court appointment of his presidency on July 23 when he nominated David H. Souter , a federal Appeals Court judge , to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice William J. Brennan . |
3 | He built , to his own design , the steamship Robert Fulton , which made the first successful ocean voyage off the east coast of America , sailing from New York to Havana . |
4 | The following day , Darwin made the first evolutionary entry in his current pocket notebook ( known as the ‘ Red Notebook ’ ) : ‘ When we see Avestruz two species . |
5 | When W. S. Rockstro made the first thorough-going attempt at a life of Handel in 1883 , he had before him a list of no fewer than 53 likenesses made during the composer 's lifetime . |
6 | Sir Simon Fraser , one of the few veterans , made the first practical proposal . |
7 | In 1972 the Local Government Act made the first major change in the local government system of England and Wales ( apart from the restructuring in London , which took place in 1963 ) , since the nineteenth century . |
8 | Ministers from all 15 member countries , attending the fourth Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ( APEC ) conference in Bangkok on Sept. 10-11 , made the first significant move towards formalizing the loose APEC forum by approving the establishment of a permanent secretariat in Singapore [ see p. 38580 for third ministerial meeting in Seoul in November 1991 ] . |
9 | And in 1923 the company made the first published record by a reigning British monarch , King George V and Queen Mary 's ‘ Empire Day Message to the Boys and Girls of the British Empire ’ ( 34 ) . |
10 | So says Charles Munn , who made the first known sighting of this small parrot in 1985 , at clay-eating cliff in Peru 's Manu National Park . |
11 | In 1934/35 , Frank Fraser Darling made the first intensive study of deer , and his book A Herd of Red Deer is still a valuable source book . |
12 | Cody was largely responsible for the engine installation of the airship which flew in 1907 , and he designed and constructed the machine on which he made the first powered aeroplane flight in Great Britain on 16 October 1908 . |
13 | Undaunted , he returned a week later and made the first clean ascent . |
14 | The Celtic player Davie Hay and the late Hibernian full back Erich Schaedler made the first brave attempt , but they chose a defective boat and capsized almost immediately . |
15 | We made the first free-jazz record , with no plan , just improvised . |
16 | In 1836 a Professor James Forbes made the first recorded ascent of Sgurr nan Gillean with Duncan MacIntyre , a local forester , as guide . |
17 | But it is sometimes forgotten that as far back as 1909 he built his own aeroplane in which he then made the first recorded flight over Ireland . |
18 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
19 | And if , one day , the pick-up does catch on over here with the vigour of Ray-Ban shades , Zippo lighters and Levi jeans , it will make the last great fashion car , the Golf GTi , look about as silly as velvet loon pants . |
20 | Not until 1793 did Sultan Selim III make the first serious effort to establish permanent Turkish diplomatic missions in the main European capitals ; and these were unsuccessful and short-lived . |
21 | She had come to painting late but after the exhibition of ‘ Angela ’ in 1900 , an Impressionistic portrait of a woman at a mantelpiece in a shimmering , full-skirted dress , she was made the first female member of the New English Art Club . |
22 | SENIOR office-bearers in one of the Scottish National Party 's Lanarkshire branches have made the first formal call for the party leader , Alex Salmond , to resign . |
23 | Sir John Cockroft , the Director of Harwell , had won a Nobel Prize for his 1932 work where , with the prototype high energy nuclear accelerator , he and Ernest Walton had made the first artificial disintegration , or fission , of atomic nuclei . |
24 | Dave Walsh and Roger Mear have made the first British ascent of mighty Nanga Parbat , 8,165 metres . |
25 | There were four bids of 4,000gns and over with the two-year-old Zhaab from TJ Harding of Hardhurst , Walton , Brampton , making the second top figure of the day at 4,400gns when he was snapped up by J Tully of Bowenhill , Teviothead , Hawick . |
26 | Hornby and Barlow also climbed the South-East Ridge of Mount Crossons , making the second British ascent following Roy Ruddle 's in 1991 . |
27 | One , however , qualified for the distinction of making the first electrical recording to be sold to the public . |
28 | She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford . |
29 | In the 74th minute Furlong forced Cherry to make the first serious save of the match , and soon afterwards the goalkeeper had to turn a shot from Flynn round a post . |
30 | Recognising this problem led scholars in the area to make the first serious use of what are called longitudinal studies . |