Example sentences of "we [vb base] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not a cold commercial situation where we expect to make a fortune , but one where people get job satisfaction — and so , hopefully , will I. |
| 2 | As all the members of our group are volunteers , we expect to make a couple of hundred pounds profit on the event , which will help support our other activities during the year . |
| 3 | We expect to make a statement on that in the new year . |
| 4 | why we want to make a success and he do n't lose it all ! |
| 5 | When we want to make a muscle contract the brain sends a nerve impulse through the spinal chord , into the peripheral nerves and out along those nerves to the muscle and each individual muscle fibre has a single junction , a nerve muscle junction , where the nerve makes contact with the muscle , and that is the site at which the stimulus leads to muscle contraction . |
| 6 | We want to make a living out of it , we have to make it work . |
| 7 | All right , we want to make a start if we can , if people could settle down . |
| 8 | If we delay making a decision about an interpretation we can allow later , high-scoring information to pull up the score of the earlier element . |
| 9 | Today we gather to make a decision about the future of our planet . |
| 10 | We aim to make a decision within eight weeks on papers that go through our full peer review process and within two weeks for the papers that we reject in house . |
| 11 | This is a commercial venture from which we aim to make a profit . |
| 12 | If we do make a profit , we may lose our charitable status . |
| 13 | The position , Chair , if I can just quickly through you , say in terms of this budget , we do make a provision for absences , because obviously we do get sickness absence . |
| 14 | Perhaps we believe that others perceive us as weak and ineffectual when in reality we choose to make a stand only about those things which really matter , knowing that it often takes more strength to remain calm and in control than to meet aggression with more aggression . |
| 15 | If we wish to make a reality out of Nyerere 's vision , the place to start with is the secondary school selection examination . ’ |
| 16 | It may be unconscious , but we 've made a decision at some stage about how it 's going to be . |
| 17 | Right , now there 's one , we 've made a decision to defer consideration of this report , but because both Mr and Mrs had indicated they wanted to speak before I took the vote , I 'm prepared to take the speeches , but I do n't know that there 's very much of a motion that can legally be moved . |
| 18 | Right we 've made a decision I know we can but er |
| 19 | We did Decadence in London and America together — and we 've made a film for Channel 4 television . |
| 20 | So what we 've done we 've made a film just to show you all the different jobs that archaeologists do . |
| 21 | Erm we 've made a provision for interest payable on the loan on the assumption that we may have to borrow money on an overdraft basis . |
| 22 | We 're making a mess , we 've made a mess of the table . |
| 23 | Instead of plays being acted by the city craftsmen once a year , we 've made a craft of play-acting . |
| 24 | STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 25 | Take time to say , ‘ How can I present my organization in the best light ? okay We 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 26 | It is no trouble now for Cecil Parkinson to turn round now and say ‘ okay , we 've made a mistake , let's have a public enquiry ’ . |
| 27 | Silver Reed knitters will find we 've made a change in their favourite feature . |
| 28 | We 've been out so long that we 've made a name for ourselves , we got props [ respect ] . |
| 29 | Well it certainly is , and we think that we 've had an examin of our co , examination of the constitution , we 've made a number of changes , but the task for Labour now is to press on with the issues of looking at our policies , and making sure that our economic policy and our social policy a actually meets the changes that are out their in the world . |
| 30 | We 've made a guess from the piece of paper found in the pocket of Place 's coat . ’ |