Example sentences of "it [verb] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the time it failed to make it out of the pit lane . |
| 2 | The survey also pointed to two weaknesses : marketing ( where it failed to make the top ten ) and capacity to innovate ( where it came seventh ) . |
| 3 | Here I am concerned to emphasize that the NIRC was required by the legislation under which it operated to make decisions which were likely to lead , and did in fact lead , to considerable and widespread political protest . |
| 4 | Think it was with a bit of Ellie 's assistance that it got made like that . |
| 5 | In August it expected to make about A$20m from the sale . |
| 6 | ‘ It involves making them take the shape wanted while still in solution , ’ Causton says . |
| 7 | This is more than blaming the victim , it involves making the victim part of the problem . |
| 8 | It involves making judgements about how people will and should behave on the basis of gender stereotypes believed to be determined by their sex . |
| 9 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 10 | It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers . |
| 11 | For them , the survey embodied the scientific method because it sought to make basic observations of the phenomena of interest and out of this formulate generalisations . |
| 12 | Although it sought to make schools accessible , it also held that attendance at them should be voluntary , that pupils should pay for the instruction they received , that public education should be developed gradually rather than immediately , and that , although schools would still be run by different agencies , societies and private individuals , they should teach the same things and be managed identically . |
| 13 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |
| 14 | If you enjoy penetrative sex and would like your partner to use a condom , his response might range from ‘ it interrupts making love ’ , ‘ it reduces my sensitivity ’ , or ‘ it is unnecessary as we trust each other ’ . |
| 15 | It stopped making television sets . |
| 16 | It stopped making low-density polyethylene , a basic petro-chemical characterised by massive international over-capacity , a decade ago . |
| 17 | First , is the procedure that the buyer has to go through to claim the remedy a proper one from an administrative point of view , or is it designed to make it difficult or impossible in practice for the buyer to invoke the clause ? |
| 18 | Yet it needs to make good the outdated complex , which is not even geared to withstanding bad weather . |
| 19 | It needs to make access top information simple , right down to desktop level . |
| 20 | It needs to make up its mind whether Greece has some special purpose in the world , apart from survival , and if so how this purpose fits into the wider patterns of Europe . |
| 21 | What can be done to harness this interest and give the public the scientific background it needs to make informed decisions on subjects like acid rain , the greenhouse effect , nuclear weapons , and genetic engineering ? |
| 22 | As such it needs to make use of concepts which define the political sphere , the nature of political relations and institutions , the state , government , law , etc. ; and it generally has as its point of departure a broader scheme of thought about human nature and society . |
| 23 | The diversity of skills it develops makes history graduates particularly attractive to employers who seek flexibility of mind rather than specialised expertise in a single discipline . |
| 24 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 25 | I have nothing but admiration for those hardy woodturners who have put the clock back a few hundred years and are making furniture with their pole lathes , but it has made me more than ever aware that the wood lathe has changed very little over the years . |
| 26 | The Black Country Development Corporation has begun proceedings to buy the pub but it has made no public statement giving its reasons . |
| 27 | But is Mr Kinnock wise , having trimmed — having trimmed to a wiser policy , but all the same egregiously trimmed — is he wise to insist that the British people respect Labour for the changes it has made ? |
| 28 | On the other it has made no bones of the need for concerted action on the part of European car makers — of which it counts itself one — and European governments to counter the threat of growing Japanese car imports into the Continental market . |
| 29 | All City insurance analysts believe that in any event Australian Mutual will not get the Pearl for the 605p per share bid that it has made . |
| 30 | Take education : it has made gigantic strides against bitter opposition to reform the system , to raise standards , to monitor the results and to draw industry closer to the academic and the educational world . ’ |