Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] making [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karen Noddings , 18 , of Emley Moor Road , Darlington , appeared before town magistrates yesterday charged with making false representation to obtain social security benefit . |
| 2 | All of which contributed to making happier Q.T. days . |
| 3 | Those are the figures that the NFU found on making simple inquiries . |
| 4 | Hence the PFA concentrated on making small gains . |
| 5 | There were various factors that came into making this decision but one of the things is I 'm heartily sick that I have never been able to go away on holiday in the autumn ever in my life . |
| 6 | In justifying their policies , however , they sometimes stooped to making public statements that were palpable nonsense : denying that space heating was a peak load , and devoting efforts commensurate with those of the ostrich to shift discussion to more defensible territory . |
| 7 | Such a statement would be a useful reference point when it came to making tough decisions in the public expenditure rounds — between pay rises and investment projects , for instance . |
| 8 | In fact we had made three other variations on the theme before we came to making this piece so there was really no excuse for getting it wrong , but we did . |
| 9 | If it ever came to making hard choices over monetary policy or economic policy where the needs of one region or country conflicted with those of Germany , it is fanciful to think that her priorities , as the self-styled ‘ motor ’ of Europe , would not prevail . |
| 10 | The findings were , essentially , that those rats or students receiving the uncontrollable unpleasant experience began by making determined efforts to stop or escape it , but after a lack of success , eventually became passive and helpless . |
| 11 | But you decided against making that gesture . |
| 12 | The significant difference was that by the 1750s this speculation in land looked like making good sense . |
| 13 | But ours also revealed a bit of quick thinking enterpise : Eight year old Adam who 's had his pocket money stopped , spotted our camera , and before we left insisted on making this appeal : |
| 14 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |
| 15 | She fell into the way of sitting with him at supper , liking the custom that the Beastline creatures had of making each evening a little ceremony in its own right . |
| 16 | The court continued by making some observations , undoubtedly obiter , about the powers of the Serious Fraud Office as regarded the person under investigation himself . |
| 17 | Crane , despite his activity , remained behind making occasional sorties off the road to look behind some tree or peer into a thicket . |