Example sentences of "making a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 2 | In the mid-term elections on Nov. 6 , the Democrats improved their majorities in both houses of Congress , making a net gain of one seat in the Senate and of eight seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 3 | This is arrived at by taking the selling price prevailing at the end of the year £140 less the costs per bed of advertising , delivery etc. of £10 making a net selling price of £130 , and taking off the cost of beds at the end of the period , i.e. £120 . |
| 4 | For example , Hanna and Staley ( 1983 ) quoted " reallowances " of 1-1.5% against average commissions of 1.95% , making a net commission of 0.45 – 0.95% . |
| 5 | The Castledawson side , hitherto famed for being the first winners of the Irish Cup , are now making a modern day name for themselves in the B Division . |
| 6 | But otherwise it has survived on a diet of small deals while making a nice living rewinding British industry 's electric motors . |
| 7 | For those who shun the electric jug kettle in favour of a more traditional way of making a nice cuppa , here 's a kettle with a difference . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're making a nice job of massacring those burgers , ’ her companion yelled at her man . |
| 9 | This has the added advantage of making a nice contrast to the night scenes in the previous sequence . |
| 10 | But he wo n't concede that ‘ making a nice pattern ’ is art . |
| 11 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 12 | But we just you know like Saturday night we really enjoy making a nice meal and having a nice bottle of wine or something and doing something |
| 13 | The group had considered all other brewers supplying their trading area before making a final decision , he added . |
| 14 | ‘ Making a final decision wo n't be easy but I ca n't keep on doing this to my body , ’ said Gardner , who suffered multiple fractures to his left leg less than two years ago . |
| 15 | Whatever arrangements you make , it 's always best if you can see the buildings in the flesh , so you can examine the way they 're put together , and have a close look at the various features offered before making a final decision . |
| 16 | Where uncertain about a title ( particularly those in unfamiliar subject fields ) she/he will need to consult selective and evaluative bibliographies for an authoritative opinion before making a final decision . |
| 17 | During this period the man-eater had , quite possibly missed many opportunities of adding me to her bag and now , when making a final effort , she had quite by chance encountered this unfortunate man and claimed him as a victim . |
| 18 | If your elderly parent is faced with this problem , the most sensible first step towards a solution will be for her to spend a longish ‘ holiday ’ in your home before making a final decision , or for you to make an extended ‘ visit ’ to her if you are thinking of going to live in her home . |
| 19 | ‘ The horse appears fine after the fall , but we 'll see how he is later in the week before making a final decision , ’ said Balding . |
| 20 | While making a final check in the loft , his feet had slipped on the wet glassy joists . |
| 21 | Give any borderline students an oral interview before making a final decision on class placement . |
| 22 | This involves definition of the job specifications with the client ; laying out a search strategy with the Research Department , the development of potential candidates through sourcing , interviewing , making a final recommendation to the client ; and handling both client and candidate in the delicate final stages of the negotiation to ensure a positive end of the assignment . |
| 23 | To be on the safe side , always ask your doctor 's advice before making a final decision . |
| 24 | ‘ Such is happily not the case in Boston , ’ the assistant said , making a final and quite unnecessary adjustment to Ellie 's new hat . |
| 25 | Now , however , four days later , having escaped into Austria himself , Loehr was making a final attempt to surrender his forces to the British , saying that he was not longer able to control the movement northwards into Austria either of his own German troops , or of a huge column of Croat troops and civilian refugees advancing from Zagreb on the frontier town of Dravograd , south-east of Klagenfurt . |
| 26 | Brenda often thought that this was the part of the working day she liked best , the hour before the staff arrived and the work of the Lab got really under way , when she and Inspector Blakelock worked together in the quiet emptiness of the hall , still and solemn as a church , making up a supply of manila folders ready to register the day 's new cases , repacking exhibits for collection by the police , making a final check of the Laboratory reports to courts to ensure that the examination was complete , that no relevant detail had been omitted . |
| 27 | We shall make certain that Strathclyde 's bids are carefully considered before making a final allocation . |
| 28 | Bush stressed that he would not be making a final decision until he had heard the reports from Cheney and Powell . |
| 29 | After a year 's break , Crawford was back at the BBC , making a final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and a play that would show his more serious side to a large audience in the way that only television could do . |
| 30 | When making an interim care order a court has the same duty to consider arrangements for contact as it does when making a final care order . |