Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She comes into the room like a shy actress making a bad entrance , to find us poised round the door like actors on the set . |
| 2 | In a private agreement made a few months after the treaty was concluded , Bruce restored Henry Percy 's Scottish lands and he is said to have promised to restore the lands of Henry Beaumont and Thomas Wake of Liddel . |
| 3 | Fold in flour , cherries and ground almonds adding a little milk to make a fairly stiff dropping consistency ; the stiff consistency will help cherries to remain suspended evenly in cake while it is baking . |
| 4 | Vaughan loves to cook , but finds it a punishing way to make a living : ‘ People told me that there was no job harder than nursing , ’ recalls Vaughan , ‘ but they were wrong ! |
| 5 | There are slight stylistic differences in the execution of the relief work , and it may be that one cup is an exotic , a Minoan import , and the other was made by a Mycenean craftsman to make a pair ; on balance , I think it more likely that both are Minoan ( Figure 31 ) . |
| 6 | Indeed , the Copyright Designs and Patents Act now contains a specific right to make a back-up copy if necessary to the lawful use of the program concerned , section 50A . |
| 7 | Interestingly , Egan 's discussion of the concept of a working alliance makes a similar point ( Egan , 1986 ) . |
| 8 | Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it . |
| 9 | ‘ Now , Jane , suppose a boy in a foreign country makes a mistake , not a crime , mind you . |
| 10 | A medieval rabbi makes a similarly significant comment on the Exodus plague stories and a part of the Passover Eve ceremonies . |
| 11 | Paul Gascoigne 's career and his hugely expensive transfer to Lazio had been in doubt ever since his disastrous knee injury in last year 's FA Cup Final , but the night club fracas which brought about a further fracture made a successful recovery look still less likely . |
| 12 | A 17-year-old youth made a remark and the offence was committed . |
| 13 | Half a stuffed pepper makes a very good starter for a dinner party . |
| 14 | ‘ You shall learn of the law of avarice — a gluttonous trader makes a glutted market . |
| 15 | The omission of the verb gives an immediacy which would be missing from a construction such as It is a virgin scene ( where the present tense is a direct attempt to make a coding time and content time the same ) . |
| 16 | DURING the 1992 general election the people of the United Kingdom were not given a proper chance to make a decision about the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 17 | We welcome the Oxford Preservation Trust 's appointment of a German expert to make a report , with the County and City Council 's co-operating . |
| 18 | ‘ I need a fresh look to make a new start ’ |
| 19 | Thank God I 'm fully recovered , but I feel I need a fresh look to make a new start . ’ |
| 20 | Every ad is a fresh chance to make a blunder which opponents can seize on ; a badly conceived or badly produced advertisement or party political broadcast can alienate voters . |
| 21 | It is important to encourage a remaining parent to make a new will . |
| 22 | And he is quick to point out that it was a joint decision to make a serious bid . |
| 23 | You never get a second chance to make a first impression . |
| 24 | To sum up this section , we can say that the first phrase of a theme may be followed by a second phrase to make a complete sentence , either through exact repetition , or by various degrees of change which can extend to the introduction of completely new material . |
| 25 | Certainly , it is ridiculous to expect a minister to resign because a civil servant makes a mistake , even if the error be very serious . |
| 26 | How was it that a limited company made a contract otherwise than in the course of its business ? |
| 27 | The van is maintained by the company , but the representative pays for the petrol ( on the premise that it can be offset against tax and it is also a bigger inducement to make a sale ) . |
| 28 | Consider an actual case , the way in which a long-tailed tit makes a strong , cryptic and well-insulated place in which to lay eggs . |
| 29 | The court assumes that , if the ground-rent was ‘ a burden incident to the taking of the lease ’ or ( Lord Denman C.J. ) ‘ a necessary burden on the premises , ’ the plaintiff 's promise to pay it would not have been a sufficient consideration : a promise to make a gift of onerous property is still a mere promise to make a gift , though the promisee agrees to assume the burden . |
| 30 | The duties of a trustee may be indefinitely varied by the terms of the instrument which creates the trust , and may range from a mere duty to make a legal conveyance to the beneficiary at his request , and in the meantime to permit him to possess and enjoy the property , to extensive and onerous duties of management , sale , investment , and application of capital and income . |