Example sentences of "[pron] makes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This is a collection of papers which makes extensive reference to the work I mention here . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | By posing an enigma and deferring its solution , the hermeneutic code pulls off a sleight of hand which makes delayed information synonymous with truth . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | An explanation which makes eminent sense to everyone is to blame the victims of the crisis for the crisis . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | The second feature which makes personal conviction more necessary than ever is the tendency towards group thinking . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The following year Arthur Woods directed They Drive by Night ( 1938 ) , which makes evocative use of such ordinary English surroundings as a dance palace and the roadside cafés along the Great North Road for the story of an ex-convict hunted for a murder he did n't commit , who comes back to London to hunt down the real killer , a weirdo with books like Sex in Relation to Society and The Thrill of Evil in his briefcase . |
13 | The performance indicators which are produced consist mainly of data on payment , which makes useful analysis difficult . |
14 | collective bargaining arrangements form a multi-coloured patchwork of different styles , tones and texture which makes all-inclusive comment difficult . |
15 | Recreate a splendid Victorian Christmas atmosphere with this table setting , which makes striking use of colour — adding purple to traditional reds and greens . |
16 | That generation now dies at the rate of 150,000 people a year which makes coronary artery disease Britain 's number 1 illness ; a generation that has died of ignorance , indifference and arrogance . |
17 | From now on they 'll be released through Ultimate , which makes perfect sense considering that Ultimate is the label that launched Levitation and The Belltower and this sounds like a wild cross between the two . |
18 | Overall , the modifications to the management of the system resulted in an increase of about 25% of the total agricultural output , with a change in emphasis towards fish production and export ( which makes economic sense because of the high value of fish in the marketplace ) . |
19 | In the race this is the original social and psychological trauma which makes civilized society possible and which produces as its embodiment totemic religion . |
20 | The second major factor which makes chartered accountancy training unattractive to hard pressed small firms is study leave . |
21 | Its five books re-tell and overlap the ancient stories of how God created Man and after generations of wandering around living a life which makes Wild West movies look tame , there was captivity in Egypt and then liberation to the Promised Land . |
22 | Therefore , in history it is not nature and technology which makes human society but it is man himself , who in terms of his already existing ideas and values , makes his own history , as he encounters nature and the problems it poses . |
23 | It owns three subsidiaries : Charles Farris , which makes enormous church candles that sell for about £35 each ; Aidee International , which manufactures pottery Beatrix Potter soap dishes in Devon ; and Candle Flare , a Colchester-based maker of Christmas decorations . |
24 | But in the background you can hear the murmur of other people 's activity and this , Smith argues , is one of the things which makes Shared Ark work . |
25 | BSDI 's motion to dismiss , which makes significant use of the Xerox/Apple precedent , claims USL 's failure to sue them for any patent , trade secret or copyright infringement , or even allege such a violation , taints their case . |
26 | Combining vaginal and rectal swabs , together with the use of a selective culture medium , improves the predictive value ( positive predictive value of 67% and a negative predictive value of 92% ) but only to a level which makes mass screening viable in areas with high rates of infection . |
27 | After flirting with Modernism in his earlier fiction , John Fowles was to deride the whole idea as late as 1982 , with Mantissa , which makes elaborate fun of the tradition of Joyce and argues that fiction may find it hard even to survive the grinding tedium of the nouveau roman . |
28 | This range of factors all create changes which result in the constant need to rethink and repackage IM principles in the light of current business plan priorities and technical developments and to express them in a way which makes cultural sense within the organisation . |
29 | The station , which makes Spitting Image and Inspector Morse , has increased its advertising sales at the expense of rivals . |
30 | The company , which makes high barrier flexible packaging for the food industry , moved machinery , materials and all its support equipment from Courtaulds ' Bridgwater site , where it began life in the mid-1980s , ten miles down the motorway to a purpose-built new unit . |