Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She makes that bastard Kane look like a social worker . |
| 2 | My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection . |
| 3 | He does n't suppose he makes much sense to her , but it 's nice she listens . |
| 4 | Conscious , like his rivals , that he could be seen as a Southern carpet bagger , he makes much fuss of the Labour stalwarts . |
| 5 | When a matter is referred to an expert for decision , he makes that decision himself . |
| 6 | Alina leans on the rail beside Angelica , both of them looking down at Walter as he makes another thrust into the darkness beneath them . |
| 7 | What happens when he makes another hole ? |
| 8 | He makes another leap , now he 's started , and sees three particular candle-flames , three particular shadows , all charged with particular feeling . |
| 9 | And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there . |
| 10 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 11 | Eddie Stride in one of his books he makes this statement , he says , my jealousy , your envy , someone else 's pride , needs the pardon bought with the blood of Christ at Calvary , as much as someone else 's promiscuity , or perversion . |
| 12 | I 'm sure he makes some sort of reaction I ca n't see . |
| 13 | He makes enough noise does n't he ? |
| 14 | If he makes any mistake no harsh remark is made , but quietly he is asked to go through again and point out such-and-such a sheep or goat which has been purposely hidden . |
| 15 | He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well . |
| 16 | It 's not just that he makes more commission by selling you an endowment rather than a repayment mortgage . |
| 17 | It makes little sense , for example , to require that children have a command of formal vocabulary before they are competent in technical vocabulary or vice versa . |
| 18 | It makes little sense to describe everyone over the age of 60 or 65 as ‘ the elderly population ’ , or ‘ old people ’ . |
| 19 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 20 | If Parliament wishes to create a specialist body to adjudicate in a given field , it makes little sense to have the decisions of that body reviewed by courts which have no such expertise . |
| 21 | His basic criticism of the system is that it makes little sense on the level of integrity because it makes only superficial sense of human desire and action and , therefore , only poor sense of human happiness . |
| 22 | There were , of course , flaws in Velikovsky 's reasoning : his imagined catastrophes were fanciful and , while it is all very well to derive clues from oral legends , it makes little sense to prefer these to properly researched results . |
| 23 | If so , it makes little sense to speak of ‘ authenticity ’ , though feminists might wish to celebrate women 's talk as an aspect of their resistance to oppression , a demonstration of skill and creativity with the limited materials at hand . |
| 24 | The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings . |
| 25 | Thus it makes little sense to refer to ‘ immigrant ’ communities ; what we now have are minority black British communities , that have already made a very substantial contribution to the growth and prosperity of the British economy . |
| 26 | There is a sense in which standing is a preliminary question , separate from that of the substance and merits of the applicant 's case : standing rules determine entitlement to raise and argue the issue of illegality , and it makes little sense to say that entitlement to argue the merits of the case depends on whether one has a good case on the merits . |
| 27 | Thinking requires prior knowledge and learning — it makes little sense to reinvent the wheel — but too much emphasis on learning what has been the case can inhibit the growth of thinking about how to do things in unusual and interesting ways . |
| 28 | For , it is argued , it makes little sense to worry about the possibility of repetitiveness and reduplication with regard to the world " in itself " if we can establish the historical uniqueness of particulars in relation to ourselves . |
| 29 | While it makes little sense to talk of criticism of the physical world , it makes every sense to talk of criticism turned on to the theories and concepts which science has produced to explain the external world , for they could certainly be other than they are.8 Unfortunately , we sometimes give the impression in science and technological education that the current models , terms and theories of science are given and have merely to be assimilated by students . |
| 30 | A person may belong to several different families during his life , and it makes little sense to regard him as changing identity on leaving or entering a nuclear family . |