Example sentences of "to make [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a teacher from school should visit you during your placement to make sore you are happy with the arrangements . |
| 2 | Smoke alarms need very little maintenance , but they do need to be tested regularly to make sure they are in good working order . |
| 3 | He looked for the pole Star on nights so intensely black that you almost had to touch your limbs to make sure they were still there . |
| 4 | The most important thing for any parent who suspects that the father or mother of their child will try to take them , is to make sure they give them no opportunity . |
| 5 | Early on , working in tandem with John Higgs , he had brought in the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and the Nature Conservancy Council to look at all the farms on the estate to make sure they were farming with conservation in mind . |
| 6 | Those involved are asked to make sure they have a copy . |
| 7 | Those involved are asked to make sure they have a copy . |
| 8 | The Department of Health said tests would begin today on the vaccines to make sure they met British standards . |
| 9 | Producers of wastes will have a ‘ duty of care ’ to make sure they are disposed of properly . |
| 10 | By now it was the morning of the fourth day and West Indies had a lead of 164 ; clearly quick runs were needed to make sure they had plenty of time to bowl England out again . |
| 11 | Her care of the pups was so haphazard that Buddie often fed them milk from a baby 's bottle to make sure they were getting enough nourishment . |
| 12 | As a child he played records to his parents from an adjacent room , darting between the two to make sure they were paying attention . |
| 13 | At a Local Government conference , someone at the venue had put up the mikes but had not checked to make sure they were fixed properly , so they were slowly drooping ! |
| 14 | Then they come to you ( the third person principle ) and ask you to make sure they are told of everything in future . |
| 15 | Sam vowed silently to make sure they were fair shares . |
| 16 | Then it 's necessary to re-view the lots to make sure they have n't been further damaged during the view . ’ |
| 17 | All of them are now under review to make sure they are ‘ in a particular market where we can win in the long term ’ . |
| 18 | Labour will act to make sure they get it . |
| 19 | Endill and Wednesday ran to the library before breakfast to make sure they would be first in the queue . |
| 20 | The piazza is huge , and roads meeting there are wide and not easy to cross ; you need one eye on the traffic , one on the trams and another on the tramlines to make sure they do not send you sprawling . |
| 21 | Sometimes Hanka Zborowska would go to the grocer and buy a kilo of red beans which they would share with Modigliani , just to make sure they all had something to eat . |
| 22 | You can ask your local CPO to arrange a survey of your home or business premises and recommend what steps you should take to make sure they are secure |
| 23 | But most do still read reviews , usually as a form of long-stop to make sure they have not missed important titles on their initial selection , or to buy extra copies of titles which have been particularly well received . |
| 24 | Librarians must also carefully plan their initial selection decisions to make sure they take place before there is any danger of books being reported out of print ( although the chances of a book going out of print in the six months immediately following publication are often exaggerated — this happens rarely , and usually as the result of a miscalculation by the publisher ) . |
| 25 | Visit sick residents to make sure they are comfortable . |
| 26 | The advertisements show an office packed with industrial spies hot on the trail of technological secrets The advertisements tell inventors and small companies to make sure they protect their intellectual property with patents and trade marks . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course , we have to make sure they are not just using us for cannon fodder , ’ she says . |
| 28 | Here the sales staff glided about with languid grace more reminiscent of Paris than New York , the house models managed to look like elegant advertisements for Varna even after a long session of standing stock still while a toile was pinned and draped and adjusted around them , and even when a rail of sample clothes had to be wheeled across the hallowed expanse of green , carefully hidden inside grey and black sample bags to make sure they were safe from the photographic eye of a fashion spy , it was managed with what Hugo referred to as ‘ panache ’ . |
| 29 | The question is to make sure they are used properly and that the industry does not abuse its power . ’ |
| 30 | They consulted deaf women and their interpreters , and re-evaluated their work , to make sure they were getting it right . |