Example sentences of "[adj] make such " in BNC.

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1 When they were outside and walking towards the aircraft , Woolley said : ‘ The French make such a fuss , you see .
2 The burden of war was thus more manageable , but large sums still had to be raised by parliamentary grants and the commons were seldom disposed to make such grants unconditionally .
3 That being so , I do not think that we ought to attempt beforehand to classify all the occasions upon which it may be proper to make such an order …
4 I wondered if it was so smart to allow Kaptan to make such good progress .
5 And indeed , as long as their prerogatives in the priesthood and the Temple were left intact , the Sadducees were prepared to make such an accommodation .
6 It might be appropriate to make such a program interactive , allowing it to interrogate its user on difficult facts concerning expressions .
7 It also tells us : ’ Although there are now additional opportunities to expand our share of the YT market , the funding arrangements are considered inadquate to make such a move worthwhile .
8 It would be easy to conclude from this research that fat can actually cause heart disease but with so many other factors to be taken into consideration it is impossible to make such a simple statement .
9 Unfortunately , it was impossible to make such measurements on individual theses in the present study , because of the small numbers of citations involved .
10 ‘ Well , ’ he said , setting the final coordinate with a flourish , ‘ it 's dangerous to make such absolute pronouncements .
11 None of her college friends knew where she was staying , or would have been the slightest bit likely to make such a gesture , even if they had .
12 When we pass to the treatment of style as representation we come to an approach to literature which is less likely to make such claims to scientific status ; for rather than defining style in purely linguistic terms , its purpose is to relate it to interpretations of literary content , and these must inevitably be somewhat approximative .
13 Surely it is in order for Conservative Members to put various policy options to the Prime Minister , and surely what really provoked the rabble opposite to make such a din is that they are embarrassed at the sound of their own policies .
14 His distrust of federalism has to be very great to make such absurd claims .
15 She would be sure to make such a song and dance about her aching feet that she would get right to the head of the queue for the room-key — well , apart from Mrs Roscoe , naturally ! ’
16 That Durham were able to make such a smooth start to their first-class life was an administrative triumph , and the fact that a fresh pile of membership applications arrived daily on the desk of the chief executive , Mike Gear , was its own tribute .
17 At first I was exhilarated to be able to make such a statement .
18 In Holden & Co. v. Crown Prosecution Service ( No. 2 ) [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 407 , the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) was able to make such orders under the provisions of section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 .
19 In Scale 1 chapter nine Hilton says that the fullness of contemplative experience can be given to those in active life , though he adds the rider that they will not be able to make such full use of it as those living more sheltered lives as solitaries or in a contemplative order .
20 In order to participate in ordinary language usage , one must be able to make such calculations , both in production and interpretation .
21 We are able to effect an introduction for you to the Firm 's Bank who may be able to make such funds available .
22 There is a great deal of reluctance in the Industry to produce a version of DOS which is not ‘ backwards-compatible ’ as this would make existing software obsolete at a stroke and users would be reluctant to make such a drastic ( and expensive ) move .
23 There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) .
24 He had decided that stocks of Dall 's porpoise would not be significantly depleted by such a move , but he was unable to make such a claim for northern fur seals and sea-lions .
25 9.13 Tenant 's property If after the Tenant has vacated the Premises on the expiry of the Term any property of the Tenant remains in or on the Premises and the Tenant fails to remove it within [ 7 ] days after being requested in writing by the Landlord to do so or if after using [ its ] best endeavours the Landlord is unable to make such a request to the Tenant within [ 14 ] days from the first attempt so made by the Landlord :
26 It was awful making such a fool of himself in front of Nutty .
27 In the text of Exodus , however , it is difficult to make such a break .
28 Agricultural trade unions have therefore found it difficult to make such a decisive intervention in the labour market as to substantially increase the rewards of farm workers .
29 For many personal investors the direct purchase of European government bonds will be too daunting a task because of the complexities of the individual markets , the costs of dealing and settlement and the high minimum sums necessary to make such investment worthwhile .
30 I appreciate that the number of cases in which the taker and driver away is not the driver who goes on to cause personal injury or damage will be comparatively few , but I ask my right hon. Friend whether it is necessary to make such a draconian change in the traditional principles of British law , or to do it by reversing the normal burden of proof .
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