Example sentences of "it made [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made closer links to the army and the semi-fascist Falange movement . |
| 2 | Also , it made extra work for the cook . |
| 3 | It never came close to winning an election anywhere and , despite the fears of Harry Pollitt , the Communist leader , it made little impact in London dockland around Wapping . |
| 4 | It made little difference to the coal industry which continued to serve both . |
| 5 | It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn . |
| 6 | At the meeting the SOC finally ceased its efforts to amend the UN draft plan so that it made explicit mention of " genocide " , in reference to the appalling human rights record of the Khmer Rouge government of the late 1970s . |
| 7 | The creation of the autonomous region had been opposed by the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNFL ) , the largest of the separatist guerrilla organizations , on the grounds that it made insufficient concessions to Moslem autonomy and failed to meet the terms of the 1976 Tripoli Accord [ see p. 28440 ] . |
| 8 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 9 | It made pre-tax profits of 95.3 billion roubles in the year ending on January 1st 1993 ( $141m , at the average exchange rate for 1992 ) . |
| 10 | In 1992 it made pre-tax profits of £4.6m on sales of £80m . |
| 11 | Brewin was sold to management by Scandinavian Bank for about £6 million last year , when it made pre-tax profits of £1.4 million on turnover of £14.4 million . |
| 12 | It made five goals in nine League games for the 29-year-old Scot and earned high praise from Lawrence . |
| 13 | However , I 'm not sure it had much choice in the matter , given that it made great efforts in the 70s and 80s to change its image from an ineffective amateur body into a responsible and professional organisation . |
| 14 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 15 | It made brilliant use of a difficult site and united station and thoroughfare in a most satisfying way . |
| 16 | It made good use of two colours and presented a clear financial summary showing how each pound of income was used . |
| 17 | It made short work of our Windows performance tests , WinTach , clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3 . |
| 18 | In the upshot the SEA , whilst it made some concessions to the political aspirations of the EP , was notable chiefly for its powerful commitment to the economic concept of completing the internal market . |
| 19 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 20 | Following news that it was working on an open systems ‘ business specification ’ for commercial users and organisations ( UX No 373 ) , the X/Open Group Co Ltd is at last preparing make good some of the promises it made last year about giving users a bigger say in its affairs . |
| 21 | Rather , the fact that it made any headway at all bears witness to the degree to which wide sections of the British public became alarmed by the apparent drift of Chamberlain 's foreign policy . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ said Holly , as though it made any sense to her . |
| 23 | Not one word of it made any sense at all to him . |
| 24 | We know if it made any note of where we 're meant to be going . |
| 25 | Not that it made any difference to the dead . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think it made any difference to my career or Peter 's , ’ says Finney . |
| 27 | The Commission 's report was perhaps the turning point , for while it paid respect to the management it found ‘ to be totally dedicated to the railway with a high degree of pride in the service which came before financial reward in importance ’ , it made thought-provoking recommendations about management style and the need to set clearer financial objectives . |
| 28 | When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed Protocols 2 and 3 to the Nuclear Free Zone Treaty , it made interpretive statements of its commitments . |