Example sentences of "make [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few of the offers to made during the first trading session have already been publicised . |
| 2 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 3 | Like so many of the films that were to be made during the Second World War , The Four Just Men does n't only draw attention to the nature of the enemy ; it also presents an evocative picture of just what it is that is under threat — ‘ all the roads and rivers , fields add woods and hills that make up this funny old island . ’ |
| 4 | The first attempts at producing a problem-solving machine , or computer , were made during the Second World War as Allied scientists sought to break enemy codes . |
| 5 | The scattered efforts made during the eighteenth century to develop some form of systematic training continued ; but they were almost as desultory and short-lived as their predecessors , and little more effective . |
| 6 | The statement added : ‘ Jason 's scientific advisers do not concur with this view and therefore a formal request will be made during the next few days for this non-disclosed information . |
| 7 | Composing himself , Sir Michael pressed on : ‘ Would my Right Honourable Friend reflect on the great progress that has been made during the last 10 years in the well-being of our country and the competitiveness of our industries and … |
| 8 | At the moment the price for North Sea oil is just over $18 , $4 less than average industry forecasts made during the last few years when we were building our portfolio . |
| 9 | Although the lack of any source comparable to Gregory means that no satisfactory comparison can be made between the sixth and seventh centuries , it is , nevertheless , clear that central secular authority could still play a part in the appointment of bishops in the later Merovingian period . |
| 10 | These drawings were always made between the last few days of August and the end of October . |
| 11 | The contract made between the third person and the finance company will , depending upon its terms , be a contract either of guarantee or of indemnity . |
| 12 | SIR — As preparations are made for the 12th London Marathon ( arguably the largest and best race in the world ) , Londoners need to recognise and rectify an important problem . |
| 13 | The leaders — Castle Falis , Princeful , Kapeno , Rondetto and Rutherfords — swept over Becher 's and made for the twenty-third fence , the smallest on the course and , though taken at a left-hand angle , a simple preliminary to the trappy right-angled bend to the left at the Canal Turn . |
| 14 | As Crisp , tiring with every stride , made for the thirtieth and final fence the awful prospect of defeat loomed large . |
| 15 | A police constable caused great concern with his assertions , made for the first time some years ago , that some Kent police officers were offering inducements to prisoners to make false admissions to offences , and to confess to crimes that they had not committed , so that the force could then add to the number of crimes they had ‘ detected ’ , and thereby improve their crime clear-up statistics . |
| 16 | His mother was bending over the baby in the basketwork cradle his father had made for the first Wooldridge child , and she was mopping the fevered little body with a damp cloth . |
| 17 | He carries the Staff of the Patriarchs made for the first Supreme Patriarch Volans by the warrior mage Fredrick von Tarnus after the Great War against Chaos . |
| 18 | Each controversial assertion is treated as if it were being made for the first time . |
| 19 | This policy statement made for the first time in this context a distinction in the Secretary of State 's approach to mandatory life sentences on the one hand and discretionary life sentences on the other . |
| 20 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 21 | Bargains began to be made for the first time , and it became readily apparent to the men that whatever rights they thought they had lost , had been transposed by an orderly system which benefited them as well as the Mineral Lord . |
| 22 | More important , in 1762 recruitment was made for the first time a direct concern of the government , taking it out of the hands of the regimental officers who had hitherto controlled it . |
| 23 | The programmes will be subject to review with the passage of time but no substantial additions to them will be made for the first six years ( except for changes required because of matters outside of governing body control and except for minor alterations to equipment ) . |
| 24 | Nominations made for the first ballot will be void . |
| 25 | Erm , I think the next item that requires an update is redundancy in paragraph eleven , erm , Walters at Ludlow are updating their Bishop 's Castle factory , erm , in the last week in February , with a loss of seventy three jobs , arrangements have been er , now made for the first erm , redundancy counselling and job search support course , to start on the twenty fourth of January . |
| 26 | THE draw has been made for the first round of this year 's Harp Masters International Hockey tournament , run by Annadale Hockey club . |
| 27 | ‘ Contact made for the first time last night . |
| 28 | A change will need to be made for the next meeting as Myrtle is still not able to teach . |
| 29 | In nineteen ninety three , four we made a seventy one thousand reduction in economic development , and this year we 're proposing to make a fifty thousand , there 're actually cuts I think , that any committee of any council has made for the last three years . |
| 30 | Critical statements made about the 14th Army 's withdrawal by its commander , Gen. Aleksandr Lebed , drew a rebuke from Russian Defence Minister Marshal Pavel Grachev , to the effect that the military should not become involved in politics . |