Example sentences of "[coord] make it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Labour Party wished to participate in government it would have to shed its Marxist-Trotskyist wing or make it impotent . " |
| 2 | And three dimensional space is something we can all understand — or make it four if you add time . |
| 3 | ‘ Does the way you respond help the situation , or make it worse ? ’ , |
| 4 | But they will experience those feelings , because human nature is not at either of these extreme points , it 's neither erm , perfectly good , nor perfectly bad , it 's a , it 's a mixture of both , and consequently , although you can improve the world , for it does n't deny you can improve the world , or make it worse , of course . |
| 5 | You work lightly so as not to draw in the knitting or make it lumpy and you could also undo lightly worked stitches more easily . |
| 6 | It made no reference to the possibility that schools for the less able might depress expectations and discourage the pupils in them , or make it difficult for such schools to attract an adequate share of available resources . |
| 7 | It is useful for those of us who worry that hearing other opinions and listening to other people may weaken our case , or make it difficult for us to concentrate on our own determined agenda . |
| 8 | They could feel angry , embarrassed and even guilty because of the comments of over-anxious parents who keep hinting about their longing for grandchildren , or make it clear that they think there should be no more . |
| 9 | Talk about safer sex with your partner , or make it clear that it is safer sex you want by your actions . |
| 10 | None of the new features take away control from the user or make it harder or more complex to use , a strategy which some other vendors would do well to emulate . |
| 11 | Her aim is to take elitism out of design and make it accessible to a wider public . |
| 12 | Ca n't we build on the word partnership and make it mean what you want . |
| 13 | It was in just this situation that the FAA originally decided to take an authoritative attitude and make it compulsory for flight crews to report dangerous incidents . |
| 14 | If that 's five or more then you pu increase that by one and make it five . |
| 15 | This trusteeship is supported in many countries by laws which define the familial nature of ownership and , indeed , of occupation and make it inconceivable for the farmer willingly to support farm amalgamation of the kind envisaged . |
| 16 | The change is the result of the 1989 Water Act which privatised the water industry and make it illegal for water companies to continue using ratable value as the basis for charging for water after March 2000 . |
| 17 | Their concern is to understand the mechanisms that keep capitalism going and make it resistant to challenges — so that they might strengthen those challenges . |
| 18 | Montaine had helped Jean-Claude dig out the cave and make it impenetrable and impermeable . |
| 19 | The Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater , Texas , takes place every March to rid rangeland of snakes and make it safer for livestock . |
| 20 | The Report also noted , somewhat prophetically in the light of the present government 's ‘ open enrolment ’ policy under the ERA 1988 — which is designed inter alia to identify bad schools by their lack of popularity with parents — that ‘ whenever a school is unpopular that should be an indication to the authority to find out why and make it better ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Your nan used to take you in there , ’ he said , ‘ with this dead hamster in a cage or the bloody goldfish floating belly up in the bowl , and she 'd wink at him and say , It 's very sick , can you take it in the back and make it better ? |
| 22 | Our challenge today is to take this democratic system of ours , a system second to none , and make it better . |
| 23 | And er all the branches had a cook at the national agreement how to try and alter it and make it better . |
| 24 | In this way , though we do not rid ourselves of the ego , we do transcend it and make it softer and enable ourselves to see things calmly . |
| 25 | Gob open and arms flapping , Ashcroft has the rare ability to sing about how he 's ‘ born to fly ’ while looking like he was born to be institutionalised , and make it convincing . |
| 26 | She had to say something fast and make it convincing . |
| 27 | Through his painting he would reach the kernel of moral truth ‘ they ’ had mislaid , and make it new . |
| 28 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
| 29 | And make it one long road of shops . |
| 30 | Our God can still take the ordinary and make it extraordinary . |