Example sentences of "to make [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It worries me that impresarios are using the Russian label to make money at the expense of companies like us , like the Scottish and Northern Ballet . |
| 2 | As the government looks for cuts , it will find plenty of scope to make improvements at the same time . |
| 3 | A NORTH-EAST council is hoping to make waves at a top boat show . |
| 4 | At this time George was in educational work and with no parish responsibilities I somehow volunteered to make tea at a keep-fit class which the local W.I. wanted to start . |
| 5 | In the 1890s purists began to make headway at a local level by persuading the police and the courts to support their programme . |
| 6 | You are unlikely to make headway at the end of the month when discussing important career issues , travel plans or personal matters . |
| 7 | As Mr Tony Banks MP has said , ‘ Television should broaden peoples knowledge about parliamentary affairs and the performance of the Government and Opposition , and give them a better base on which to make judgements at the time of the election ’ . |
| 8 | It is important to make changes at a pace with which you can easily cope . |
| 9 | One player is chosen to call out , ‘ Horns , horns , bull 's horns , ’ and everyone taps their knees and puts their fingers to their forehead to make horns at the animal 's name . |
| 10 | The refusal was associated with another decision by Seaton Valley UDC to allow Leech to make representations at a suitable time in the future when overall development was being considered . |
| 11 | That is the way in which he devised his social charter when he had the ability to make policy at the Department . |
| 12 | He said a fly fishing club would be able to make bookings at the country 's best lakes and reservoirs , and be an active forum to increase the skill and knowledge of members . |
| 13 | This always includes management , underwriting and selling of a bond issue , but may additionally entail arrangement of a swap , initial support for the price of the issue and an implicit commitment to make markets at a later stage . |
| 14 | Would you like me to go with you to make enquiries at the War Office ? ’ |
| 15 | Whatever method is employed to make height at the overlap , some 40ft ( 12m ) up the final corner , there is still a long reach to be made to find the hold in the crack above . |
| 16 | pupils are able and mature enough to make choices at the age of 13/14 ; |
| 17 | Matthew was the baby of the family : a big , cheeky-chopped boy with dark red hair who was always throwing tantrums or turning round to make faces at the people behind him . |
| 18 | Diana had read newspaper reports praising his work , and instructed her staff to make inquiries at the Royal Free Hospital in London . |
| 19 | Because the polls , and therefore the program , are likely to shortchange the minor parties , and because the minor parties are most likely to make gains at the Conservatives ' expense , the program is liable to project somewhat too high a level of Tory parliamentary support . |