Example sentences of "is make [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 2 | The legal position appears to be ( see Thomas v Heelas 27 November ( 1986 ) CAT No 1065 ; Lewis v Averay [ 1973 ] 1 WLR 510 ; compare Ingram v Little [ 1961 ] 1 QB 31 ) that where a sale is made inter praesentes , it will be treated as a voidable sale thereby championing the security of transactions principle discussed in Chapter 11 . |
| 3 | This inactivity is best interpreted as indicative of a powerlessness , but is perfectly " rational " once we recognise that the group is making certain calculations as to the likely response to their views and demands . |
| 4 | BRITISH Petroleum is to press Chancellor Norman Lamont for a reduction in North Sea taxes and is making additional cuts in capital spending to avoid the risks of further cash and dividend pressures . |
| 5 | She sighed happily , then went on , ‘ We seem to have a prospective buyer and Liz is making frantic signals to me , so I 'd better go . |
| 6 | Management may be prepared to pay this higher cost when labour is scarce and has to be attracted from alternative employment , or when a union is making strong demands for a higher quality of working life . |
| 7 | One of the national museums and galleries for which I have responsibility , the Tate , is making great efforts , by setting up galleries in , for example , Liverpool and shortly in St. Ives , to make others of its collections regularly available for view in the north-west or the south-west . |
| 8 | Jonathon Love is making great strides . |
| 9 | Ms Hurst , who works at Unilever 's environmental engineering department in Port Sunlight , Wirral , said : ‘ The family has told me that Berend is making great strides towards a full recovery . |
| 10 | He is making assorted claims , and all sorts of young actors and actresses are following this pied piper around town . |
| 11 | To try to unite these pools into a long-distance chain , the BBC has placed around 200 transmitters throughout the country ; Classic FM is making similar efforts . |
| 12 | Lance is making long-distance calls from his study — he 's looking forward to seeing you in the morning . |
| 13 | Small computers are now routinely used to perform the tasks for which photographers are employed , whilst the advent of still video is making increasing inroads into the working lives of photojournalists . |
| 14 | Chester , in particular , is making loud noises about converting some of its greenbelt for housing and light industry . |
| 15 | The Soviet Union is making strenuous efforts to reduce its dependence on imports , boosting its use of fertilizers to levels above those anywhere else , but its enlistment of poor , fragile land in the battle for self-sufficiency in the early 1970s has meant a loss of land through abandonment in the 1980s , perhaps as much as 13 per cent of the peak grain area . |
| 16 | However , the Countryside Commission , the Government 's advisory body , is making strenuous efforts to impress upon everyone the need for sensitivity when dealing with development . |
| 17 | Blackpool rock-maker John Olsen is making sweet toes in red , white and blue . |
| 18 | SmithKline Beecham is making considerable changes in research and development that will include redundancies and new investments in R&D . |
| 19 | Nearly 50 Indian software producers belong to the Engineering Export Promotion Council which is making vigorous efforts to find new markets , particularly in East Asia and Europe . |
| 20 | When he is not on the golf course , he is making large sums as a company director . |
| 21 | Solbourne reckons its solutions compare very favourably with Sequent 's Intel Corp-based SMP systems , and is making aggressive noises about the amount of business it hopes to win . |
| 22 | BGS is making geochemical tests on material from two deep boreholes at Dounreay , and investigating potential interactions between the alkali-rich cementitious material used in the construction of the repository and the saturated groundwater that would bathe it . |
| 23 | French mistletoe is making big inroads . |
| 24 | Regional Railways : Thriving under the feet of elephants Quentin Cowdry profiles a giant-slaying small firm which is making big tracks in the business of building real-life train sets |
| 25 | According to newspaper reports , the three are Lloyds names , and they may be laible to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds , now that the market is making huge losses . |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Derbyshire , South ( Mrs. Currie ) , who is making expansive gestures , may be in favour of the consequences that I have described , but I do not think that the British people share her view . |
| 27 | The SEC 's New York office is making informal inquiries into several instances when a share price moved up ahead of a favourable announcement about the restructuring of the company 's debt . |
| 28 | A down to earth British boot is making giant strides in the American fashion market . |
| 29 | Nearly every match he is making excellent saves and earning scum points . |
| 30 | The problem is long-standing in some industries but is making fresh inroads with the spread of new technology and keyboards . |