Example sentences of "[adj] to make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were brave to make that request . |
| 2 | She was afraid to make much noise , for fear of being overheard by her employer next door , for she did not want to see her until after Benedict 's promised visit . |
| 3 | Do n't be afraid to make good use of filler and stain to patch up the odd failure . |
| 4 | But it 's not only Trodd and other producers who believe that what makes good work in a collaborative art is the challenge of having to justify decisions to your colleagues , and having colleagues who are not afraid to make those challenges . |
| 5 | The opportunities of the British to make any impression were , as usual , largely dependent on the presence of others of like mind within the labyrinthine corridors of power in Washington . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You 'd be wrong to make one |
| 8 | The left argued that children who speak dialect at home could not be expected to speak Standard English , which they regarded as middle class , and that it was improper to make this an essential attainment target in a national curriculum . |
| 9 | senior officers must be free to make critical decisions without fear of potential negligence claims from subordinate officers . |
| 10 | The second part of the festival , which resulted in the final performance , raised vital questions about the way women relate to one another when they are free to make real choices . |
| 11 | Thus the general scheme of the Regulations is to give public information about the authority and the school but to leave the governors free to make controversial decisions behind closed doors and without public knowledge . |
| 12 | National Gallery 's Rusty Powell free to make key appointments |
| 13 | ‘ I am free to make some phone calls , am I ? |
| 14 | The company argues that since it is neither government-owned nor a sole supplier , it should be free to make any purchasing decisions it sees fit , without having to pay the Commission 's 3% tariff penalty against telecommunications equipment from outside the Community . |
| 15 | In a partnership the partners are free to make any arrangement they like which would be lawful between private persons . |
| 16 | ‘ the parties are free to make any arrangements which they like dealing with the subject matter of costs ; and it seems to me to make no difference whether that agreement is made before or after the court takes the matter into its consideration . |
| 17 | But the chairman of the Defence Select Committee has warned it would be unrealistic to make any further reductions . |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | Although he consistently employed classical conventions in his designs , he also incorporated features reminiscent of the older indigenous style of English ecclesiastical architecture , and he was careful to make each church unique . |
| 20 | We , as hobbyists , can only wait for science to throw some further light on the confusion ; but we should , I think , be extra careful to make sure we do n't mix the different types when selecting breeding stock . |
| 21 | When you 're getting outside the family you 've got to be careful to make sure that they are people that are prepared to do the job , that they understand what 's involved because you can not force anyone to be an executor . |
| 22 | So be careful to make sure you find your number on the timetable and know where you 're going and who you 're going to be with . |
| 23 | Now this overround tends to be larger in fields with a large number of runners , and also tends to be larger in these popular races , so that at times when there 's lots of money around the bookies , of course , and we expect them to do this , are very careful to make sure that the odds are well in their favour , because on these races where there 's lots of money staked their risk is higher . |
| 24 | And when someone said of a close relative , ‘ He 's a doorkeeper ’ , he was careful to make plain that his father or uncle did not need to work , but liked to get out of the house to chat with other old men and to draw a salary for it , rather than a pension . |
| 25 | I am careful to make this only the slightest of tints , then from the top down I was in a tone of cerulean fading out into the orange . |
| 26 | If you accept that that derives from the propensity to move , is it sensible to make that assumption ? |
| 27 | Erm it may be that it it is sensible to make that discount and would only ap apply to Scarborough dis district , but as for the rest of the additional elements of er environmental discount that should be applied , I ca n't see why you should apply a discount in relation to agricultural land . |
| 28 | A man of few words , but strong opinions , the England skipper is not prone to make rash assessments . |
| 29 | These included the Foreign Office ( allegedly too pro-EEC and generally too prone to make diplomatic concessions at the cost of British interests ) , the Civil Service Department ( too accommodating during the civil servants ' pay strike in 1981 ) , the Department of Employment ( allegedly too ‘ soft ’ under Mr Prior ) , and Education ( allegedly too sympathetic to the education lobbies ) . |
| 30 | I wondered if it was so smart to allow Kaptan to make such good progress . |