Example sentences of "make [coord] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At other times it is suddenly exciting , as a new discovery is made or a sensitive teacher initiates a new game just as the last activity begins to pall . |
| 2 | On the right , the advance was once more quickly halted before worthwhile gains could be made or a significant number of Germans captured . |
| 3 | Eventually ( in many cases ) the stage is reached where a commitment is made and a long-term partnership begins . |
| 4 | The purpose of learning , according to cognition theories , is to construct a number of organised detailed frames of reference held in a sufficiently flexible way to enable us to change from one to another when considering an event or problem so that the best judgment is made and a rational course of action is taken . |
| 5 | Tea had been made and a big cake like the one served in the library was cut up in thick slices on the table . |
| 6 | ‘ Without going into detail , for legal reasons , I can say that in respect of both republican and loyalist terror groups , a series of significant arrests have been made and a considerable number of murder and bombing missions intercepted and prevented . |
| 7 | It is 25 years since the first Awards were made and a fitting celebration has been planned : * Each winner in 1990 will receive a special plaque as a permanent mark of their success * A special set of four Royal Mail postage stamps will be issued in April , when the Awards are announced . |
| 8 | To overcome this templates were made and a structural engineer took constant vertical and horizontal measurements to plot the path of construction . |
| 9 | Some changes were made and a few concessions were wrung from the government . |
| 10 | But in that case , why could they not have called in the authorities and have the other fellows cleared out ? — only this would have made but a tame end to the story . |
| 11 | As the Japanese are at present constituted , accidents to life and limb would most certainly occur if trains made but a brief halt to entrain passengers . |
| 12 | Truly I make but a stammering companion , I have no graces , and as for the wit you may have perceived in me when we met , you saw , you must have seen , only the glimmerings and glister of your own brilliance refracted from the lumpen surface of a dead Moon . |
| 13 | If you want to add a drive of the same make but a different size you probably wo n't have any problems . |
| 14 | Obviously your personal situation will affect the choices you make but a sound principle to follow was laid down by William Morris who wrote ‘ have nothing in your home which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful ’ . |
| 15 | Earlier in this chapter the three key elements of rational approaches were identified as : relating expenditure of funds to fulfilling organisational objectives , a zero-based approach to choice and decision making and a multi-year time horizon for budgetary decision making . |
| 16 | When examining the structure of local government and establishing the local government commission , one could not make any better start than the appointment of Sir John Banham as the chairman of the commission if one wants common sense , quality decision making and a tough-minded approach . |
| 17 | Last year , thanks to costly stars , the average film cost $26.8m to make and a further $11.6m to launch — plus , say , another $10m for overseas marketing . |
| 18 | That ford was going to make but a difficult crossing . |