Example sentences of "made it a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We 've made it a slimmer , and hopefully erm more cost effective , structure . |
2 | But there was nothing to be done ; Goibniu had made it a request that Floy and Snodgrass travel to the Fire Court leaving Fenella alone . |
3 | Returning Edward the proofs of his book , Helen commented : ‘ This has indeed been a fair spring for us , though they had made it a winter . |
4 | Well if you we if you knew you were gon na be sick you could have made it a bit more a different colour than that ! |
5 | I bet that 's made it a bit lighter has n't it , with that tree gone ? |
6 | Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th . |
7 | This warmth , coupled with all the spectacular events , has made it a part of our lives we will never forget . |
8 | Neil Foster of Essex would have made it a year ago after his spectacular haul of 106 wickets and remembering his superb bowling when he produced the performance of his life as the Test bowling hero of Madras under Gower 's leadership . |
9 | Egypt has made it a capital offence to receive military training abroad ; it has arrested dozens of returning veterans and tried 26 of them before a military court . |
10 | It is this property 's style and comfort which have made it a favourite with Citalia customers for over 10 years . |
11 | I should perhaps have made it a giant . |
12 | The YCCC have always made it a policy to celebrate after each of their victories in the six-year ( continuing ) battle with the tannery , the city officials , and the Federal and State monitoring agencies . |
13 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
14 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
15 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
16 | Pretty , dramatic Suzie , who could twist the younger members of the male sex round her beautifully manicured fingers , would have made it a point of honour to test her feminine power over Svend . |
17 | But you have made it a robbers ' cave ( Mark 11:17 ) . |
18 | Rich countries can afford to spend money on the environment , but few have made it a priority in the past . |
19 | I guess , if he 'd known , Osvaldo would have made it a priority to kill them all . |
20 | He said : ‘ They have made it a priority to discover a Yorkshire-born non-white player to play for them . |
21 | She had made it a habit never to leave medicines lying about since the time she found Emma sucking a Panadol , thinking it was a mint , but thankfully then having the sense to spit it out when she found it was n't . |
22 | But their choices remained either in the storeroom or in the window because her father had made it a rule that the window was n't to be cleared until the day before Christmas Eve . |
23 | ‘ Actually , I 've always made it a rule never to get drunk before going on stage . |
24 | When investigating an alleged miscarriage of justice , I have always made it a rule first to talk to the convicted man 's trial solicitor as he is likely to be the last man his client would wish to con , or would succeed in conning ii he tried . |
25 | Patrick had made it a rule that he was never to be disturbed in the mornings , but that she might bring him urgent interruptions in the afternoon . |
26 | I mean , Calpers have made it a lot worse for us . |
27 | Although he had made it a condition of his NBC appearance that his whereabouts not be disclosed , Neal Miller called next day to say that he had taken over as his handler and to reprimand him for doing the broadcast without permission . |
28 | According to Miss Russell , Isabelle had forced him to treat her child as his own — had even made it a condition of their marriage . |
29 | And now we 've made it a fire door it 's made it worse . |