Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] have make " in BNC.

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1 This type is not readily available — its mourning connotations have made it unfashionable .
2 Human radar designers have made good use of this ingenious technique .
3 But even if the old partnership of Christian Democrats , Socialists and Liberals gets a working majority , the serious opposition parties have made their point more effectively than at any time since 1948 .
4 Equity investors have made up the difference .
5 But if there is to be an Oxford mafia in Washington , it wo n't be the first time former University College students have made history .
6 In addition several postgraduate students have made significant contributions to the project .
7 As a result Zambians have to make do with ‘ the left-overs of the book world , rather than its riches ’ .
8 ‘ Fortunately the spring rains have made the grass grow , because the winter hay supply is almost finished .
9 The north-east parts have to make do with anything from 25 to 75 in ( 65–190 cm ) annually .
10 This will not be easy , requiring the NHS to crack problems which those with longer experience of the comparable private sector models have made only modest progress with .
11 Third , trade-union reforms have made it easier for firms to fire people .
12 It is difficult to imagine that there will be a return to the status quo ante regarding the closed shop , trade union immunities and pre-strike ballots , the right of council house tenants to buy their own homes ( over a million former council tenants have made such purchases ) , and the position of former nationalized industries .
13 Current budgeting arrangements have made it difficult to plan for systematic upgrading , replacement and improvement .
14 More recently , increased air traffic , tightened procedures , and stricter operating limits have made it harder to achieve .
15 It is true to say , however , that since the business has become mature , the period of readjustment has been extremely painful and very few fibre companies have made much money over the last decade .
16 Even when the music 's good , ( Act 's first single was superb , the Age of Chance LP was surprisingly listenable ) the problem is that the pop schemers have made MASS POPULAR SUCCESS such an integral part of the product .
17 Group resources have made the innovation possible because polymers have been developed specifically to meet the requirements of the chemists developing the formulations .
18 Recently safety regulations have made it obligatory for all competitors to wear fist protectors .
19 They do n't pay the rent , no , ah ra , the tax payers have to make that up !
20 THE security forces have made an arms find in the Cabragh area of Dungannon .
21 The safety gates have made a big difference , since I 've gotten them erm I 've got peace of mind for the stairs and I can answer the phone and I have n't got to like keep trying to pull them downstairs and do do different things .
22 CD-ROM systems have made it much easier for anyone with minimal computer literacy to get at information of all types .
23 He concluded that the planet 's habitability is under attack but its natural resilience is probably greater than is normally assumed , and that in the environmental field geographers have made contributions in environmental perception and hazard assessment and also in the area of unified physical and biogeographic research :
24 ‘ I suppose Mr Taylor 's ghost stories have made you uneasy ? ’
25 These functionally convenient but artificial demarcation lines have made the timetable easier to handle and have provided security for teachers who knew that for a single or double period their task was to concentrate on a specific subject .
26 Some local authorities have developed their own food policies , and individual catering managers have made efforts to produce healthy , tasty , well-presented meals .
27 Singapore is a famously good place to shop and eat , and recent shifts of attitude by both government and tourism chiefs have made it more interesting and attractive .
28 The tax incentives behind housing , the fact that house price increases have made people feel that property is a ‘ sure bet ’ and the lack of a rented sector , however , have combined to ensure that property has out-performed many other sorts of investment .
29 Modern rail and motorway links have made many firms choose it as a place for their wholesale warehouses either in or around Bristol .
30 Recent concessions on recording television programmes have made it much easier to use this type of material in education .
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