Example sentences of "[noun pl] makes it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The magico-religious content of many of the seal images makes it likely that their owners treated them as amulets as well . |
| 2 | The fact that divorce is in many cases equally desired by both parties makes it probable that there may in fact be some collusion between them . |
| 3 | Today , of course , the importance of political parties makes it difficult for members of Parliament to claim to represent all their constituents ; but equally makes it difficult for them to assume delegate roles . |
| 4 | Moreover , the complex nature of many frauds makes it difficult for the police to prepare a sound case . |
| 5 | But any rational analysis of the outcome of the Democratic primaries makes it clear that Jackson 's racial identity did not and could not defeat him in the voting booth . |
| 6 | The banning of one-party committees or sub-committees makes it difficult for political groups to develop policy with the benefit of officer advice . |
| 7 | The outbreak of war naturally marked the end of the collaboration of Picasso and Braque , but the unprecedented closeness of their artistic careers over the preceding years makes it impossible to separate completely the contribution made by each to Cubism during the most vital years of its development . |
| 8 | Lord Lane did , however , express concern on behalf of the court that to some people , ‘ putting into the dock together defendants who [ had ] been arrested on different occasions or at different places makes it difficult to avoid the appearance of ‘ group justice ’ . |
| 9 | The Book of Proverbs makes it clear that happiness and discipline go hand in hand from the beginning of our lives : ‘ He who spares the rod hates his son , but he who loves him is careful to discipline him . ’ |
| 10 | Forty cases of illegal logging have been brought to court in the last three years , but the loophole in the regulations makes it difficult to prove charges , so a technique is being developed to date the year of felling , using tree rings . |
| 11 | The way in which the film provokes these questions makes it possible , even today , to understand why this film was such a hit , selling 385 prints at £10 apiece . |
| 12 | However they caution that the relatively small numbers of students in both studies makes it difficult to draw any firm generalisable conclusions . |
| 13 | The use of complex lexical structures makes it possible to use simpler grammars . |
| 14 | Having fewer suppliers makes it easier to move towards just-in-time delivery of components . |
| 15 | A combination of history , tradition and resources makes it possible for the cathedral to set high standards , musically as well as liturgically . |
| 16 | The simultaneous administration of two treatments makes it difficult to differentiate which induced the response . |
| 17 | This not only affects how the male public react to policewomen in the province , it also influences how male colleagues treat policewomen in the work environment and the sorts of duties they are assigned in practice ; and the dearth of senior female officers makes it easy for male colleagues to impose such limits on the role of policewomen . |
| 18 | It is also ideal for swimming , and the gentle gradient of its shores makes it safe for children . |
| 19 | The nature of public enterprise objectives makes it difficult for political authorities to evaluate and control the activities of the enterprises . |
| 20 | The extreme detachment with which Onetti views his characters makes it difficult for the reader to become involved in their fate . |
| 21 | But psychoanalysis 's limited address to social relations makes it unable to deal with all the questions western feminists raise about gender and subjectivity . |
| 22 | Using a recognition test to measure memory for the stimuli makes it possible to assess any general biases in responding separately from subjects ’ actual ability to correctly recognize individual stimuli . |
| 23 | The gluteus maximus muscle in the buttocks makes it possible to pull the legs back , push the hips forward and stand up straight . |
| 24 | The shape of the jaws makes it difficult to swallow mammals and there are no records of man-eating . |
| 25 | The resurgence of interest in cognitive processes makes it impossible to hold such a simple view any longer and nowadays most psychologists recognize that there are psychological processes , like verbal communication and the symbolic representation of future events , that can only reliably be demonstrated in other people . |
| 26 | The ever broadening range of involvement by government departments makes it difficult to trace the evolution of policy through Whitehall or to interpret decision making in development planning , and researchers are presented with a bewildering complexity of sources which hinders efficient and economic research . |
| 27 | It is undoubtedly true that Hansard and particularly records of Committee debates are not widely held by libraries outside London and that the lack of satisfactory indexing of Committee stages makes it difficult to trace the passage of a clause after it is redrafted or renumbered . |
| 28 | Further , the amount of time available in practice for part time Masters level courses makes it unlikely that occasional work will give awareness of language as strong a base as was provided for first degree work in other areas . |
| 29 | However the limited numbers of Access students who had completed higher education courses makes it difficult to draw any strong generalisable conclusions . |
| 30 | Identifying the full cost of courses makes it clear to the voter where the funding gap is . |