Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] making [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as ag I will , I 'll be returning to this obviously in consideration of Italy and Germany , but it is perhaps worth making this point now . |
| 2 | I do n't want to say much about making any decision . |
| 3 | For instance– ‘ Thanks very much for making that suggestion — do you want to say ally more about it ? ’ |
| 4 | Madame Gauthier , in between making intermittent , shrill contributions to the general commotion , was proceeding with her regular evening task of making up her accounts . |
| 5 | Bayfield and England captain Will Carling are playing only after making near-miraculous recoveries from injuries against Otago in Dunedin last weekend . |
| 6 | Philip cast one glance at him , observed the signs , and thought better of making any demands on him . |
| 7 | Once authorisation to carry on a banking business has been granted by the home member state to a bank in accordance with the Community 's essential requirements , the Community legislative approach is to require the host country in which the bank may wish to provide cross-border services or establish a branch to recognise the validity of that authorisation , and to allow it to do so without making additional ‘ authorisation ’ requirements to the bank . |
| 8 | Sadly Mr 's proposal fell on a technicality , but I think he put his finger on something which I felt the assembly was , was responding to , that we are not finished with this issue and although it fell on a technicality about money , perhaps without making any addendums and motions we might er refuse this addendum and keep our minds on the baptism issue and hope that the Board of Practice and Procedure and the panel on doctrine will pick up the substance and the , the essence of what Mr was asking for and pursue this matter until as a church we can get it sorted out to the satisfaction of all the groups within the church . |
| 9 | The main job will probably boil down to making sure you have taken plenty of candid camera shots of those present , both adults and children . |
| 10 | David , who received his award from Jonathan Paul , the chairman of the newly-merged company , puts his success down to making better silage and improving the utilisation of grass on his 100-acre farm . |
| 11 | Article 1 of the Single European Act reads : The European Communities and European political Cooperation shall have as their objective to contribute together to making concrete progress towards European unity . ’ |
| 12 | And we could make it better by making sure that the bags came in more correct like what Simon 's doing now with those printed labels . |
| 13 | As you will probably know , if you think you can do better by making independent provision , you are not obliged to remain in SERPS but instead can invest in a personal pension . |
| 14 | They agreed to start afresh by making certain favourites available only contingent on good behaviour . |
| 15 | Only by making these changes can we regain the ground which we lost during the recession in our core geographic market , Scotland . |
| 16 | Even people who managed to stay married seemed to do it only by making incredible compromises which I thought was contemptible . ’ |
| 17 | Also for the audio tour and generally for making sure that everything is kept on an even keel historically and that people keep on the right lines . |
| 18 | I said well it 's not worth making all that mixture just for you |
| 19 | What is said above about making consistent lists is even more important in a tonal language where the sound(s) to check should ideally be in words having the same tone pattern . |
| 20 | But he 's not above making furtive preparations for the worst . |
| 21 | The analysts encountered many problems in the process of bridging this gap , but each problem was addressed in turn and an appropriate solution found , generally by making imaginative use of computer software to record and manipulate the mass of data that was produced as the analysis progressed . |
| 22 | It is not difficult to see how capitalist entrepreneurship might prosper under such ethical norms : not by making monetary gain an end in itself but as an almost incidental product of thrift . |
| 23 | Saidi Safari , a local Muslim trader , came forward to pay the fines but was himself arrested shortly afterwards — possibly for making critical remarks about the incident . |
| 24 | The Professional Association of Teachers has produced details of a particularly disturbing case in which a teacher in the independent sector was summarily dismissed very rapidly after making serious allegations against a colleague . |
| 25 | ALTERNATIVE medicine practitioners were accused by the Royal College of Physicians yesterday of making false and misleading claims for their treatments of allergies by unorthodox methods . |
| 26 | Potential suitors are believed to be holding off from making outright bids for fear that there may be further black holes in Ferranti 's balance sheet . |
| 27 | An allocation is Pareto-efficient if there is no reallocation of resources that would make some people better off without making some people worse off . |
| 28 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 29 | Consonants tend to contribute more to making English understood than vowels do . |
| 30 | Better quality work did not necessarily pay better ; for instance , a worker generally earned more by making plain blouses than ones with collars , cuffs and tucks . |