Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letter does not make specific the details of the matter , as one would hardly expect it to do , but Miss Kenton states unambiguously that she has now , in fact , taken the step of moving out of Mr Benn 's house in Helston and is presently lodging with an acquaintance in the nearby village of Little Compton . |
| 2 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 3 | Watch you do n't er swallow that the wrong way . |
| 4 | The relation in Lowland Amerindian societies between power , knowledge , scarce resources and social action is increasingly recognized as a key theoretical area for debate ; and for many investigators who specialize in South American studies they see a critical need for the elaboration of a theory of power ( or various of them ) that would make understandable the non-centralized authority structures of Tropical South America . |
| 5 | If reflected on polling day , it would make Labour the largest single party , about 20 seats short of an overall majority , but with Mr Kinnock almost certain to enter Downing Street at the head of a minority government . |
| 6 | It would make possible the provision of vastly improved public services , while reducing dependency upon them . |
| 7 | The ordinance envisioned a common and compulsory branding system which would make possible the easy identification of cattle from anywhere in the island . |
| 8 | iii ) A system that will make possible the integration of economic , social and environmental data thereby adding greatly to the value of each component data element . |
| 9 | This would make possible the routine diagnosis of vast numbers of genetic conditions , which should be eliminated where necessary by abortion ; the world must shed the idea that this is evil , as it is an act of true moral cowardice to allow children to be born with known genetic defects . |
| 10 | Roll half of this out thinly on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour into a curved strip that will cover half the outer edge of the cake drum ( about 10x35cm/4x14inches ) . |
| 11 | Roll out three-quarters of the red icing — about 175g ( 6oz ) — to an area that will cover half the large cake . |
| 12 | Right keep notes , er we 're not talking about pigeon toes , we 're talking about club foot , which is a real problem , if we do n't treat this the baby when it grows up it 's gon na have difficulties in walking . |
| 13 | We will make this the biggest party in South Africa . ’ |
| 14 | Although the irony of this situation at a time of teacher shortages will raise a smile among many teachers and educationalists , the real prospect of losing their jobs will make this the bitterest pill for teachers to swallow . |
| 15 | An A-Z of artists includes biographies and reference material on over 400 principal artists , with extensive additional information , should make this the authoritative study of the subject . |
| 16 | Which would make this the opposite |
| 17 | Last night 's accident did n't make this the time to start hurling accusations … |
| 18 | The thing is , with this I do n't think half the people listen to you 're meant to know you 're meant to , in these exams you 're meant to have everything you should know and everything else |
| 19 | I do think when they 're caught , they are , to me it seems as if they ought to be made to clear up some graffiti and and realise what they 're doing because , I do n't think half the time , they realise the the upset they cause . |
| 20 | All the thoughts and experience of the world had etched and moulded there , in that which they have of power to refine and make expressive the outward form , the animalism of Greece , the lust of Rome , the mysticism of the Middle Ages with its spiritual ambition and imaginative loves , the return of the Pagan world , the sins of the Borgias . |
| 21 | Thus a subadult can only deliver half the goods in any exchange ; to avoid being short-changed , a large snail should avoid a subadult 's advances unless no older snail is on offer . |
| 22 | Though , as I mentioned , I was unable to make contact with Mr Mint , a letter accompanying his essay did make clear the unfortunate fact that its standard — or perhaps the startling originality of its thinking — did not meet with the examiners ' approval . |
| 23 | Product description must make clear the function of the product , using the appropriate British Standard term , so that it is less likely that the product will be used as a straightforward cleaning agent without the necessary controls . |
| 24 | The company should not act too hastily , however , and should make clear the consequences of continued intransigence . |
| 25 | The writings of Donald McGavran do not make clear the relationship he sees between the Church and the Kingdom . |
| 26 | From the very beginning policymakers must make clear the principles which are going to inform their decision making . |
| 27 | The statement of claim does not make clear the route or routes by which the U.K. investors acquired their shares . |
| 28 | It did , however , make clear the extent to which the Soviet approach to international affairs had changed as compared with the relatively simple priorities of the Brezhnev era . |
| 29 | However the example I have chosen of the stylistics of manner should make clear the potential difference between the two approaches , and at the same time illustrate the use of a more technically advanced linguistics than that drawn on by Spitzer , who like Auerbach belonged to the European philological tradition more than to the modern tradition of linguistics . |
| 30 | This will make clear the lines of progression and articulation with other modules in that subject area . |