Example sentences of "making [pers pn] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within this region up to 350,000 sq km would be owned outright by its Inuit inhabitants , thereby making them the largest private landlords in the world . |
| 2 | They also rejected Christie 's claim of a continuing rise in market share vis à vis Sotheby 's , resulting in a 49% share this season ( the highest since the mid-1950s ) and a 54% market share in Europe , making them the largest European auction house by sales . |
| 3 | In a surprising development regional autonomy groups in the north , campaigning against the centralized state and against immigration , particularly from southern Italy , and advocating federalism , won 5.6 per cent of the vote overall , making them the fourth largest political force nationally . |
| 4 | The Stewarts reigned for 333 years , through 7 Scottish kings , a queen ( Mary Queen of Scots ) , and 7 monarchs of Great Britain , making theirs the longest monarchical dynasty ever to rule in these islands . |
| 5 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 6 | His reward came in July 1655 when Carvajal and his two sons were endenizened , thus making him the first English Jew , at least since the expulsion in 1290 . |
| 7 | For that Macaulay reportedly earned £62,000 but his fee has soared to more than £2 million , making him the highest paid child star of all time . |
| 8 | In 1166 Peter 's great-grandfather , Thurstin de Montfort II , had held ten fees from the earl of Warwick , making him the second greatest of his tenants . |
| 9 | Formby 's films , with their straightforward plots and repressed naughtiness , were first-class family entertainment , making him the top box-office attraction of the late 1930s . |
| 10 | I remember making her a little black satin coat and Dutch bonnet with things sticking out and all edged with lace and it was all er black satin and underneath the bonnet was er pleated er blue chiffon . |
| 11 | Jim won his club £100 making it a financial clean sweep for Annadale as the previous cash winners were all Striders … |
| 12 | Deep cut means cutting further without any support at all , making it a faster more cost effective way of mining . |
| 13 | The highest point on Elgon is over 14,000ft ( 4,300m ) , making it the second highest mountain in Kenya . |
| 14 | If one allows for a surrounding portico , 10 ft wide , the overall dimensions would have been 71 by 69½ ft , giving an area of 4934.5 sq.ft , making it the second largest temple in Britain . |
| 15 | The new bank , still to be known as BankAmerica , would have assets of $190,000 million , making it the second largest in the country . |
| 16 | Gardner Merchant acquired Rowland Commercial Catering ( Australia ) making it the second largest operator in Australia . |
| 17 | On April 7 Djibouti lifted all trade and travel restrictions whilst Côte d'Ivoire announced the establishment of full diplomatic relations , making it the second African country ( after Malawi ) to exchange ambassadors . |
| 18 | Morland has been brewing beers in Oxfordshire since 1711 , making it the second oldest brewery in the country . |
| 19 | Airtours , based at Rossendale , Lancs , will have nearly 550 travel agencies following the purchase of Hogg Robinson 's 214 shops , making it the second biggest operator behind Thomas Cook . |
| 20 | Airtours will have nearly 550 travel agencies following the purchase of Hogg Robinson 's 214 shops , making it the second biggest operator behind Thomas Cook . |
| 21 | Scotts Valley , California-based Microport Inc 's System V.4 now supports Corollary Inc 's multiprocessor and XM multiprocessor hardware designs , making it the first independent software vendor to provide a shrinkwrapped multiprocessing version of Unix SVR4 . |
| 22 | Butterfield saw an increase in sales of 12% last year , making it the largest American auction house . |
| 23 | Up to 150,000 people joined the march in the city centre on Feb. 4 , making it the largest unofficial demonstration in the city since the immediate post-revolution period ; members of unofficial groups of almost every political persuasion joined in , from anarchists and separatists to right-wing Russian nationalists and monarchists . |
| 24 | The merger of Boston Five 's mortgage servicing operation with Gulf States Mortgage Co will double the size of Gulf States to $8 billion , making it the 42nd largest mortgage firm in the United States . |
| 25 | The Boston deal will double Gulf States ' mortgage portfolio to $8 billion , making it the 42nd largest mortgage firm in the country . |
| 26 | Guinness has a market capitalisation of over £9 billion , making it the eleventh largest company in the UK ( 18.4.93 ) . |
| 27 | And , as the European manufacturer operating in the only home market where tenders are genuinely open , ICL has succeeded in making itself truly competitive , so much so that insiders are saying that profits for 1992 will be only slightly below the £62.4m recorded for 1991 , making it the only profitable mainframer in Europe . |
| 28 | Consumers throughout the EC and in other wealthy countries had responded by increased purchases , making it the fastest- growing sector of the meat industry |
| 29 | Under the statue is an inscription mentioning Tresseno — Dominum Oldradus de Trexeno , Pot ( estas ) Mediolani — and dated MCCXXXIII , 1233 , making it the oldest equestrian statue in Milan . |
| 30 | Oracle notes that its $1,200m turnover for fiscal 1992 included $240m in tools sales , making it the leading independent vendor of application development tools , and Oracle claims that Co-operative Development Environment coupled with the Oracle7 Co-operative Server Database enables its installed base to upgrade existing applications to a graphical client-server environment . |