Example sentences of "[noun] make on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disputes under them are to be referred to arbitration , where contracts made on a particular exchange are in issue , and otherwise to the English courts . |
| 2 | The profit the investors/ shareholders make on eventual encashment looks like a capital gain but , by statute , is not taxed as such . |
| 3 | How much profit does the retailer make on each packet7 |
| 4 | I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks . |
| 5 | In the context of the reports that subjects make on going to sleep it is clear that much dreamlike activity goes on which is not associated with the syndrome of EEG , EOG and EMG activity defining REM sleep . |
| 6 | If both deposits and loans are non-indexed , the losses that the banks make on their loans are compensated by the losses that their depositors make on their deposits . |
| 7 | Complying with a request by Gorbachev made on Sept. 21 , the USSR Supreme Soviet on Sept. 24 granted him emergency presidential powers to " stabilize the country 's socio-political life " for a period of 18 months . |
| 8 | The concessions Edward made on matters such as purveyance and unparliamentary taxation went a long way towards meeting the grievances of the commons , and the king was able to mobilize the resources he required for war . |
| 9 | It is simple to drop unsuccessful ideas because the computer retains the last 's shape and specific designs made on it . |
| 10 | Because of the interesting , usually technical , demands made on the performers , their ballets often become testing grounds for future soloists . |
| 11 | Demands made on personal computing skills are minimal , and installation is simple . |
| 12 | Mr MacGregor said that he would delay introducing the scheme because of the demands made on teachers by other educational reforms . |
| 13 | Since , on principle , they could not say that lesbianism made them nervous and that the complex new demands made on them scared them , they found more underhand and aggressive ways of expressing their resentments . |
| 14 | As a result of high demands made on the soil and the lack of good fertilizer , yields are low . |
| 15 | But already by the time of Pope Gregory I ( d. 604 ) the monastic movement , widely diversified as it was , was being integrated into the life of the church at large and open to the demands made on it by the church 's interests and needs . |
| 16 | This has underlined that the price of popularising rugby union has been the increase in pressures off the field , which can be as significant as the demands made on the players themselves . |
| 17 | it overlooks the need to assess and reassess the needs and changing demands made on department funds . |
| 18 | There are conflicting demands made on schools and good marketing is n't about taking up every , or any half-baked , idea in the pursuit of popularism . |
| 19 | To ‘ walk in God 's ways ’ reflects all the demands made on Israel by Yahweh , the personal God of the Old Testament . |
| 20 | Problems such as deadlines , noise , marital strife , excessive demands made on our time by others , and so forth . |
| 21 | By recognising the complexity of the work of the ward sister and the demands made on her time , doctors can help by cooperating in good ward management . |
| 22 | A certain amount of daily exercise is essential to maintain proper body tone and function , but if you are quite unused to exercise it is necessary to build up the exercise levels gradually to allow the body to acclimatize to the increased level of activity and the increased demands made on the heart and lungs , the respiratory and skeletal muscles . |
| 23 | With demands made on your time by employers during the day and children in the evenings , months can slip by before you manage to see friends and family . |
| 24 | As her business grew , the first copier she had rented from Clydesdale Office Equipment was not equal to the demands made on it , and Clydesdale recommended replacement with a more powerful machine . |
| 25 | He exists in a series of time-capsules , deeply aware of personal responsibilities , of demands made on his time , of kindnesses he wishes to offer , but nonetheless often unable to escape from the maelstrom he has created around himself . |
| 26 | Increasing and conflicting demands made on funds for NHS use tends to focus media interest on the service 's shortcomings rather than its strengths . |
| 27 | Although the technology is available now , it will not be launched commercially until the first quarter of 1994 , because Ms Burke said , she wanted to be sure the company was geared up sufficiently to cope with any demands made on it . |
| 28 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 29 | Within this framework , Lyons ' emphasis on the particular demands made on English by its international functions might provide some partial explanation for its greater use of paralinguistic features rather than grammatical ones for indicating status , although more comparative and historical research would be necessary . |
| 30 | John Lyons could be taken to be offering such an analysis when he says that the English language is different from other languages in that it ‘ extends ’ the meaning of particular words beyond the culture-specific because of the international demands made on it ( Lyons , 1982 ) . |