Example sentences of "make an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although Edgar 's present listening has extended out past the Beach Boys , Credence Clearwater Revival and sundry American garage bands , The Stairs have made an inadvertent name for themselves as the most frighteningly authentic British beat combo in existence . |
| 2 | Louise would not have made an unsuccessful marriage in the first place , and she supposed her marriage must be unsuccessful , because Edward had told her that she was not a woman . |
| 3 | They recalled that in 1958 Quakers had made an unsuccessful attempt to interrupt atmospheric testing of H-bombs at Bikini atoll in the Pacific . |
| 4 | She said a black man had made an obscene suggestion to her outside the ladies ’ loo . ’ |
| 5 | I met a man here once who had made an annual pilgrimage to this spot for forty years . |
| 6 | ‘ When it 's all done and Michel has made an honest woman of her , Constanza wants us to go to Rome , the three of us , and pay our respects to her papa . |
| 7 | She was sent by the Republic , and she 's made an honest effort . |
| 8 | In parallel it has made an increasing contribution to the economy for , besides more employment , it has multiplied its overseas earnings nine-fold , from £3.7 million to £34.6 million . |
| 9 | In recent years tourism has also made an increasing impact on farming , particularly in the more scenically attractive and marginal farming areas , and in Scotland , at least 20 per cent of farms indulge in farm tourism , and farm tourism accounts for at least 10 per cent of net income ( Denman , 1978 ) . |
| 10 | But there are professionals for whom this is a daily task , for them Trend have made an adjustable letter box template . |
| 11 | I say this because contact with the next of kin may reveal that the patient has made an anticipatory choice which , if clearly established and applicable in the circumstances — two major ‘ ifs ’ — would bind the practitioner . |
| 12 | Her sister , Lady Jane Fellowes , is believed to have made an early morning visit to Kensington Palace to offer support , but the Princess kept her distress private . |
| 13 | The friends , all from the Meadowfield and Brandon area of County Durham , had stayed overnight on their way home and had made an early start to get back in time to play in a Sunday League fixture for their local pub team . |
| 14 | A carpet of snowdrops has made an early appearance in a Gloucestershire garden . |
| 15 | The revenue has made an unlawful demand for tax . |
| 16 | I may have made an unconscious movement towards him because he gave me a last malevolent grin and disappeared into the crowd . |
| 17 | More than a decade previously Northern Ireland Office Minister Stanley Orme had made an impassioned plea to civilian workers here not to quit their jobs after a similar murder . |
| 18 | CLEVELAND police are today hoping to interview a man thought to have made an attempted suicide bid by leaping from a Stockton bridge . |
| 19 | Many women with no desire to reject the social round and daily duties expected of middle class wives , but who still deplored idleness as the antithesis of duty , often made an explicit link between their idea of duty and their spiritual responsibilities . |
| 20 | Some feminists would expand this argument to suggest that the political and/or ethical discussion should be made an explicit part of the methodology of philosophy . |
| 21 | She 's made an absolute fool out of you . |
| 22 | She 'd made an absolute fool of herself . |
| 23 | Here the Conservatives have made an invaluable contribution through the creation of a national curriculum with science as one of the three core subjects . |
| 24 | Over the last forty years the Women 's Fellowship has made an invaluable contribution to the life of the church . |
| 25 | By the time Johnny moved back to Brighton he had spent over 20 years at Selhurst Park and during that time he had made an invaluable contribution to Palace 's progress both on and off the field , for which he will long be remembered with gratitude . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend has made an invaluable point . |
| 27 | If my son had been on medication at the end of last year he would not have made an unprovoked attack on his father in November , nor attempted to share his New Year 's Eve lunch with the lions . |
| 28 | The Dons , who yesterday pulled in £2.5m from the sale of full-back Terry Phelan to Manchester City , could have made an instant profit on their newly-signed hitman . |
| 29 | There was little doubt that Radcliffe proposed to call George Brown , who would have made an uncomfortable witness , and probably a damaging one for the party . |
| 30 | In Deerness v John R Keeble & Son ( Brantham ) Ltd ( 1982 ) The Times , 18 October this rule was applied even though the defendants had made an interim payment after the plaintiff issued a writ which he subsequently failed to serve . |