Example sentences of "[pron] makes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I admire your loyalty , Paige , darling , but not when someone makes outrageous demands . |
| 2 | Julian Smith , marketing manager of the UK arm of TDK , which makes floppy disks , is dismissive of the rumours . |
| 3 | The 3M company which makes floppy disks has saved around $300 million over a decade by halving the waste it produces — boosting its net income by around five per cent . |
| 4 | And its the sorting which makes all money . |
| 5 | He answers that first God should be loved with the humility and strength which makes all labour light so that no shame or anguish can destabilise the delight ( 111 – 12.99 – 137 ) . |
| 6 | To take in the Napa Valley there is the Wine Train which makes two trips a day ; the wines , are , of course , plentiful and varied . |
| 7 | This is a collection of papers which makes extensive reference to the work I mention here . |
| 8 | Environmentalists have joined with racing enthusiasts and the Utah Film Commission , which makes extensive use of the flats , in an unusual alliance aimed at their preservation . |
| 9 | By posing an enigma and deferring its solution , the hermeneutic code pulls off a sleight of hand which makes delayed information synonymous with truth . |
| 10 | If your audience is Irish , even if you are Irish , you do not want a joke which makes Irish people appear stupid , but clever instead . |
| 11 | The deal also includes associated production equipment at Alma 's Keillers plant , which will be moved into one of Cadbury 's Trebor Bassett factories , and the small Angus plant in Dundee which makes chocolate-covered nuts and raisins . |
| 12 | Sometimes the farmer will be almost desperate to be rid of his rabbits since he regards them as a pest which makes undesirable inroads into the profitability of his farm . |
| 13 | On a set of black traversed with silver scaffolding — which makes good use of spotlighting and puffs of smoke to evoke a sinister underworld — Mike Alfred 's production explores an interesting parallel between the motivation and morals of two distinct types of drama some three centuries apart . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | For a start he should read Alan Everitt 's essay , The Pattern of Rural Dissent : the Nineteenth Century ( 1972 ) , which makes many points of general interest through an analysis of the differing experiences of the counties of Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Kent and that part of Lincolnshire known as Lindsey . |
| 16 | However , Sharp have a highly restrictive policy which makes such development difficult . |
| 17 | Which makes new Gold for Cooking just about the only way you can cut down on fat without cutting out most of your favourite dishes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | An explanation which makes eminent sense to everyone is to blame the victims of the crisis for the crisis . |
| 20 | The newspaper Sovyetsyaka Kultura quoted Voronezh residents as saying that between 23-29 September they had repeatedly seen UFOs — including a three-eyed humanoid , a robot and a raygun which makes mere earthlings disappear . |
| 21 | Most stockbrokers charge a minimum commission which makes small deals very uneconomical . |
| 22 | A contrasting perspective , however , which makes little allowance for the effects of collective bargaining arrangements , is the study of democracy in British and US unions by Edelstein and Warner ( 1975 ) , and that for Mexico by Thompson and Roxborough ( 1982 ) . |
| 23 | While we accept that the public interest is not restricted to these markets , the results of our survey have led us to question whether the present regulatory structure , which makes little distinction between identifiable public interest markets , is the most appropriate . |
| 24 | But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid . |
| 25 | This does not necessarily mean that the genetic information has been lost , but only that there may have been some chemical modification which makes crucial genes inaccessible . |
| 26 | Side Two 's opener , ‘ The Slim ’ , typifies Sugar 's ability to slow things down , with a grinding , winding melody that backs Mould as he tumbles through a drawn-out flashback nightmare , which makes temporary amnesia seem like a healthy option . |
| 27 | It is a form of law superior to other laws — because ( i ) it originates in an authority higher than the legislature which makes ordinary law and ( ii ) the authority of the legislature derives from it and is thus bound by it . |
| 28 | The second feature which makes personal conviction more necessary than ever is the tendency towards group thinking . |
| 29 | ( b ) A second possibility , which makes better use of the instruction length , is to calculate an effective store address from the operand and addressing mode fields in the instruction in the normal way ( for example , by adding the contents of an index register ) . |
| 30 | Homework is done by women whose role as unpaid caretakers of a nation 's dependents forces them out of the competition of the job market , and , still needing to earn , into work which is desperately tedious , which has to be carried out in isolation , thus losing for them the only element which makes tedious work bearable — the cameradie of the factory floor . |