Example sentences of "[conj] make it [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Treatises supported such arguments , and it was his having , and being suspected by the government of having , such seditious views that made it necessary for Locke to flee to Holland in 1683 .
2 We knew what lay down any other road : a political scandal that made it worthwhile for Parliament to get involved in Security .
3 In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women .
4 When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance .
5 So , while McDonald 's is powerfully committed to its core values , it is constantly looking beyond the practices that made it successful in order to explore new opportunities .
6 The thing that made it attractive to Paneth and Peters , and years later to Pons , Fleischmann and Jones , was its great affinity for hydrogen — it can absorb up to 900 times its own volume of the gas .
7 This suggests that there is nothing inherent in Broca 's area by itself that makes it crucial for speech .
8 Several years ago , we worked through the New York State Sculpture Bill that makes it necessary for dealers and foundries selling multiples of sculptures to provide complete information on these objects , and warranties that the information is correct .
9 The child will discover from experience whether the sword glows in the presence of evil , does extra damage to the undead , or perhaps is a cursed sword that makes it easier for monsters to find and wound Samson . )
10 It was in just this situation that the FAA originally decided to take an authoritative attitude and make it compulsory for flight crews to report dangerous incidents .
11 The change is the result of the 1989 Water Act which privatised the water industry and make it illegal for water companies to continue using ratable value as the basis for charging for water after March 2000 .
12 Their concern is to understand the mechanisms that keep capitalism going and make it resistant to challenges — so that they might strengthen those challenges .
13 The Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater , Texas , takes place every March to rid rangeland of snakes and make it safer for livestock .
14 This will capture information from around the world , store it in meaningful applications , and make it available to users who need it .
15 In essence , anyone linked to the system could store information and make it available to others with suitable terminals .
16 They also remove the carbon and make it available to plants as carbon dioxide .
17 I want to encourage complaints , welcome complaints and make it easy for customers to complain .
18 X and make it standard with Solaris 2.1 and 2 .
19 X and make it standard with Solaris 2.1 and 2. x , making that stuff more attractive .
20 Alongside his economic reforms , he has tried to open up the political system and make it harder for politicians to cheat .
21 At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition .
22 Sun has the backing of ICL Plc and Fujitsu Ltd as well as Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp for Wabi and for its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition .
23 At the same time , SunSelect unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it so as to trip up the competition .
24 At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass .
25 Britain is pressing the UN to rotate troops to ease the burden on individual countries and make it easier for nations to offer forces for the growing number of peacekeeping duties around the world .
26 This presented the Communists as a part of the federal Labour movement , and made it necessary for sections of the Labour Party to give serious consideration to Communist aims and activities .
27 They proved much easier to collect than direct taxes and made it possible for government revenue to keep pace with the swift rise in production .
28 The decree , which entered into force later in June , entitled Albanian citizens in principle to a passport for travelling abroad and re-entering the country , and made it possible for visitors to obtain entry visas at crossing points on the Albanian border .
29 Second , failure of supporters of other parties to transfer votes on elimination caused these to be non-transferable and made it possible for VUPP candidates to be elected " without reaching the quota " in the last stage of a count .
30 But maybe he did see Rosa run heavily for the door of her home ; maybe he was one of the men in the cafe who knew , who corroborated Tommaso 's insult later with their laughter , and made it impossible for Davide to ignore it and fail to issue his challenge .
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