Example sentences of "[noun sg] made a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , the University made a significant investment to improve the quality and appearance of the Prospectus , which is the most important aid in the recruitment of the brightest and best-motivated undergraduate students . |
| 2 | Brown Owl made a sympathetic noise when she saw the two huge blisters . |
| 3 | That woman upstairs , ’ Aunt Lou 's walking stick made an aggressive stab at the ceiling . |
| 4 | Such candid consumerism made a refreshing change after the squeamish English double stand over money . |
| 5 | The result was that the ’ collocational overlap ’ technique made a significant contribution toward the identification of the correct words from the alternative candidates . |
| 6 | One special case in which the influence of Islam made an important cultural contribution to the development of temporal concepts in Europe concerns music . |
| 7 | Once again Things Past and Present made a colourful display in the Davidson Room . |
| 8 | The ‘ compromise ’ approved by Parliament made a two-pronged attack on the state scheme . |
| 9 | You had to admit , though , that that kind made a good clothes prop . |
| 10 | While Data General Corp made a net loss of $63 million for fiscal 1992 , the company maintains that it has been through the worst in its transition from proprietary to open systems , and is now seeing considerable growth in demand for its high-end multiprocessor AViiON servers . |
| 11 | The blunt statement and Ulster accent made an immediate impact . |
| 12 | Of course , a well-trained Labrador made a good retriever . |
| 13 | The 32-years-old Runcorn train driver made a sluggish start from a peg in the centre of the bund bank before locating a shoal of feeding skimmer bream at midwater . |
| 14 | Despite qualifying sixth , the Reynard driver made a superb start and was in second place by the first corner , taking the lead from Gianni Morbidelli 's Lola by the end of the lap . |
| 15 | The gleaming £50,000 car and its driver made a glossy match . |
| 16 | Under the guidance of chief executive David Jones , the fashion retailer made a pre-tax profit of £12.3m in the year to January — a strong recovery from its 1990-91 pre-tax loss of £40m and total losses that year of some £220m . |
| 17 | Mum made a half-hearted attempt to calm her daughter down , but Mary shrugged her off and continued sobbing bitterly . |
| 18 | In the case of IRC v Levy [ 1982 ] STC 442 , the taxpayer made an interest-free loan to his company which was repayable on demand . |
| 19 | My work experience made a large impression on my life . |
| 20 | The chairman of the coal board made a fair assessment of market conditions at that time . |
| 21 | The Division made a useful contribution to exhibitions during the year , arranging , for example , for the provision of the well-received background music to ‘ The Hebrides Surveyed ’ . |
| 22 | For the year to October 31 1992 , Division made an estimated loss of £100,000 , on turnover of about £1m . |
| 23 | On another occasion , a cow made a mad dash from a herd being driven along Crane Bridge Road , managed to dive onto the slope leading to the old ford by the bridge , took off in the Harnham direction and swam almost a mile before the drovers caught up with her . |
| 24 | The rich oral tradition of the pesme made a great impression on writers and folklorists during the Romantic revival of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | At a shooting party at the Yorkshire home of Charles and Maggie Wyvill and attended by Steve Wyatt , the Duchess made a dramatic late-night entrance during a lively dinner party . |
| 26 | Yet even at the height of this bitter struggle the foreign ministry made a considerable effort to foster Catholic missions in the Near East as vehicles of French influence there . |
| 27 | But Bregawn was the winner , and the £45,260 he earned that afternoon made a major contribution to the £358,837 prize money which saw Michael Dickinson champion trainer again that season , with 120 winners in all — a record total — from 259 runners , a strike rate just short of one in two . |
| 28 | His hair made an unscheduled portside call . |
| 29 | The Prince made a short speech about the needs of the hospital , and then both he and Diana went round the room and spoke to everyone individually , with the result that the Wishing Well Appeal spread like wildfire . |
| 30 | Even so , running the place costs nearly £5,000 ( $1,850 ) a month , most of which is covered by donations ( The Economist made a modest one ) . |