Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cohen , however , found it impossible to make this approach work as a result of a confrontation with the kabaka in 1953 , and by 1955 Buganda had confirmed its special constitutional status within Uganda , a status which was if anything reinforced in the independence constitution of 1962 .
2 Will he bring home to Ministers on the continent the fact that the headage basis would prove devastating for hill and upland farmers in the United Kingdom and will he do everything possible to make those Ministers see our point of view ?
3 And Hewlett-Packard has shown itself willing to make regular infilling acquisitions as it has grown — the company was heavily castigated for the price it paid for Apollo Computer Inc , but without Apollo , it would not be in anything like such a strong position today .
4 Adam had only heard one other make these sounds and when he first heard Anne make them his memory escape failed and those two nights were startlingly evoked , so disturbingly in fact that he had the terrible delusion that Anne was doing it to mock him .
5 I consider this is the equivalent of a residence order through the back door , and do not think it appropriate to make that order when Parliament has specifically denied the right to grant ex parte applications for residence orders : see also the provisions of section 9(5) of the Children Act 1989 .
6 Measures of quality and outcome barely exist , making it difficult to make good judgements about the ‘ best buy ’ .
7 This property of amplification makes it impossible to make long-term predictions about evolution , as one can in astronomy .
8 Many tests develop a system of numerical scoring which makes it possible to make precise comparisons between the scores obtained by different individuals .
9 Newcomers to sociology may find it difficult to make much sense of ethnomethodology .
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