Example sentences of "[conj] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radicals from across London , Britain , and Europe began to pour into the college to observe , participate , or make unsuccessful attempts to take the struggle into the correct channels . |
| 2 | Forward Publishing did not bother to reply or make any changes to their entry form . |
| 3 | For some reason it never occurred to me to lie or make any effort at all to save my invaluable little tin box . |
| 4 | She did n't stop me talking , but neither did she reply or make any comment on what I had to say . |
| 5 | Jenna stood perfectly still and felt unable to look away or make any sort of move . |
| 6 | Whilst social provision allows retired people to exist , there is little scope for them to grow or make full use of their later years . |
| 7 | Lord , for your sake , and not for the sake of those around us , may we not falter nor make empty plans but work to share your love and grace . |
| 8 | It had been anticipated that several of the governors appointed by Congress ( I ) would be replaced by the new government , but rather than make selective changes of those appointees of the former regime the government decided to ask all governors to resign with the intention of reinstating some of them later . |
| 9 | This rationalization for state intervention on efficiency grounds presupposes that government can determine the socially desirable rate of investment and innovation , and that it can take a dispassionate , long-term view of these investment possibilities , rather than make short-run responses to the demands of political interests . [ … ] |
| 10 | To understand and enjoy Versailles , several days are necessary : rather than make several trips from a Paris base itself , it is better to stay in the town . |
| 11 | And she 'd be sitting on the edge of her chair with a smile stitched to her face as she willed the rest of the party to get a move-on so she could go and make sure Camille was home and safe . |
| 12 | The Daurog began to whitter and make shrill noises . |
| 13 | A few days before his chanceless century , Dean expressed a wish ‘ to go on and make bigger scores . |
| 14 | There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work . |
| 15 | He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge . |
| 16 | I 'll just go and make that coffee |
| 17 | Thirdly , Jesus commissioned his followers to ‘ go and make all nations my disciples ’ |
| 18 | There is a feeling that they need to develop educational approaches that are based on indigenous conceptions of social service rather than Western urban industrial models and that they should be seeking ways of maximizing the contribution of front-line personnel , either through the direct provision of training or by teaching their graduates how to train and make optimum use of front-line workers ( University Grants Commission , 1980 ; Siddiqui , 1984 ) . |
| 19 | Friends raise funds for Mark THE family and friends of autistic five-year-old Mark Mason have raised £1,400 to buy special computer equipment to help him communicate and make better progress at the special school he attends in York . |
| 20 | You can either record this and play it back or stand in front of a friend and let them criticize and make helpful suggestions . |
| 21 | Now — are we going to get on with planning this party , or are you just going to sit there and make stupid remarks ? ’ |
| 22 | At present , interest earned in this country by overseas nationals is subject to tax but , if a tax haven state was created in Britain , this liability would disappear and make such deposits more attractive . |
| 23 | After beating Poland so well in Wembley to go out and make 5 changes which , with the exception of Dorigo and Shearer will weaken the team , the guy needs his head examined . |
| 24 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 25 | Hemmed in by bicks and shoulders , besieged by people wanting to shake his hand , put questions , or merely to remind him of past meetings , Cameron was struggling to respond and make each person feel attended to . |
| 26 | And because I took the trouble to save this life of yours I insist on seeing you recover properly and make full use of it . |
| 27 | As a rule , how particular groups are located vis-à-vis racist discourse intimately affects the reading strategies their members adopt towards specific instances , and this in turn underwrites the explanatory procedures used to interpret and make common sense of them . |
| 28 | Why did genes choose to gang up and make large bodies for themselves to live in ? |
| 29 | So so we know roughly going up to get and make some stars and he 's going to put chains and like all round these stars . |
| 30 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |