Example sentences of "[noun sg] we make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been a particular source of worry that sales of the magazine have been so low ; in fact on the current issue we made a considerable loss which as a small Society is very difficult to cover . |
| 2 | It is not difficult to see that in understanding such an exchange we make a great number of detailed ( pragmatic ) inferences about the nature of the context in which ( 32 ) can be assumed to be taking place . |
| 3 | As we climbed up the canyon we made a great clatter with sticks and stones and old tin cans , announcing our presence to the denizens . |
| 4 | ( In this text we make a similar use of set theory . |
| 5 | From Poiso we make a short diversion to drive to the top of the mountain , Pico do Arieiro , at 1,818m . |
| 6 | Now , although the idea that whenever we see that someone is in pain we make an inference from behaviour to feeling is about as mythical as the idea that at some time in the past we made a Social Contract , the ‘ argument from analogy ’ line of reasoning seems much less implausible here than in the ‘ Afternoon on the Sun ’ case . |