Example sentences of "to make at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think the important point I 'd like to make at the outset is that when the review of the requirement was carried out it was carried out both nationally and on a four nation basis , the ministers , once that was complete , the ministers decided that and stated publicly in December ninety two , that we will continue with the existing airframe and engine combination and that each nation er based on a family of aircraft concept could decide from a menu which equipments it would fit according to their individual requirements and their budget and we looked individually at each of the items to see what impact it would have on the operational capability if we were to remove them and what erm was decided in the end and the requirement reflects this , was signed last month by the Chief Surveyor 's staff , is that some nations have decided to remove certain items of equipment but for the U K we felt that it was necessary to keep all the major items and therefore as far as the U K is erm impact on the operational requirement is concerned , there is no significant alteration in its operational capability and therefore in overall percentage terms there is no decrease in the capability at all .
2 Although the two never met , they both forged a figurative style out of the Abstract Expressionism raging all about them — not the most popular move to make at the time .
3 The child imitated the sipping movements his sister had been schooled by Tommaso to make at the cafe , like a small bird at a fountain .
4 Surely where the boundaries are around rural settlements , whether or not there are boundaries around rural settlements , does n't flow from E two but flows from decisions that district councils are free to make at the moment .
5 Oh , why do n't you make what you 've got cos you 've got a lot of things to make at the moment , and then come back and choose another time , hm .
6 Let me add that the Leninist theory of nations on which the USSR ( and Yugoslavia ) was subsequently constructed was essentially the same , though in practice — at least in the USSR — supplemented by the Austro-Marxist system of nationality as an individual choice , which every citizen has the right to make at the age of 16 wherever he or she comes from .
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