Example sentences of "make [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this foundation a student usually has a choice of two , or maybe three , subjects to pursue to degree standard , and can make that choice on the basis of experience . |
| 2 | He proved that he could make that journey on a primitive craft . |
| 3 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |
| 4 | She cut in on a station wagon , forcing the driver to brake heavily , then made fifty yards on the hard shoulder . |
| 5 | Triplex Lloyd , the steel fabrications and foundries group with enlarged motor and electrical distribution activities as a result of the Christy Hunt acquisition , made solid gains on most fronts in the latest six months . |
| 6 | Picture frames can make striking displays on occasional tables , window sills or other low-level areas . |
| 7 | Israel 's talks with Syria made little headway on the major dispute between the two countries , centred on Israel 's occupation of the Golan Heights . |
| 8 | Preliminary discussions on holding joint legislative talks [ see p. 37041 ] made little progress on Nov. 29 , 1989 , when delegates were drawn into arguments about " openness " , reform in North Korea , the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea and the abolition of the South 's National Security Law . |
| 9 | When Paisley was later told about the woman 's remark , he immediately condemned it and rebuked her , but this made little impression on the basic loyalties of the audience . |
| 10 | At one massive bunker , two test charges laid at a corner made little impression on the walls . |
| 11 | Like other wild creatures , he moved with the seasons in search of food and made little impression on the countryside . |
| 12 | But Joe himself did n't feel the cold ; when you were numb already , the temperature made little impression on you . |
| 13 | It appears that the blood-curdling nature of the vows made little impression on them . |
| 14 | The austere artistic ideals of Rome made little impression on the city of Veronese , who himself got into trouble with the Roman Inquisition for his secular treatment of a ‘ Last Supper ’ . |
| 15 | As a consequence , the question of where to eat was one that made little impression on her . |
| 16 | The fact that the Phillips curve had appeared on the scene over thirty years after the publication of the General Theory , and that , in the interim , Keynesianism had managed to flourish without it , made little impression on those critics who were determined to strike at Keynesianism with any weapon which was to hand . |
| 17 | David Owen 's SDP made little impact on council elections during the conference season . |
| 18 | Such time-honoured Conservative themes as reverence for the Church and the gentry , for ‘ one-nation ’ cohesion in the romantic style of the Primrose League , made little impact on this perpetually embattled leader . |
| 19 | Sport made little impact on the list . |
| 20 | popular movements made little impact on this Establishment . |
| 21 | The other Great Reforms of the 1860s , affecting the judicial system , the press , and the universities , made little impact on the peasantry , and although they gained a minority voice on the new local government bodies ( the zemstva ) set up in 1864 , they viewed them as an additional burden rather than as a vehicle for their own interests . |
| 22 | If there were changes in the political leadership of the country , they made little impact on me . |
| 23 | Mediaeval explorers from the south made little impact on their society , but incursions of southern whalers , sealers , missionaries , fur traders and administrators on an unprecedented scale during the 18th and 19th centuries exposed them more fully to southern civilization , often with devastating results ( Hall , 1987 ) . |
| 24 | Her soft leather shoes made little sound on the stone steps and she was so lost in her thoughts that she did n't hear other footsteps coming as rapidly towards her . |
| 25 | They made specific donations on the night in the knowledge that it all the proceeds were going to the cancer day ward and that helped to boost the figure . |
| 26 | Before unveiling the official plaque , Ian Wood made specific comment on the Trade & Industry Select Committee 's report that had prevented Tim Eggar attending the opening , since it would significantly affect all the industries gathered there on the day . |
| 27 | US representatives rejected any new " global " talks unless the EC made specific concessions on agriculture . |
| 28 | Stunned to realize how very far and in how many aspects the West was ahead of Japan , the members of the mission made extensive observations on various aspects of the civilization of the nations of Europe and America . |
| 29 | At the other extreme , modern , mechanized methods would make economic nonsense on a smallholding . |
| 30 | Pateman also says the only democratic element in liberal democracies is the vote and then when representatives make political decisions on their behalf the electorate renounce power . |