Example sentences of "make a [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If care proceedings arise from a s37 investigation ( see Chapter 3 , 1(b) ) it should be remembered that the court may have already made a first interim order when making the direction . |
| 2 | Exceptionally low rainfall , particularly across southern Britain , has made a fourth consecutive year of drought very likely , according to the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) and water supply companies . |
| 3 | They made a first controlled explosion on the van at 10.10pm . |
| 4 | Stabbing a finger towards the note , which Bodie still held , Stone made a last desperate plea for a more individual assistance . |
| 5 | He made a last desperate attempt to sway them back to him . |
| 6 | Birds and animals were settling for the night ; a nightjar churred , a mallard made a last leisurely circle near the riverbank and then disappeared , a moorhen called ‘ cock-cock-cock ’ to no one in particular . |
| 7 | Then make a second 7.5 cm ( 3in ) turning so that the diagonal folds meet . |
| 8 | A turnout of at least 40 per cent was required to make a first round vote valid , but on Sept. 30 this threshold was not met in the majority of constituencies ( turnout nationwide was only 36 per cent ) , necessitating a second ballot for more than 80 per cent of council seats . |
| 9 | Now that bands like Extreme and Mr Big have had chart successes with songs featuring acoustic instruments the time would seem right for many players to make a first serious foray into the subtler side of rock . |
| 10 | It was approaching the end of the season , of course , but he intended to make a first flying visit to Aphrodisias , where some old friends of his were at work , and then to spend the winter on research in libraries and museums , and have the whole of the following summer for field work . |
| 11 | With luck , Mr Gorbachev may also have left it too late to make a fourth big mistake : returning his country to dictatorship . |
| 12 | The following examples illustrate how this operates in practice : Example 1 The court makes a first interim care order for two weeks only . |
| 13 | Example 2 The court makes a first interim order for one week followed by a second interim order also for one week . |
| 14 | Example 3 The court makes a first interim order for seven weeks . |
| 15 | Let us return to the paper by Bolinger ( 1967 ) already discussed in Chapter 3 , in which he makes a second major claim ( that there is a fundamental division among adjectives between those which , as he sees it , qualify the referent of the noun to which they are attached , and those which qualify its sense . |
| 16 | It is belted over a long overfold the lower edge of which makes a second horizontal accent , less marked and less regular than that of the belt . |