Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun pl] made " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crossed carefully-even at low tide the sea-weeds made the stones treacherous — then went to the boat-house window and peered in . |
| 2 | Clinging to Mayne 's jeep the men made their way safely back to camp . |
| 3 | In the mid-west the Republicans made gains in Ohio , in Minnesota , and in Michigan , where the Democratic incumbent since 1982 , James Blanchard , unexpectedly lost to John Engler , a right-wing Republican . |
| 4 | Although the influence of Cubism on the German painters was less direct than it had been in the development of Futurism ( the work of Delaunay which the Germans most admired , for instance , was no longer really Cubist at all ) , unlike the Italians the Germans made no attempt to disguise their interest in the movement , and several of the artists of the Blaue Reiter actually thought of themselves as Cubist painters . |
| 5 | In the inter-war period the radicals made little headway . |
| 6 | At Cromwell Road the students made use of the first floor which had a magnificent music room and a ballroom which they loaned to the Senior Common Room for the purposes of the annual Royal College Charity Ball which rivalled the Chelsea Arts Ball . |
| 7 | The following afternoon — i.e. the day the Germans made their most menacing gains — he telephoned that the attack had ‘ slowed down and it looked as though we would be able to hold out and even make a counter-attack ’ . |
| 8 | In the closing communiqué the leaders made an appeal to the international community for aid to support the process of democratization in the region , which faced serious economic hardship due to poor international coffee prices and the threat of the exclusion by the European Communities ( EC ) of crucial banana exports [ see p. 38910 ] . |
| 9 | At Dunadd the carvers made use of fissures in the rock itself as their base line . |
| 10 | Up to then , however , on Dr Anstey 's figures the profits made were at least the equal of most other areas of investment , with 9.5 per cent being the aggregate decennial average from 1761 to 1807 . |
| 11 | In Austria the Germans made up 36.8 per cent of the population . |
| 12 | He , all of them , delighted in the sounds the words made … |
| 13 | Nevertheless , in one respect the Egyptians made an outstanding contribution to the science of time . |
| 14 | In his absence the regents made concessions to the magnates in return for grants of taxes in aid of the war with Scotland . |
| 15 | Finally this year at the Edinburgh conference with samurai , swords , high powered water pistols , thunder flashes and sand bags the Marauders made their mark . |
| 16 | Yes , I think one of the mistakes the Germans made erm was to try to take territory in Europe . |
| 17 | At the end of the hearing the justices made these findings of fact : |
| 18 | In the end the lisences made their complaint for mrs liscences sake |
| 19 | To the north and west , in the right angle the roads made , lay a tree-dotted plain called the Banks of Knamber . |
| 20 | The benefit to be assessed on teachers at Malvern College in respect of their children 's education there was held to be the marginal cost to the school of providing the education , less any contribution the teachers made . |
| 21 | When the mother was able to anticipate a problem the children made fewer demands and there was less need to control the child . |
| 22 | At one stage the plaintiffs made overtures to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to his joining in these proceedings . |
| 23 | In the course of his judgment , at p. 324c , Lord Donaldson M.R. stated that at one stage the plaintiffs made overtures to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to his joining in these proceedings . |
| 24 | ‘ At one stage the plaintiffs made overtures to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a view to his joining in these proceedings . |
| 25 | In February 1912 the majority was down to fifty or sixty ; in June the Unionists made their first real attempt to " snap " the government and got the majority down to twenty-two . |
| 26 | In elections to the House of Representatives the Republicans made a gain of 33 seats and managed to defeat four incumbent committee chairmen . |