Example sentences of "made a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROBERT Dunlop made a marvellous start to today 's North West 200 when he scored an easy win in the 250cc race , even though the contest was spoiled somewhat when two of the favourites Jim Courtney and especially Phillip McCallen fell off . |
| 2 | The story goes that ealy in the last century the then owner , a reverend David Edwards made a good marriage to a rich but stout lady , Miss Purnell . |
| 3 | Interest in all this is being displayed not only by the United States , Germany , France and Italy , but also by India and China , whose students , I was told , made a worthwhile contribution to the work of the Rutherford-Appleton . |
| 4 | These reforms made a major contribution to the stability of independent Tanzania 's administration . |
| 5 | But Bregawn was the winner , and the £45,260 he earned that afternoon made a major contribution to the £358,837 prize money which saw Michael Dickinson champion trainer again that season , with 120 winners in all — a record total — from 259 runners , a strike rate just short of one in two . |
| 6 | The exhibition catalogue , illustrating and analysing its rich array of paintings and photographs , models and mock-ups , artefacts and ephemera , made a major contribution to understanding the multi-faceted role of the railway station both in our lives and in our dreams . |
| 7 | Alan was dominating in the air and solid and reliable in the tackle , so that he was a perfect defender for a team marshalled by Manager Dick Graham and he made a major contribution to Palace 's progress , deservedly becoming Palace 's captain while also earning England Under 23 honours . |
| 8 | The launch of Compact also provided a focus for debate about business and education links and the partners here made a major contribution to our thinking , delivery and evolution of a COMPACT scheme . |
| 9 | Colleges made a major contribution to that work , an activity , as with In-Service generally , for which they would lack both credibility and resources were their teacher education work to be further reduced , as the proposed reforms threaten . |
| 10 | Although Bullock undoubtedly made a major contribution to the teaching of English , there is still much to be done . |
| 11 | She made a major contribution to Macmillan London , which she leaves as a profitable and successful part of the group . ’ |
| 12 | Trials at his collieries of new ventilating methods , such as the fan and high-pressure steam jets , were widely discussed , and he made a major contribution to the most efficient method of mining coal simultaneously in adjacent seams . |
| 13 | He then made a major contribution to the development of the internal combustion engine , originating the use of aluminium for pistons . |
| 14 | The few surviving reports of cases heard in King 's Bench during the period he was a justice ( 1295–1316 ) do not suggest that he made a major contribution to the work of the court . |
| 15 | He made a major contribution to production methods in the railway 's workshops and to the use of improved metallurgy , in locomotive and rolling-stock construction , as well as being an advocate of the use of superheated steam and compound expansion to increase locomotive power and efficiency . |
| 16 | He also made a major contribution to local history through his editorship of the series of pamphlets produced by the local branch of the Historical Association . |
| 17 | Here he describes the unprecedented amount of sculpture he has found , whose quality demonstrates that the sculptors of Aphrodisias were no mere copyists but artists ofa distinctive school which made a major contribution to ancient art . |
| 18 | Showing that the role of Christian institutions and churches was central to the fortunes and misfortunes of the languages , Victor made a major contribution to our understanding of Scottish Gaelic in the religious context , particularly in his outstandingly fine third chapter , entitled Evangelical Religion and the Rise of Literacy in the Mother Tongues . |
| 19 | Our efforts last year were completed when we made a major presentation to the fund at a prize-giving in October . |
| 20 | But they had a lively fear that enclosure might rob them of their valuable rights — rights which made a real difference to their standard and their mode of living — in the interests of the large freeholders and a corporation known to be corrupt . |
| 21 | Although she was asleep , I whispered , I forgive you , and made a mental note to be more professional in the future . |
| 22 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 23 | ON A night of hat-tricks in the Littlewoods Cup last night , Michael Thomas made a powerful case to be considered as an England understudy for the Polish expedition should Bryan Robson suffer a relapse , writes Neil Morton . |
| 24 | There was something about this part of France that made a powerful appeal to her imagination and emotions . |
| 25 | Lord Burlington was an outstanding and resplendent figure , not only was he a Knight of the Garter , but also Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards and Governor of Greenwich Hospital , and he made a serious contribution to that age , although it is his contribution to the arts and architecture for which he is most remembered . |
| 26 | THE selectors made a serious start to the job of digging English cricket out of its present hole by bringing four virtual newcomers to Old Trafford despite the resounding defeat . |
| 27 | In 1256 Henry III granted by charter to the burgesses of Scarborough that ‘ no forester may enter the borough to make attachment for trespasses within the Forest [ of Scalby ] ’ and in 1348 Edward III made a similar concession to the burgesses of Penrith for Inglewood Forest . |
| 28 | The following month they made a similar objection to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers beating the retreat in Shipquay Street . |
| 29 | He made a similar reply to another member who insisted that radio should give better publicity to what MPs said in the House : it was not , he said , the job of his Ministry to build up the reputation of individual MPs . |
| 30 | About ten years ago the agriculture ministry , which runs the agency , made a half-hearted attempt to staunch its losses . |