Example sentences of "make a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , teacher secondment to industry , if properly planned and managed , can make a powerful contribution to professional , curriculum and institutional development . |
| 2 | As the bears go after salmon , not sticks , one might make a powerful ally in the Fishermen 's War . |
| 3 | While Leontief , Pigou and Patinkin were speculating on the effects on demand of what might have to be , in principle , quite massive price reductions , the AD-AS framework gives the impression that relatively small price changes would make a powerful impact on aggregate demand . |
| 4 | Even professional studs do not make a regular practice of covering mares that are under four years old . |
| 5 | If so , the arbitrator may make a separate recommendation to The Post Office that they give you an ‘ ex gratia ’ payment . |
| 6 | The proportions are good and we could make a separate flat for Nonni . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's only one place for money , and that 's a safe place … a place where it can make a healthy profit without being subjected to the fluctuation of bonds and shares and suchlike . |
| 8 | Bernice did n't know where the Doctor got his talent from , but if he ever got tired of fighting ultimate evil , he could make a healthy profit as an intergalactic busker . |
| 9 | We 'll make a hypothetical traverse from Easter Island on the East Pacific Rise ( an oceanic ridge , remember ) right across South America as far as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , so we 'll be starting at one plate margin , crossing a second and ending up at a third , each of them , of course , marked by a major belt of seismic activity [ see Fig. 2 ] . |
| 10 | Could I make a constructive suggestion in this context of board salaries or remunerations or compensation packages or bonuses I 'm saying that in a slightly tongue in cheek way because I believe that the majority of shareholders do n't understand the differences between these concepts , as you gentlemen evidently do . |
| 11 | If you see a dog make a controlled attack in a Schutzhund test , that attack is always silent , except when he is holding the helper at bay in the hide , when he again calls up the pack ( his handler ) . |
| 12 | Perhaps the development by lay shareholders of the scepticism implied by Mr Smith 's survival techniques could make a substantial contribution to avoiding a repetition of the public shock that attended the corporate failures at the end of the 1980s . |
| 13 | There is a growing expectation , not least from WACC 's friends in Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union , that our Christian association should make a substantial contribution to the ethical debate on communication . |
| 14 | The court decision means the pair , who are only in their twenties , could make a substantial fortune from the device , which enables the user to modify a computer game and get more use from it . |
| 15 | A man of good reading , but few prospects could make a substantial killing with a 5 year contract . |
| 16 | As far as BCCI is concerned , it is understood that a very high proportion of the loans made by BCCI have some sort of deposit associated , and this will obviously make a substantial difference to the amount which can be claimed on behalf of BCCI . |
| 17 | Most suppliers will offer early settlement discounts of around 2.5% and quantity discounts for larger orders , which can make a substantial difference to the margin . |
| 18 | What they do say is that the close coupling and phasing between the coprocessor and main processor makes a dramatic difference to coprocessor intensive applications , such as CAD , and will make a substantial difference to other coprocessor applications . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'll make a rough division into fiction and nonfiction for a start , ’ he said . |
| 20 | This would make a fabulous finale to any dinner party . |
| 21 | The original auteur theory sought to explain how a director could make a distinctive body of work within a filmmaking system , the Hollywood studios , whose factory-like production processes seemed designed to crush out individuality . |
| 22 | Oh God do n't wan na do my fucking musical , I 've got ta make a flipping piece of music out from a stupid scale . |
| 23 | He had become certain by watching the preparations in the sepoy camp that they would make a major assault within the next few hours . |
| 24 | The establishment now of a co-ordinated network of Regional INSET ( in-service training ) offices , or officers , with the primary function of advising and promoting self help , would be timely , in view of the stimulation to training that has been engendered by the introduction of the pre-licentiate scheme , and could make a major contribution towards combating the inefficient and inequitable distribution of training . |
| 25 | They are already in use in Australia , America , Brazil and Tanzania , and could make a major contribution to managing insect-borne diseases and crop pests , according to Dr Janet Hemingway of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine . |
| 26 | I believe we should all warmly welcome this opportunity to debate the role of audit ; it gives the users of audit services the opportunity to have their say and it should make a major contribution to dealing with the expectation gap . |
| 27 | Their removal would therefore make a major contribution to alleviating the Corps " administrative problems . |
| 28 | Dry deposition may make a major contribution to the acidity problem . |
| 29 | In this latter context , schools and districts within local authorities can make a major contribution by : |
| 30 | Ralph Fiennes , star of Wuthering Heights , will make a major appearance in Steven Spielberg 's Shindler 's List . |