Example sentences of "make [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senna desperately needed to beat Mansell at the start but the Williams made the better getaway . |
| 2 | Lauda made the better start and led for about half the race , but Hunt 's car , suffering from severe understeer , was catching up fast . |
| 3 | Even though they were against the wind , Colleges made the better start and after Thomson had missed two penalties and John Mackenzie had had a ‘ try ’ disallowed for a foot in touch ( signalled by the Colleges touch judge Bert Barclay ) the home side went 10-0 up . |
| 4 | In spite of the more sophisticated pleasures of town life the period spent at Number Five made the greater impression on us and provided the picture of Lewis that we shall always retain . |
| 5 | Sub-section ( 4 ) provided that the power to re-hear should be exercisable only within 28 days of the order/sentence/finding of guilt as the case may be and only by a court constituted in the same manner as that which made the earlier decision . |
| 6 | In most fields the nineteenth century was the age of the textbook , such as Thomas Thomson 's in chemistry and Lyell 's in geology , where successive editions made the earlier ones obsolete ; the plates that survive usefully are perhaps to be compared to the very few classic books like the Origin of Species which go on selling . |
| 7 | The ICA saw ‘ no great merit ’ in the suggestion ; but Touche Ross supported it and made the further recommendation that each firm appoint a finance partner . |
| 8 | In the same interview with the two journalists , Wilson made the further point that he believed that a faction in DI5 had pursued a vendetta against himself and his close colleagues . |
| 9 | Other buttresses to Bismarck 's system were an alliance between Austria-Hungary and Serbia , which virtually made the smaller country a Habsburg satellite during the reign of King Milan , and the accession of Rumania to the Triple Alliance , which guaranteed that country against Russian attack . |
| 10 | On an eerily quiet night at Celtic Park — wind and driving rain had done little to add lustre to a low-key occasion — it was Hibs who made the brighter start . |
| 11 | On an eerily quiet night at Celtic Park — wind and driving rain had done little to add lustre to a low-key occasion — it was Hibs who made the brighter start . |
| 12 | Perhaps Alice would make the better wife . |
| 13 | Who would make the better monarch ? |
| 14 | May I make the further suggestion that when it is all over on 9 April we get the right hon. Gentleman a new job — a walk-on part in a re-run of ’ Crossroads ’ or as a substitute for Ken Barlow . |
| 15 | He had been linked with Manly but Leeds have made the better offer . |
| 16 | John Baillie has made the further point that , in his detailed criticism of cyclical views of time , St Augustine was anxious to defend the doctrine of creation and particularly its corollary that ‘ through the creative power of God the course of events is characterized by the emergence of genuine novelty . ’ |
| 17 | While there , he naturally spent time at the dyeworks ; and twice , he had made the longer journey to Kouklia . |
| 18 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 19 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 20 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
| 21 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |
| 22 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 23 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 24 | She knew that he did n't much care for André , but he could at least have made a better attempt at disguising it . |
| 25 | Often these garments were too big and it was quite common to see a jersey being made a better fit with the aid of a large safety pin . |
| 26 | For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years . |
| 27 | Villa boss Ron Atkinson said : ‘ In the first half , we might have made a better game of it if we had turned up . |
| 28 | ‘ Mary , dear , one night when I have made a better meal than I did tonight , I plan to go a little berserk , too , in order to have your solace . ’ |
| 29 | Given firm instructions the dismissed minister would probably have made a better reformer than his successor , S. S. Lanskoi , who in August 1855 " proclaimed the rights of the nobility to be inviolable " . |
| 30 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |