Example sentences of "have made a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually they really believe this and do not accept that they have made a mistake . |
| 2 | The ‘ brewing ’ ( sic ) group 's might organ , Twitbread News , informs me that Twitters have made a special award to Paul McCartney as ‘ Scouse Personality of the Year ’ . |
| 3 | But it is the Japanese manufacturers who have made a poor showing in the DSP arena — probably due in part to a lack of commitment and feeble marketing . |
| 4 | Something of the sort has already been introduced into some English degrees , under the aegis of the Verbal Arts Association , who have made a welcome start with such work . |
| 5 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 6 | as if 24-17 and derisive chants of ‘ Easy , easy ’ were not bad enough , this humiliation was against a side who have made a wretched start to the season — a week earlier Pontypool had given them a 35-6 going-over — and were short of at least half-a-dozen first-choice players . |
| 7 | They may never have heard one of her records , but when Joe Longthorne , or any of those impressionists who have made a career perfecting the quiver of her lip , does his Shirley Bassey everyone knows who he means . |
| 8 | Whether the money has been borrowed for investment or for consumption , both borrower and lender have made a judgement about the viability of the project and its returns . |
| 9 | If , however , you find you have made a mistake with contributions after your P14 ( End-of-Year Return ) has been sent to the Inspector of Taxes , you have two alternatives : |
| 10 | We have made a sound start in 1990 to achieving the degree of co-operation and mutual aid that we know the Government and Public expect to see more in evidence throughout this decade . |
| 11 | The storage and preparation of food took place on the north side , where the Eastons have made a studio out of the old pentice , called the tempting shed , which ran along that side . |
| 12 | They responded with blankets , clothes and seeds which have made a considerable difference to the prisoners ' quality of life . |
| 13 | The Mill Hill priests who started Sasse in 1939 have made a great contribution to the national life of this young African country . |
| 14 | Each year since the war — they were too young before that — the children have made a guy . |
| 15 | The South-West , who beat London last year , have made a total of three changes , choosing the Plymouth wing Steve Walklin instead of Peter Blackett of Bath , and bringing in the Bath lock Nigel Redman in place of his club-mate John Morrison . |
| 16 | Please believe ME , I 'm ill ME sufferers are sick of doctors not taking them seriously and have made a cinema ad to win support for their case . |
| 17 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
| 18 | It 's about collison of cultures in Britain since the end of the war , and it looks at the way that some artists of non-British origin have come to terms with modern art — or , rather , have made a personal art by calling on ways of expression that might have been absolutely native to them in other countries than this . |
| 19 | So I have made a point of looking you up . ’ |
| 20 | The events in East Germany and Czechoslovakia have made a strong impact , he says . |
| 21 | Established stable star , Golden Freeze , who misses the King George after grazing a knee in a fall on the road , has responded well to antibiotics and is expected to be sidelined for only two weeks , but this injury and all the firm ground have made a mess of Mrs Pitman 's plans . |
| 22 | Here we do not push customers out of the door as soon as we have made a sale . ’ |
| 23 | I have made a selection of my favourite bean cuisine recipes that include dried and canned pulses . |
| 24 | Over the past few years even badly managed luxury groups have made a profit , thanks to a booming world economy . |
| 25 | Others like Louis Vuitton , which makes monogrammed bags , have made a once-classy item banal by saturating markets . |
| 26 | The regulators have made a big effort to prevent KKR 's involvement openly breaching the famous walls between banking and commerce . |
| 27 | Scientists at Reading University have made a plant-stroking machine which brushes polythene strips over test plant leaves for an hour a day . |
| 28 | ‘ I have made a shepherd 's pie and there are fresh runner beans . |
| 29 | Living with the family in Richmond is bewildering , and although I would never admit it I feel as though I have made a big mistake . |
| 30 | None the less , there is excitement in CSIRO that Jennings and colleagues in Sydney have made a discovery which is part of a wider trend to customise pharmaceuticals to attack specific diseases . |