Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] makes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Maeve could be Kali , or even Mammy Water the lake goddess of Nigeria 's Ibo-land who makes beautiful women mad so she can possess their boyfriends . |
2 | I can remember one unfortunate teacher , faced with a whole class engaged in this feat , saying with a very red face , ‘ Any girl who makes that noise will have an order mark ! ’ |
3 | Every teacher who makes excessive sacrifices in the time and attention needed for his own personal growth to the demands of the organisation within which he works or to its students is ultimately denying to that organisation and those students the very knowledge , understanding and skill which it is his professional responsibility to offer . |
4 | The pragmatist who makes this argument tries to build political responsibility out of ordinary , nonpolitical principles of morality . |
5 | Fred is the person who makes confident assertions like this . |
6 | Somehow you do n't seem to me like a man who makes idle threats . ’ |
7 | Though he was an adequate mariner , he was by no means an expert fisherman , being the sort of man who makes more conversation than profit from his catches ; but after a trip across to Plymouth early in the new year , he returned looking exceedingly pleased with himself , dressed in finer clothes than were often seen on the Polruan side of the Fowey , and full of the news that he intended to commission John Knollys to build him a bark of a hundred tons . |
8 | Scores ( the total of correct answers ) are given to the headteacher who makes year-by-year comparisons for classes and individual children . |
9 | An example of terms routinely implied in contracts of sale is that where goods are ordered from a manufacturer who makes such goods , it is implied that the goods are the manufacturer 's own make and supplied under his normal label for the brand ( see Johnson v Raylton ( 1881 ) 7 QBD 438 ; Scaliaris v E Ofverberg and Co ( 1921 ) 37 TLR 307 ) . |
10 | This is not the kind of guy who makes polite conversation . |
11 | The delay in his transfer over his sports shop confirmed Chapman 's estimation of him , for he admired players who sought to protect their own interests : ‘ This is an indication to me that the player who makes this demand has intelligence . ’ |