Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people suggest using corrugated card for pressing and indeed , most commercially made presses are supplied with corrugated card , but I have always had enormous difficulty when using this , finding that it leaves the imprints of stripes on the flowers and leaves . |
| 2 | The rubrics in the 1662 Order for the Burial of the Dead only make mention of the ‘ corpse ’ or ‘ body ’ : ‘ The Priest and Clerks , meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church-yard … . ’ ; |
| 3 | People only rarely make a positive choice , weighing up one credit arrangement against another . |
| 4 | Is he a good or potentially good speller ( that is , only rarely makes mistakes , or can see afterwards that misspellings are wrong ) ? |
| 5 | ( At that time the lesbians involved in the organizations of the conferences had all long since made positive decisions to be child-free . ) |
| 6 | When the history of that unhappy place is considered it may well be asked , ‘ What kind of a ‘ god ’ is it that has failed so abysmally to make good the promise ? ’ . |
| 7 | It was not a bad wound , but entirely enough to make me land badly and wrench my ankle . |
| 8 | While happily pleasuring concubines for several hours , they were apparently able to sign documents brought to them and even discuss urgent matters with visitors , with only the occasional movements from down below to make sure that they remained erect in connection with the other matter to hand . |
| 9 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 10 | Stand the tin of syrup in hot water just long enough to make the syrup thin , runny and warm — not hot . |
| 11 | I could not bring myself to suggest that she was not likely to live much longer , certainly not long enough to make either course imprudent . |
| 12 | The logs in the basket were rarely burned ; he was suspicious of comfort , and was never in the Palace long enough to make lighting a fire worthwhile . |
| 13 | They can resist temptation long enough to make decisions based on good sense . |
| 14 | Furthermore , in order to organise yourself for leisure , you need to be reasonably sure , and to accept the fact that you will be unemployed long enough to make organising something worthwhile . |
| 15 | Except of course … ’ she broke off to toss back the rest of the whisky and set the tumbler down on Hugo 's desk , ‘ except of course that I do n't suppose I shall be here long enough to make the adjustment . ’ |
| 16 | Can they interrupt David Mellor 's musings on the later Toscanini long enough to make him listen ? |
| 17 | Khrushchev appeared in Paris long enough to make an angry denunciation of American policy and then withdrew , leaving an embarrassed Eisenhower to return home , empty-handed . |
| 18 | She saw Defries , and paused long enough to make a curious gesture : a closed fist , and the thumb sticking upwards . |
| 19 | When I examined the differences between success and failure in change projects or development efforts , I found that one major difference was simply time — staying with it long enough to make it work . |
| 20 | At least long enough to make a statement . |
| 21 | Theodora had spread out the Ordnance Survey and fended off Tobias long enough to make out a route . |
| 22 | He paused just long enough to make me feel uncomfortable , then said : ‘ Very well . ’ |
| 23 | The companies say that if they are not allowed to produce HCFCs and HFCs for long enough to make a return on their investment , users will face a crisis when CFC manufacturing comes to a halt in the late 1990s . |
| 24 | However , none of the studies have gone on long enough to make reliable predictions . |
| 25 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 26 | Hovering long enough to make sure it was n't for her , she left him talking in clipped , terse monosyllables and slipped away quietly to her bedroom , trying to suppress her curiosity about the caller . |
| 27 | In fact mounting excitement sweeps him along impetuously enough to make you even wish for a little more restraint . |
| 28 | ‘ With a river handy , and you past resistance , why not do the obvious thing , and shove you far enough in to make sure the current took you ? |
| 29 | She did n't like Mr Evans , no one could , but Nick hating him so much made her dislike him less . |
| 30 | If I could afford it , I would buy some of their shirts and casual clothes , because often they 're much better made than the stuff for girls . |