Example sentences of "make [pron] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 2 | This will make them the first and fifth most visited attractions in the world , with the other three being existing Disney sites . |
| 3 | It was by conquest that the Danish King Cnut made himself the first king of a truly united England in the early eleventh century . |
| 4 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 5 | Il Moro won , becoming the first challenger to claim a finals place , while Nippon 's loss to New Zealand made her the first to be eliminated . |
| 6 | Which made her the last person to know how to handle this evening 's adventure . |
| 7 | MOUNTAIN adventurer Rebecca Stephens was yesterday thought to have set off on the final stage of a climb which will make her the first British women to reach the top of Everest . |
| 8 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 9 | He said afterwards that he had understood Terry had come out just to allow him to reach his goal , but it was an unfortunate end to a splendid innings , which made him the first English batsman since Barrington in 1967 to score three consecutive centuries in a series . |
| 10 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 11 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 12 | ( George 's conviction made him the first high-ranking member of the CIA ever to be convicted of felony offences while conducting official duties . ) |
| 13 | Jamie Spence 's win in the Canon European Masters made him the sixth first-time winner on this season 's Volvo Tour . |
| 14 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 15 | Its combined output will make it the second biggest in Britain . |
| 16 | I said to her if she did n't make it the first time , let her lend you my hammer she said do n't you talk like that and do n't you let e Geoff hear you ! |
| 17 | The reasons for the widespread development of the particular form of alphabetic literacy evident in Greece must clearly be sought in the social structure ; Goody and Watt , however , insist that ‘ considerable importance must surely be attributed to the intrinsic advantages of the Greek adaptation of the Semitic alphabet , an adaptation which made it the first comprehensively and exclusively phonetic system tor transcribing human speech ’ ( ibid. pp. 40–1 ) . |
| 18 | Boston ( 1086–1113 ) too is a planted town , its plan related to the curving banks of the River Witham along which came the trade which made it the second most prosperous town after London by 1206 . |
| 19 | The conservative Popular Party ( PP ) increased its share of the vote to 25.2 per cent , and gains by the communist-led United Left ( IU ) made it the third most important political force , holding the balance of power in a number of regional and city governments . |
| 20 | The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth . |
| 21 | In a surprising development regional autonomy groups in the north , campaigning against the centralized state and against immigration , particularly from southern Italy , and advocating federalism , won 5.6 per cent of the vote overall , making them the fourth largest political force nationally . |
| 22 | But North West teenagers receive an extra 20p making them the third highest paid in the country . |
| 23 | His reward came in July 1655 when Carvajal and his two sons were endenizened , thus making him the first English Jew , at least since the expulsion in 1290 . |
| 24 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 25 | Venables raised £2.5m for a 23pc stake , making him the first man to play for , manage , and part-own a major English soccer club . |
| 26 | In 1166 Peter 's great-grandfather , Thurstin de Montfort II , had held ten fees from the earl of Warwick , making him the second greatest of his tenants . |
| 27 | Sister Murphy had been the last nurse to be with Sister Edith Cavell , and King George V had honoured her by making her the first to receive a medal for bravery at one of his levees . |
| 28 | The highest point on Elgon is over 14,000ft ( 4,300m ) , making it the second highest mountain in Kenya . |
| 29 | If one allows for a surrounding portico , 10 ft wide , the overall dimensions would have been 71 by 69½ ft , giving an area of 4934.5 sq.ft , making it the second largest temple in Britain . |
| 30 | The new bank , still to be known as BankAmerica , would have assets of $190,000 million , making it the second largest in the country . |