Example sentences of "make the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was Freud who made the first extensive use of hypnosis to probe the depths of the subconscious mind .
2 George Bush made the first Supreme Court appointment of his presidency on July 23 when he nominated David H. Souter , a federal Appeals Court judge , to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice William J. Brennan .
3 He built , to his own design , the steamship Robert Fulton , which made the first successful ocean voyage off the east coast of America , sailing from New York to Havana .
4 On a day that much expensive talent short-changed a dull derby scarred by offside , Strachan made the first two for Leeds and earned an ‘ assist ’ for the third .
5 The following day , Darwin made the first evolutionary entry in his current pocket notebook ( known as the ‘ Red Notebook ’ ) : ‘ When we see Avestruz two species .
6 When W. S. Rockstro made the first thorough-going attempt at a life of Handel in 1883 , he had before him a list of no fewer than 53 likenesses made during the composer 's lifetime .
7 Sir Simon Fraser , one of the few veterans , made the first practical proposal .
8 It was James Watt who made the first major improvements to the principles worked out by Newcomen .
9 In 1972 the Local Government Act made the first major change in the local government system of England and Wales ( apart from the restructuring in London , which took place in 1963 ) , since the nineteenth century .
10 President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat made the first Mongolian presidential visit to South Korea on Oct. 22-25 , accompanied by Foreign Minister Tserenpilyn Gombosuren .
11 Ministers from all 15 member countries , attending the fourth Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ( APEC ) conference in Bangkok on Sept. 10-11 , made the first significant move towards formalizing the loose APEC forum by approving the establishment of a permanent secretariat in Singapore [ see p. 38580 for third ministerial meeting in Seoul in November 1991 ] .
12 And in 1923 the company made the first published record by a reigning British monarch , King George V and Queen Mary 's ‘ Empire Day Message to the Boys and Girls of the British Empire ’ ( 34 ) .
13 So says Charles Munn , who made the first known sighting of this small parrot in 1985 , at clay-eating cliff in Peru 's Manu National Park .
14 In 1934/35 , Frank Fraser Darling made the first intensive study of deer , and his book A Herd of Red Deer is still a valuable source book .
15 Cody was largely responsible for the engine installation of the airship which flew in 1907 , and he designed and constructed the machine on which he made the first powered aeroplane flight in Great Britain on 16 October 1908 .
16 Undaunted , he returned a week later and made the first clean ascent .
17 The Celtic player Davie Hay and the late Hibernian full back Erich Schaedler made the first brave attempt , but they chose a defective boat and capsized almost immediately .
18 The Norwegian biologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe made the first important observations on dominance , in the 1920s .
19 Two years and a historical event passed before Jack Elliot and Harold Farrington made the first commercial flights in Curtiss Jennies , on March 3 , 1926 .
20 We made the first free-jazz record , with no plan , just improvised .
21 We came together as a group almost by accident , but there was a convergence of our experiences and a symmetry to our ideas which made the first few months of our existence one of the most stimulating and electrifying of my life .
22 A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries .
23 In 1836 a Professor James Forbes made the first recorded ascent of Sgurr nan Gillean with Duncan MacIntyre , a local forester , as guide .
24 But it is sometimes forgotten that as far back as 1909 he built his own aeroplane in which he then made the first recorded flight over Ireland .
25 The rising hope of English squash , Cassie Jackman , also made the last eight , but dropped the first game before asserting herself against unseeded Linda Charman , who is a vastly improved player this season .
26 Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile .
27 ‘ I 'm now 36th in the European merit order , but I feel I can make the first 25 ’ , said big hitter Clarke before teeing off in Switzerland .
28 The two surviving second division clubs have been drawn together so either Meadowbank or Montrose will make the last four .
29 And if , one day , the pick-up does catch on over here with the vigour of Ray-Ban shades , Zippo lighters and Levi jeans , it will make the last great fashion car , the Golf GTi , look about as silly as velvet loon pants .
30 Not until 1793 did Sultan Selim III make the first serious effort to establish permanent Turkish diplomatic missions in the main European capitals ; and these were unsuccessful and short-lived .
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