Example sentences of "[prep] making these [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Techniques " at the bell " are four ( 1 ) living with the headlines and main outlines of your subject by the use of swot cards ; ( 2 ) rehearsing old papers ( or papers concocted from textbook examples ) under examination conditions , with the deliberate aim of making these conditions so familiar that you will be at ease — with the " this-is-old-hat-to-me " feeling in the examination room ; ( 3 ) listening with a much more critical ear to your tutor and to the lecturer — especially if he is also the examiner ;
2 In an acquisition , where the seller is represented by management or advisers acting as negotiators , it can be beneficial to identify ways of making these negotiators lose sight of the vendor company 's true interests .
3 Although the addition of fibres is a fairly effective way of making these materials tough it does put up the cost of manufacture and it also restricts the number of applications for which they are suitable .
4 What makes the researcher different is that the purpose of making these observations is not only to become a member of the group but also to write an account of its way of life .
5 One purpose of making these claims might be to attempt to establish a new legal norm , that is , that a claim at present based upon a need will become one of right .
6 The extra expense of making these sections is offset by their versatility : an uncovered DPT can be used for several different analytical purposes , and offers much more petrographic information .
7 That message needs to be got home , I 'm pleased to note this evening that after three years of making these suggestions you have at last started to accept some of them .
8 There are two methods of making these blinds ; Method 1 gives a professional finish using narrow wooden laths , which are slotted into channels in the lining to keep the pleats defined and neatly layered ; Method 2 is simpler , using vertical rows of tape and rings , and creates a softer , less rigid line which is more suitable for use at a small window .
9 The point of making these comparisons is that artistic practices affect how a critic should describe a landscape .
10 Did he never grow tired of making these accusations ?
11 Assistance in making these choices is given by the Director of Studies to whom each student is assigned on joining the University .
12 In making these threats , Mr Sloan exceeded his authority .
13 Some of her happiest hours were passed in making these costumes and she found that time flew by — it seemed she had barely started before her mother was calling for her to have her bath and go to bed .
14 Yet he saw the danger in making these communities an ideal , as he turned an anthropological eye on Christianity and perceived that such examples seem to proffer no solution to industrial urban and suburban existence — the way most people live .
15 In making these remarks , I do not mean to argue that the decisions made in cases discussed in section II are necessarily wrong .
16 They go on to say that large firms ‘ are constrained in some way [ in making these decisions ] by the requirement to make profits and serve consumers ’ , but it is nevertheless appropriate to stress that companies will usually have options about how to manage the impact of changed market conditions or technology : the company is not merely a passive instrument of the market .
17 In making these decisions , people will have to weigh up the relative advantages and disadvantages of the various alternative assets .
18 Coincidentally , he said , there has been a missing element in making these applications work easily : a proper operating system .
19 In making these statements the church is not standing aloof from the unconverted instructing them on how they ought to live their lives rather the church is speaking to itself , holding before all its members the id the ideal of what we believe God has taught in his word about the way in which people ought to live .
20 Whether the length of time spent in making these inquiries and the mode in which they are made are reasonable or not may be nice questions .
21 In making these comments , one begins to ask , ‘ why is it necessary that they be made ? ’ .
22 The symptoms that were more common among those in residential homes , particularly confusion , incontinence , and bad temper , indicate some of the problems in making these homes attractive and stimulating places to live .
23 She had insisted on making these calls and she had won but there had been no satisfaction in that .
24 On making these decisions , her panic attacks stopped and were replaced by a mixture of emotions as she faced up to her fear of intimacy and commitment , and her excitement and uncertainty over becoming a mature student .
25 Most of the staff were responsible for making these monsters and since I 'm such a nice person , I might be able to help .
26 Eric Pendry himself drew up a long list of recommendations for making these exercises safer .
27 Departmental or institutional motivation for making these decisions is , of course , a crucial consideration and inspires its own typology .
28 B finds out about the process and decides to build a similar process for making these computer chips .
29 However , the Consumer Transactions ( Restrictions on Statements ) Order 1976 has been made under the Fair Trading Act 1973 ( The procedure for making these orders is explained at paragraph 16–40 below ) .
30 Without doubt , it is a legacy of almost unrivalled importance , and we must remain eternally grateful to EMI for making these performances available to the public at such a reasonable ( mid- ) price .
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