Example sentences of "[noun] to make it work " in BNC.

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1 When I had a lock that was sticking what did I blow What powder I did I blow into the lock to make it work better ?
2 Once the opponent has landed fully , the hook will require a lot of force to make it work , and a foot sweep may then be the more appropriate technique to apply .
3 You need only contrast it with cricket , a complex game over- burdened by social attitudes and codes , and dependent upon specific items of equipment to make it work , to understand how accessible football must have seemed .
4 I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ .
5 As a chairman , I did n't have to worry about finding a particular part to put in a piece of kit to make it work .
6 You have to run a tight business to make it work .
7 When the promised sprinters were not delivered on time , when the fares increased in proportion to the decline in reliability , when children are stranded because trains have broken down , when Conservative-controlled Suffolk county council subsidises the late night train , and when central Government grant for British Rail goes up , yet the service is still like a lottery , I despaired , I despair , and I will continue to despair until we give individuals , travellers , employees and taxpayers a real incentive to make it work — the freedom to succeed in the private sector .
8 Staff need to co-operate with each other to make it work — but that is what we do best .
9 An l.e.d. requires 2V approximately between its ends to make it work and the output from the stereo would hardly achieve this or might only do so intermittently with loud sounds .
10 The trouble is that the public backs the law but not the means to make it work .
11 Whatever the structure , an organisation needs people to make it work and hence the need to take into account the roles of individuals , their beliefs , values , motivations and how they interact with each other and with groups .
12 It was being said that when A90 came on song there would n't be enough people to work it and there would n't be enough plutonium to make it work .
13 You have to follow the rules and work at the right pace to make it work .
14 Conservation can not work unless we have the will to make it work .
15 Would each have the patience to continue the play , the will to make it work for them ?
16 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is formed by people with one language , with sentiments in common and by their feeling and will to make it work .
17 but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that .
18 A company might spend ten thousand pounds on a computer , but they would then spend sixty thousand pounds on the associated software to make it work .
19 Dennis Hopper was even more determined than Fonda to make it work .
20 And it just happens that Digital is the only company to make it work .
21 It just happens that Digital is the only company to make it work .
22 Love You and your partner face new challenges in your relationship — use them as a way of finding out just how deep your feelings are for each other , and how much you are prepared to sacrifice in order to make it work .
23 The basic DOS application is faster , no doubt , but if you want the graphical add-ins you 'll still need plenty of RAM and a fast processor to make it work .
24 For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work .
25 I think in the case of share portfolios , you need a lot of money to make it work properly .
26 But unless the staff concerned are enthusiastic about the project , fully understand it , and are thus prepared to give the time and energy to make it work team teaching will be doomed to failure .
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