Example sentences of "but they make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proposals such as these aroused considerable debate in the 1930s ( particularly on the question of whether , for every job vacated by an older worker , a new one would be created for a younger person ) , but they made little headway with the National Government . |
| 2 | Bicker muttered to himself as he rode in front , but they made better time for the wind had not risen and the sun was almost warm . |
| 3 | Editor , — Martin E Wilkie and colleagues have prepared a comprehensive review on diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in adults , but they made several statements that are not necessarily firmly established or on which recent views have changed . |
| 4 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 5 | Not only are their resources in demand , but they make powerful appeals to instinct and emotion . |
| 6 | They do not ‘ solve ’ intractable problems , but they make other organizations carry the can for policy failures , a factor which commonly underlies systems which accord wide discretion to local governments . |
| 7 | Like the silkmoth , ants sense pheromones through their antennae ; but they make continual use of both antennae to keep them in the right direction . |
| 8 | Farther north Dargaville has a pleasant little club , mainly a weekend operation , but they make visiting pilots welcome . |