Example sentences of "[prep] make that " in BNC.

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1 I 've got ta make that cake have n't I ?
2 I said then you 've got ta make that claim .
3 If we took half the amount of effort in planning our future we would be much more certain of making that a success too .
4 Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries .
5 ‘ Are you in the habit of making that world shaking announcement ? ’
6 Well there 's been some scepticism about the symbolism of , of weddings there 's also some scepticism about the reality of making that vow forever , er , which I personally have sympathy with cos I do n't see how you can say you 're going to do anything forever , but I suppose if you 've made a vow you 've got to stick with it .
7 There has also been a growing and restless desire for something new — and a fresh way of making that vital statement .
8 If what one does could be predicted from the fundamental laws , then the fact of making that prediction could change what happens .
9 The onus of making that interpersonal connection between their differing maps of the mind must rest in the first place with the staff , not with the student .
10 ‘ If she 's dead , ’ said Sam , ‘ she 's not going to mind much about anything , and anyway , if she went to all the trouble of making that tape in the first place , she 's obviously not bothered about leaving it lying around .
11 There are kind and unkind ways of making that point .
12 I have in my possession a letter from one of the RAF 's most revered names , a great wartime C-in-C and possibly one of the RAF 's foremost Chiefs-of-Air-Staff and , in peacetime , a dear friend of mine these many years , who said of the Bennett appointment : " I can not understand what Harris was thinking of making that airline fellow a Group Commander … "
13 She had done a lot towards making that sale to the Americans .
14 But you decided against making that gesture .
15 But , assuming that the formal external information resource does have a significant role to play in helping corporations to achieve viable strategies , the overwhelming message for information providers is that much more effort needs to be put into making that resource — whether in traditional print or in online form — more comprehensible in its overall structure , and easier to access and use in its individual parts , by the non-specialist user .
16 It was soldiers returning from the battlefields who 're credited with making that election a labour landslide .
17 But if they nevertheless persist in making that perambulation in the manner aforesaid , we must endure it for the present , and await an opportune time to amend it .
18 But the Barclays Franchise Pack can guide you in making that decision by prompting the questions that you should ask of both yourself , the prospective franchiser , and even some of the existing franchisees .
19 So the judge was calling a witness who was an important link in the prosecution case and was thereby assisting in making that case .
20 From these observations the task before the court on this appeal can be distilled in this form : the court is concerned to inquire as to the persons with respect to whom Parliament is presumed to have been legislating when using the expression , ‘ any person , ’ and in making that inquiry Parliament is to be taken to have been legislating only for British subjects or foreigners coming to the United Kingdom , unless the contrary is expressed ( which it is not here ) or is plainly implicit .
21 Edward Hudson of Country Life enlisted her services in making that periodical the exponent of culture and the arts to a wide public .
22 Can I say that I hope Mr or or whoever writes for the County Council would n't use the form of words , but erm although I am instructed by my clients that they would be satisfied with the change to a single triangle , erm I do n't think that they would be satisfied if you in making that change , you accompanied by a form of words which said the County Council are still committed to building an outer .
23 Was the regional office conscious in making that , I 'm sorry that was not that pause intentional , was the regional office conscious in making that suggestion that B eight uses were being advocated to be included and therefore the conflict potentially was a policy which was not before it ?
24 Was the regional office conscious in making that , I 'm sorry that was not that pause intentional , was the regional office conscious in making that suggestion that B eight uses were being advocated to be included and therefore the conflict potentially was a policy which was not before it ?
25 We must wait and see what its impact is before making that judgment .
26 While you 're in the bathroom I insist on making that drink .
27 We can not expand without making that balance of payments deficit worse .
28 For instance– ‘ Thanks very much for making that suggestion — do you want to say ally more about it ? ’
29 As I pointed out at the beginning of this judgment , the patient 's right of choice exists whether the reasons for making that choice are rational , irrational , unknown or even non-existent .
30 But ‘ overtly and freely to express opinion ’ implies some opportunity and machinery for making that opinion known , and therefore implies some kind of a suffrage , some kind of a voice or vote … ( 3 ) In matters of contention between sections of public opinion it is the majority opinion that prevails .
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