Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality . |
2 | Discussing the proposals of Holland and Benn designed to rectify the short-fall in investment in the British economy they make this point : |
3 | The most significant developments occurred in Scandinavia where there was a long tradition of limited cooperation , or at least of a belief in a common cultural area which made such cooperation valuable , if not almost inevitable . |
4 | As Richard and I chronicled in our ‘ book of the ads ’ You Got an Ology ? ’ in the first two-week shoot we made ten commercials . |
5 | Against this background he makes two remarks about children : |
6 | Of course nothing remotely approaches the indulgent , yet time and time again Pollini characterises the music with an infinite subtlety which makes other interpretations appear almost cosmetic in comparison : listen to how gently he coaxes ( never caresses ! ) the opening phrases of and you 'll hear what I mean . |
7 | To this end he makes periodic counts , from the issue records , of the number of books on loan in each category . |
8 | It follows a very sensible line which makes good use of the existing paths along Dere Street and the Minchmoor , the drove road from Peebles over the Cauldstane Slap to the Lothian plain , the towpaths of the Union and the Forth-Clyde canals , and the Antonine Wall . |
9 | Until the slightly contrasting tendencies become more manifest in the later-second century ( with the trend to fully centralised designs etc. ) it is this characteristic which makes these designs complementary . |
10 | During the first few months of this year I made extensive fuel consumption checks and my overall mpg is 22.73 . |
11 | It was the responsibility of the Justices of the forest to see that the Forest rights of the Crown were not usurped , and for this purpose he made frequent use of sworn inquiries by the foresters and verderers and juries of knights and free men of the neighbourhood . |
12 | WELL over 100 members and students gathered again at Keele this year to benefit once more from the lectures , demonstrations and social gathering which makes this Convention unique . |
13 | This time she made sure Maggie ate the meat and the pie herself , and forced her to drink a cupful of milk . |
14 | Another plant which made military uniforms was on the verge of closure for lack of orders from Moscow . |
15 | However , Sharp have a highly restrictive policy which makes such development difficult . |
16 | The second feature which makes personal conviction more necessary than ever is the tendency towards group thinking . |
17 | Had he been more self-assertive he might have risen higher in politics , but in his chosen field he made good use of his wealth and talents . |
18 | It is not even clear whether they travelled in a Japanese or a Chinese ship : but either way they made secret contacts with Thakin friends who agreed to accompany them back to Japan . |
19 | During the first decade of the eighteenth century she made further journeys through some of the southern counties and about 1712 she visited Epsom , Hampton Court , and Windsor . |
20 | In the race this is the original social and psychological trauma which makes civilized society possible and which produces as its embodiment totemic religion . |
21 | I had not yet learnt that every German soldier from private upwards had had an elementary political education which made this sort of argument child 's play for him . |
22 | On one memorable day they made three captures , with Mike rushing exhausted around the forest trying to keep up . |
23 | It 's that stuff I made last year and |
24 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
25 | After the Reformation these traditions were regularized in a unique Poor Law which made each parish responsible for its own poor , and obliged it to finance its aid by levying a poor rate on its inhabitants . |
26 | Throughout the colonial period they made little use of the judicial system set up by the British and made few requests of their administrators . |
27 | The second major factor which makes chartered accountancy training unattractive to hard pressed small firms is study leave . |
28 | Maxwell Davies has written for him a 20-minute piece which makes full use of these strengths . |
29 | I drive to the Hope in my ugly , crusty car which makes horrible squeaking sounds in the rain . |
30 | The very flexibility which makes these machines attractive provides a danger to a profession which relies on unalterable evidence . |