Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She makes an obscene gesture . |
| 2 | She is unable to define a radical alternative to agricultural improvement , yet she makes an interesting defence of the rights which are being threatened . |
| 3 | If she makes an old-fashioned choice and lovingly tends a garden and a bumper crop of children , she rates louder Hosannas than ever before . |
| 4 | ‘ With his business training and keen sense of duty , he makes an admirable country gentleman ; on all Boards , on all Committees , on all Councils , in politics , and generally in affairs , he is to be counted on and depended upon ; he brings an admirable sense of rectitude and a very kindly heart to bear on public business . |
| 5 | By section 2(8) a statement by a person in response to a requirement imposed under the section may only be used in evidence against him in proceedings for making a false or misleading statement or in proceedings for some other offence where in giving evidence he makes an inconsistent statement . |
| 6 | Each individual must believe that the organisation has desirable , significant objectives , and that he makes an indispensable contribution to the objectives of the organisation . |
| 7 | He makes an unlikely Messiah , this man in the beret , sipping his Castlemaine and smoking his Gitanes , but he may well be the only crime writer interested in the job . |
| 8 | It m it makes an awful racket sometimes . |
| 9 | It 's it makes an awful noise in the morning ! |
| 10 | Leadless plumber not legless , legl leadless oh You know I 'm sure that the this roof rack I 'm sure you can feel the difference in the car sometimes well not feel the difference but you can hear it , it makes an awful noise at times when the winds blowing . |
| 11 | 20 YOU KNOW IT MAKES AN AWFUL LOT OF SCENTS |
| 12 | It makes an enchanting conclusion to the set , and one which might well influence one 's decision to purchase . |
| 13 | It makes an enchanting picture , formed from those features that the pastoral poetry of the period had established as the attractions of rural life : thatched roof , ascending smoke , mimic antiquity in Gothic window and drip-course , contented swains and kine , over-arching trees . |
| 14 | The signal detected by the stylus when it makes an electrical connection between the two sheets provides a measure of its position . |
| 15 | The signal detected by the stylus when it makes an electrical connection between the two sheets provides a sure of its position . |
| 16 | In winter it makes an early morning crossing , returning in the late afternoon and allowing some six hours 2. shore in Porto Santo . |
| 17 | It makes an illuminating contrast having Ives 's much more idiosyncratic setting of At the River as well as Copland 's . |
| 18 | With space available for you to add your own pictures and information it makes an invaluable keepsake of your courtship . |
| 19 | It 's a big guitar , 16″ wide across the body and just over 4¾″ deep at the bottom bout , and with handsome-looking wood and satin-finished lacquer throughout it makes an immediate impression . |
| 20 | It makes an unhappy situation worse . ’ |
| 21 | It makes an intelligent compendium of this mysterious people 's history and culture , compressed into a serpentine and bewildering suite of quite small rooms and exhibits : their furniture , their costumes , the trades they have practised , the things they have manufactured , their art and religious objects , and so on . |
| 22 | It makes an iron-hard road . |
| 23 | As a behind-the-scenes view of an artist 's life it makes an interesting comparison with other recent artists ' lives — Rodin , John , Modigliani and Picasso — all of whom he knew . |
| 24 | It makes an interesting comment on the legend . |
| 25 | Experience in 1989 showed that it makes an excellent garden stake . |
| 26 | In a softer yarn it can be used as a bedjacket and for girls or slim ladies , it makes an excellent skirt when sewn into a tube . |
| 27 | It makes an unlikely feature film . |
| 28 | It makes an incredible bond does n't it ? |
| 29 | Mixed with lemon juice and oil , it makes an ideal marinade for chicken and fish . |
| 30 | Just five hundred yards from the A82 , it makes an ideal base from which to tour the Central Highlands . |