Example sentences of "[verb] make [noun sg] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To try to make sense out of the vast amount of raw material intercepted each day the NSA uses computers that are programmed to search for key ‘ trigger ’ words , names , and numbers amongst the hundreds of thousands of circuits being continuously analysed . |
| 2 | That is why customary behaviours seem to make sense both to the actors concerned and to the anthropological observer . |
| 3 | This was something of an exaggeration , and paleontologists made serious mistakes when reconstructing the more bizarre species from the older rocks , but only the anatomist could hope to make sense out of the discoveries . |
| 4 | Baldwin had a profound distaste for those who had made money out of the war and in 1919 he made an anonymous donation of part of his wealth to the nation as his personal sacrifice ; Neville Chamberlain was greatly affected by the death of his cousin Norman and determined that such sacrifice should not be wasted . |
| 5 | The two hind feet hit me almost simultaneously but as I sailed backwards through the door I remember thinking quite clearly that the one on the chest had made contact fractionally before the one on the abdomen . |
| 6 | They could not agree if Mr Lamont had made life easier for the motorist — presently snapping up more new cars than last year — or not . |
| 7 | The horror felt for or against the censorship is less than the feeling for the opportunity it provides to make capital out of the situation . |
| 8 | But having gears does help to make life easier on the hills . |