Example sentences of "make the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 3I made the selection in preference to Sun 's ToolTalk and DEC 's Fuse . |
| 2 | On the way this time it rained , but despite his dragging cloak and the glum faces of the small train he took with him , Nicholas made the journey in a condition of numbness that amounted almost to happiness . |
| 3 | We made the journey in three days ; we could have done it in two but we chose not to . |
| 4 | The situation temporarily stabilised , but in further unrest in November at least thirty deaths were reported and tens of thousands of refugees were reported to have joined fellow nationals in the other republic ( eventually about 130,000 Azeris left Armenia and 200,000 Armenians made the journey in the reverse direction ) . |
| 5 | To return to Molla Fenari , one can not then determine with any certainty the date of his journey to Egypt since it is impossible to assert confidently which of the seemingly contradictory facts or sets of facts-Ibn Hajar 's statement that he made the journey in 778 , Taskopruzade 's statement that he went in company with Seyyid Serif , Taskopruzade 's association of Seyyid Serif 's arrival in Karaman with Cemaleddin Aksarayi 's death , and so on-deserves most weight , though perhaps the specific nature of Ibn Hajar 's date argues in its favour while , equally , the slight suspicion which always attaches to attempts to associate great figures of the past argues against the association of Molla Fenari and Seyyid Serif . |
| 6 | And in one respect it 's not quite erm as straightforward as I 've made it appear , and perhaps after all I 'm not wrong in making the claim I did , because E P Thompson , the historian , erm was the person who really made the discovery in the first place , and it came about because he had been interested in the possible links between the Muddletonians and Blake , and this led him to ask questions which , in a roundabout way , led to the discovery of the archive . |
| 7 | In this context that word would , I believe , naturally be read as meaning the person who made the deposit in question . |
| 8 | You made the mess in the first place — remember ? ’ |
| 9 | Paula , mother of Nicola , 4½ , and Richard , 2½ , was pleased when the local council made the playground in the town park more child-friendly . |
| 10 | She made the promise in remorse for his suffering over revelations of their close friendship . |
| 11 | Is n't it a disgrace Madam Speaker , that the government should duck the opportunity to make a clear statement on a sixty , on an increase which is the sixteenth since they made the promise in nineteen seventy nine that they would not increase prescription charges . |
| 12 | No company , after all , is better equipped to design a jamming device for a particular missile than the company that made the missile in the first place . |
| 13 | However , I made the road in time , and followed it to Crabtree Wick , enjoying the firm surface after crossing the marsh . |
| 14 | Ironically , he made the accusation in 1931 shortly before he himself exercised ‘ power without responsibility ’ as the dominant figure in Ramsay MacDonald 's National Coalition government , controlling MacDonald 's government without bearing the responsibility of being Prime Minister . |
| 15 | The bishops claimed , however , they were making it clear that people could in conscience vote for the introduction of divorce without incurring moral blame provided they made the decision in a reflective and conscientious way . |
| 16 | well I mean we had one girl did n't know what she was going about , but , you know , women do n't have all the work to do in the house and her dad helps at weekends and I said well who made the decision in the first place to do what |
| 17 | Ellwood made the distance in under five hours , overtaking on the inside , riding the rear bumpers of faint-hearts in the fast lane . |
| 18 | With a splash his hand left the whisky and found that of the intruder , arresting it in a grip that made the girl in the bath beside him wince . |
| 19 | The troupe made the performance in aid of CAF ( Contact-A-Family ) , a registered charity set up to support families with handicapped children . |
| 20 | CD modelled it on the SS Britannia on which he and his wife made the crossing in 1842 . |
| 21 | Stoke made the breakthrough in the 51st minute , when Paul Ware scored from a 20-yard free kick after being fouled by Cooper . |
| 22 | Celtic made the breakthrough in the 11th minute when the recalled Charlie Nicholas was first presented with an opening six yards from goal but hesitated , leaving the chance to his striking partner , Frank McAvennie , who appeared at the far post to squeeze the ball in . |
| 23 | Jim Gardiner made the breakthrough in the first half , then Roddy Collins and Michael Cash finished things off with further goals in the last ten minutes . |
| 24 | Indeed , despite the Sixties ' experiments with alternative life-styles , the despised suburban style looks like seeing the century through , for all its drawbacks of loneliness , boredom and exasperation , which made the man in the New Yorker cartoon say plaintively at the cocktail party : ‘ I want to talk about something else besides kids and illness ! ’ |
| 25 | He made the turn in one under par and was joined in a battle with the Spanish machine Jose Miguel and a few other golfers for the places from third downwards . |
| 26 | At a recent ceremony , Site Manager , Mr Roger James made the presentation in recognition of the fine work done by Barry Grewcock and his team in setting up the Safety Management System at Dounreay . |
| 27 | One night I was joined by a visitor to Seend , anxious to be of help , Colonel Faithorne , who was some relation of the Bishop of Bath and Wells , and who showed intellectual interests , including a knowledge of Eliot , which I was not to meet again in a soldier until I made the acquaintance in 1974 of my late father-in-law . |
| 28 | She seemed to have nothing on underneath , which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion . |
| 29 | It is possible to imagine that for some people such consolation might make it easier to reconcile the two , and to wonder what it was that made the difference in Fraser 's case . |
| 30 | There is no doubt that the strong union organisation in the factory , which forced the union to back them , made the difference in saving the jobs . |