Example sentences of "[adj] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The privilege from self-incrimination is abrogated in bankruptcy proceedings not by the opening words of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 , but by rule 6.175 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 made pursuant to section 412 of the Act of 1986 : |
| 2 | That made perfect sense of Miss Julie 's slightly tatty and irregular patrician origins . |
| 3 | Yeah page seven er er I think that speaking from memory we did want that made clear that that er was the recognition of the achievements of the groundsman handyman , particularly in relation to the high standards of upkeep in the park . |
| 4 | As you can see from the drawing , this and the ‘ square ’ eight make simple yet testing manoeuvres . |
| 5 | JGM shows the absurd made plausible |
| 6 | Over 100 people were estimated to have been killed , and about 7,000 made homeless , by a series of explosions at an ammunition dump in the southern Addis Ababa suburb of Bekulo Bet on June 4 . |
| 7 | Hence , each made great efforts to achieve a dominant position . |
| 8 | A Castle Air Force-based B-52 , a Travis-based C-141 , and a Beale TR-1 spyplane each made high and low speed passes over the field . |
| 9 | The appellants , who each made repeated sales at the shop , pleaded not guilty to indictments charging burglary and handling stolen goods as alternatives . |
| 10 | To discourage and prevent unjust and criminal practices , and to make provision for the punishment of those who indulge in them , ss. 206–11 of the Insolvency Act 1986 make stringent provisions for company fraud and deception . |
| 11 | What does that make little Maria ? |
| 12 | Measurements and floor plan alone wo n't convey the atmosphere , but if a personal viewing is not possible make sure you have been supplied with written details before you begin working out your item . |
| 13 | To counter this make sure you keep a narrow frontage and rack them up deep , and make your attack slightly away from other units . |
| 14 | Driving for long distances may make you sleepy , to help prevent this make sure there is plenty of fresh air in your vehicle , if you become tired on the journey , stop and rest at a suitable parking place , right . |
| 15 | Strips of this make ideal flashings for brickwork , whilst whole plates can be used to make weatherproof roofs for sheds . |
| 16 | At McDiarmid Park on Saturday , the 22 year old made light of his excellent midweek showing for Scotland and played some football which was a delight to the eye . |
| 17 | They were desperate for solid information rather than rumour , and a few made veiled threats to scale down their coverage of another case for which the Yard was desperate for publicity unless there was a press conference . |
| 18 | Most of them were paltry , but a few made plain that Alexander II 's attitude to the army differed from that of his father . |
| 19 | I hope that the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) will , in the House this afternoon , condemn the antediluvian attitudes of the TGWU , which sponsors him , and which turns its back on help for the unemployed made available by the Government . |
| 20 | The French made countless varieties of goats ' milk cheeses which are often small and wrapped in a chestnut leaf and then tied with raffia ( see p67 ) . |
| 21 | ( h ) The accused may commit the s.2(1) ( b ) offence either by intending to make permanent default of his own liability or intending to let another make permanent default , but the liability must be his own : Attewell-Hughes , above . |
| 22 | By sinking several Genoese vessels and taking others captive , the English made sure that the port remained in English hands , that ( for some while ) they would control the wide estuary of the Seine , and that they might , in the phrase of the day , ‘ sweep ’ the French off its waters by patrolling the sea . |
| 23 | Unless a society is to utilise only a fraction of the intelligence at its disposal it must obviously in one way or another make sufficient provision for vertical mobility to ensure that capacity passes , unimpeded by vulgar irrelevancies of class or income to the type of education fitted to develop it . |
| 24 | 2 Make sure that everyone who is likely to answer media enquiries is fully briefed on the company and its activities , products and service and has a list of those people who are competent to speak to the media on specialist areas . |
| 25 | As Boxes 1 and 2 make clear , there is a great deal that needs to be done if a residential area is to be designed and operated as a safe and habitable district . |
| 26 | Members of Parliament did complain about poor radio reception in their constituencies , and some made occasional allegations of political interference and bias in the radio news . |
| 27 | Nearly half the funds were , however , unable to offer independent substantiation of their ethical claims , and the report showed that some made surprising investment choices , with Nestlé and RTZ , among others , attracting " ethical " investment . |
| 28 | Some made hazardous , roundabout trips to join the Pretender via the Orkney Islands and Norway , but the government 's vengeance on those who could not get away was relatively restrained . |
| 29 | Some fish are good company , and some make good companions . |
| 30 | Some make preliminary enquiries then wait a few years but many feel it is so desperately important to know where they came from and who they belonged to that they go ahead . |