Example sentences of "[noun] makes a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Original vocalist Caron Wheeler makes a welcome return on Take Me Higher , but my favourite moments are provided by Jazzie B himself , whose pseudo-scientific raps are delivered with a London accent and all the assurance of a crackpot dictator . |
| 2 | It shares many features with other stories found among many peoples : a spirit or evil demon makes a sudden attack on a traveller at night ; the traveller is quite unprepared , and the demon means to kill him ; nevertheless , in the life and death struggle that ensues the traveller manages to get the upper hand , and before the dawn comes and robs the demon of its power , he extorts from it something of its supernatural strength . |
| 3 | The basic unit of bucket , up-pipe and pebbles with oxygenators in place makes a simple fountain on its own . |
| 4 | This section of the population makes a high demand on health care resources ; |
| 5 | This may create a ‘ burden of dependency ’ in that the elderly population makes a disproportionate claim on various services , particularly the National Health Service . |
| 6 | Marie-Claire Alain makes a wonderful sound on the organ of the Vienna Konzerthaus , and at least this disc has the advantage of having been made withe the organ and orchestra in the same building . |
| 7 | One of the town 's biggest modern factories makes a startling contrast on the opposite side of the road . |
| 8 | It is urgent that Britain makes a candid statement on its current attitude to the Treaty of Tlatelolco , before any such tragedy . |
| 9 | The interior of the cave soon admits daylight from a vertical shaft on the moor above , Little Douk pot , and then meanders in darkness for half a mile to its entrance at Middle Washfold , due south over the wall in the next allotment where an isolated outcrop of limestone makes a white scar on the dark moor . |
| 10 | ‘ If a player makes a promising début on the Saturday , I 'm frightened to turn on Teletext on Monday , in case they 've flogged him . ’ |