Example sentences of "it made [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This was thought to be due to the fact that the smaller wheels were leading , but the Metropolitan Electric tramways which had some similar cars on almost identical bogies , turned the bogies round on one of their cars ( No. 25 ) and it made no appreciable difference .
2 It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference .
3 Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation .
4 obviously it was no good he , you could smoke like a chimney it made no damn difference the state his insides were
5 However , in the study , it made no significant difference whether a male or female teacher directed class activities .
6 It made no fucking sense at all , but Plummer had his reasons for believing the information .
7 Volvo 's two-litre B200 engine had always been smoother than the bigger-bore 2.3 , but it made no more than an adequate job of hauling the corpulent 940 .
8 However , it made no public statement concerning its decision that factual information and suspicions could be mixed in one computer .
9 It made no express reference to proceedings between a named representative of a class and a member of that class who might well have sharply different interests , as betweeen themselves , as to the substance of the plaintiff 's claim .
10 I nearly slipped on the convex peel as it made a squishing sound underfoot , doing small damage to my shoe .
11 It made a real holiday for Francis .
12 She said it made a real change to have a bit of humour round the place .
13 It made a successful and safe forced-landing , but little ( other than the ‘ number plate ’ ) was salvageable .
14 It made a fearful mess , though it was only a superficial wound . ’
15 According to the Chilean Human Rights Commission the distinction was unacceptable because it made a prior judgment of guilt .
16 It made a strong impact on me .
17 MIPS says it made a strong effort at the beginning to get the SCO on very favourable terms but the sponsorship just was n't there .
18 It made a strong impact . ’
19 And it made a long garage .
20 It made a lasting impression on me .
21 They 'd given him some papers , and somebody had gone to the cashier for his money ( it made a nice fat bulge in his hip pocket ; he patted it now and again as he walked , just to make sure it was still there ) and eventually he 'd signed some papers .
22 Still , it made a nice little break for you . ’
23 I zipped back along the M20 , letting Armstrong have his head as I thought it made a nice change for him not to plod through heavy traffic at ten miles an hour .
24 It made a nice change from Share My Lettuce to which he switched every evening .
25 oh it made it made a nice change .
26 The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind .
27 It made a perfect setting for Murder in the Dark .
28 I guess it made a stimulating change for him not to be surrounded by fawners and flatterers the whole time .
29 In the nine months to March 31st , it made a net profit of $188m ( up 38% on the same period of the previous year ) on sales of $1.7 billion ( up 40% ) .
30 It had a beautiful soft tail and it made a sad sound : ‘ Eee-eee ! ’
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