Example sentences of "[Wh det] makes [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian Smith , marketing manager of the UK arm of TDK , which makes floppy disks , is dismissive of the rumours . |
| 2 | The 3M company which makes floppy disks has saved around $300 million over a decade by halving the waste it produces — boosting its net income by around five per cent . |
| 3 | To take in the Napa Valley there is the Wine Train which makes two trips a day ; the wines , are , of course , plentiful and varied . |
| 4 | The deal also includes associated production equipment at Alma 's Keillers plant , which will be moved into one of Cadbury 's Trebor Bassett factories , and the small Angus plant in Dundee which makes chocolate-covered nuts and raisins . |
| 5 | Sometimes the farmer will be almost desperate to be rid of his rabbits since he regards them as a pest which makes undesirable inroads into the profitability of his farm . |
| 6 | For a start he should read Alan Everitt 's essay , The Pattern of Rural Dissent : the Nineteenth Century ( 1972 ) , which makes many points of general interest through an analysis of the differing experiences of the counties of Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Kent and that part of Lincolnshire known as Lindsey . |
| 7 | Of course nothing remotely approaches the indulgent , yet time and time again Pollini characterises the music with an infinite subtlety which makes other interpretations appear almost cosmetic in comparison : listen to how gently he coaxes ( never caresses ! ) the opening phrases of and you 'll hear what I mean . |
| 8 | The newspaper Sovyetsyaka Kultura quoted Voronezh residents as saying that between 23-29 September they had repeatedly seen UFOs — including a three-eyed humanoid , a robot and a raygun which makes mere earthlings disappear . |
| 9 | Most stockbrokers charge a minimum commission which makes small deals very uneconomical . |
| 10 | This does not necessarily mean that the genetic information has been lost , but only that there may have been some chemical modification which makes crucial genes inaccessible . |
| 11 | However , the instruction manual , though extremely comprehensive , is written in that awful Americanese which makes similar pamphlets printed in Japan almost a pleasure to read ! |
| 12 | The heli-skier is lifted into remote parts of mountain ranges which other skiers can not reach , in the Alps , Sweden , the Himalayas and in New Zealand , and left to ski across unknown terrain which makes black runs look like nursery slopes . |
| 13 | For an interesting discussion of translation problems which makes frequent references to the second type of classification , see Hatim and Mason ( 1990 ) . |
| 14 | Several of them have not yet got electric light , which makes modern developments , like school films , impossible . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , being constructive , members of the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians have published a report entitled ’ Kick-start ’ , which makes various proposals on how to get people back to work and revive the economy . |
| 16 | In the competition between varying possible principles applicable , that which makes certain covenants and in restraint of trade unenforceable will in some circumstances be strong enough to prevail . |
| 17 | The finished design is then transferred onto heavy-duty tracing paper and pierced by a picador , a machine which makes tiny holes along the traced lines . |
| 18 | Plant one near " Euphorbia armygdaloides " Rubra " , which makes lovely mounds of red foliage followed by yellow flowers , and heuchera " Palace Purple " with its smooth burnished brown/red leaves . |
| 19 | From examination of family life and some of the needs of children at home , the next writer , Nigel Parton , moves to the tragic issue of child abuse , a form of adult behaviour which makes some children 's home life a nightmare and which social workers find is one of the most difficult problems they have to address . |
| 20 | For a feast of potatoes , I offer a medley of Chardonnays , the most fashionable grape variety which makes delicious wines — not just in its native Burgundy , but in vineyards all over the world . |
| 21 | With annual sales running at about £1 million , Intelligence ( UK ) now owns two subsidiaries — Herbvale , which produces software , and Merton Electronics , which makes electronic components . |
| 22 | Bains believed ‘ that the advice of officers must be available wherever the effective decisions are taken and if it is the party group which makes those decisions then a way must be found of making the officers ’ advice available ’ ( Bains 1972 : 18 — 19 ) . |
| 23 | It is a good buy only if people particularly want the unusual service ( in this case , weekly collection of small instalments ) which makes those costs high , and have decided that this costly extra is — for them — worth the price . |
| 24 | The very flexibility which makes these machines attractive provides a danger to a profession which relies on unalterable evidence . |
| 25 | Until the slightly contrasting tendencies become more manifest in the later-second century ( with the trend to fully centralised designs etc. ) it is this characteristic which makes these designs complementary . |
| 26 | For the scientific sections , there are merely notes and abstracts of papers , which nevertheless occupy 176 pages ; they are separately paginated and indexed from the formal reports , which makes these publications confusing to cite . |
| 27 | For all that , Garb feels that Britain has an unparalleled intellectual community which makes these hardships easier to bear . |
| 28 | Where bank affairs are closely tied to the fortunes of their leading customers through shared group affiliation , the lending bank and the borrowing company are bound to the same fate which makes unilateral changes in loan terms much less likely . |
| 29 | THE Environment Secretary , Mr Christopher Patten , yesterday presented his Environment Protection Bill , which makes sweeping changes in the way industrial pollution is controlled , as a milestone on the road to a greener Britain . |
| 30 | The company , which makes compact discs , wants to start making cassettes . |