Example sentences of "[noun pl] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , some depressive states make colours seem dulled and flat . |
| 2 | Snyder ( 1982 , Appendix B ) lists 20 map projections used by the US Geological Survey , and individual states make use of their own projections and grids . |
| 3 | Employers made claims about the familial nature of their businesses and their warm relationship with their employees . |
| 4 | Case studies showed that employers made savings arising ‘ mainly from temporary workers having less beneficial ( or no ) entitlement to holiday and sickness pay , and particularly to occupational pensions ’ ( Meager , 1986 , p. 12 ) . |
| 5 | The superb family facilities provided within the hotel together with 8 other golf courses within 35 minutes make Lanteglos ideal for a combined family and golfing holiday . |
| 6 | Equity market imperfections make companies risk-averse , since they are unable to use equity markets to fully share risk . |
| 7 | Foreigners , which pay less for labour and in many cases make components of equal quality , are winning business away from German firms . |
| 8 | Some Poor Law Guardians made attempts to enforce the new legal obligations which the 1834 Poor Law imposed on children to support their parents with money . |
| 9 | This study is concerned with the way Pakeha ( white ) New Zealanders make sense of race and race related issues , such as the violent protests against the Springbok tour , Polynesian and British immigration , and the position of New Zealand Maoris . |
| 10 | Also I think cities make people lie to one another . |
| 11 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 12 | The researchers made recordings of black adolescents in five different situations , in an attempt to control the variables of race of interlocutor , gender and formality/informality . |
| 13 | Odd whistles made birds flutter nervously . |
| 14 | Anxious to avoid confrontation with pacifists , the authorities made life relatively easy for the objectors . |
| 15 | BRITAIN 'S dressage riders made history today when they took a European Championship team silver medal in Lipica , Slovenia . |
| 16 | In contrast , other metaphors make reference to an animacy which seems to threaten by its very absence . |
| 17 | In order to give some structure to the discussion , each of the major social services will be examined under three headings : access , i.e. geographical distribution of social services ; use , i.e. the extent to which different groups make use of services ; and outcome , i.e. the benefit derived from the use of services . |
| 18 | Radar and some ovens make use of microwaves , which are only a few centimetres or millimetres long . |
| 19 | It nevertheless seems likely , since increasing numbers of tablets make sense when interpreted as a form of Greek , that Michael Ventris was right . |
| 20 | Indeed the Lord Chancellor 's Department figures draw attention to the fact that solicitors make mistakes in court documentation and evinces the hope that improvements can be made in this respect . |
| 21 | It is seldom simple and even the more experienced operators make mistakes , often because they do not understand the difference between source — what the original sound is like — and acoustics — what happens to it when it leaves the loudspeakers . |
| 22 | The Abortion and National Health Service ( Family Planning ) Acts made conditions significantly easier for women to take advantage of increased social freedoms and to take control over their own sexuality , while the Sexual Offences Act ended a ten-year battle to decriminalize homosexual acts between men . |
| 23 | Within this general consensus , the armies of individual states made plans for their own circumstances . |
| 24 | And if this is true , the sooner the mainstream cosmetic houses make changes to the way they sell make-up , the better off we 'll all be . |
| 25 | In the case of dangerous goods , there are complicated and frequently changing regulations on classification , labelling and packing , but the rewards make expansion into this specialist area of operation extremely worthwhile . |
| 26 | These managerial and financial gains could explain why mergers make sense even for companies producing completely distinct products . |
| 27 | The villages were cleared and two wounded Germans made prisoner . |
| 28 | Even tariffs may have helped by making it better business to own factories inside a market than to try to break into it from outside : the Germans and Swiss supplied the French textile industry in 1900 from eight factories inside France , Germans made chemicals in Russia , and other Germans invested heavily in the coal mines of French Lorraine . |
| 29 | Hard times make underwriters take reduced margins Low commission on water sell-off . |
| 30 | Other literacies make use of different convention and may , for instance , without any loss of clarity for those who know the rules , not mark sentence boundaries at all . |