Example sentences of "it makes the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does , nevertheless , have one benefit in that it makes the identification of the Z3 Carbonate relatively easy because when combined with the leaching profile at the top of the formation , it gives the sonic log a characteristic D-shape which is unique to the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 2 | This is particularly noticeable in conifers such as yew , spruce or fir , where it makes the canopy increasingly lace-like or transparent . |
| 3 | First , it makes the differences seem natural and inevitable — rather than questioning where they come from and what social functions they serve , readers are urged to accept and adjust to them . |
| 4 | Try to keep the joints as even as possible , as it makes the finish look better . |
| 5 | ‘ The meaning of a profession ’ , wrote that great Christian socialist R. H. Tawney , ‘ is that it makes the traitors the exception , not , as they tend to be in industry , the rule . ’ |
| 6 | The margins applied to the spot rate would be said to be at a premium , premium because it makes the US$ more expensive in terms of sterling to enable the cost to be passed on . |
| 7 | Furthermore , it makes the document so much more ‘ professional ’ that it 's hard to think of another single step that can such benefits . |
| 8 | It makes the staircase so dark . ’ |
| 9 | It makes the Chancellor the Saddam Hussein of economics for accomplishing it in such a brief period . |
| 10 | ‘ It makes the electricity , of course , ’ said Nigel . |
| 11 | As for the Signature model , it 's certainly slick but I honestly do n't know where all the money 's gone ; the JD Tele is infinitely better value for money and it makes the price tag on the US-made version look very questionable indeed . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not very clever , because it makes the parents look as if they 're idiots when they 're not — it says more about him than the people he 's speaking about . ’ |
| 13 | If , as Anthony Giddens suggests in Central Problems in Social Theory ( 1979 ) , one of the characteristics of ideology is that it makes the present appear natural , then this something else may be the province of ideology . |
| 14 | They say it makes the experience less painful for them and less traumatic for the baby . |
| 15 | I want to smoke when I write , and it makes the air so stuffy . |
| 16 | Effectively it makes the tie a one match game at Elland Road — if we win 1–0 or better we are through . |
| 17 | But putting up more candidates increases the danger that each of them will contend as an individual rather than as a member of a team : it makes the campaign harder to co-ordinate . |
| 18 | It makes the day disjointed obviously , |
| 19 | She says that she likes pink — because it makes the ladies drink . |
| 20 | She says that she likes pink — because it makes the ladies drink . |
| 21 | In [ 13 ] , the change of syntactic form , although it makes the sentence more concise , has phonological consequences which appear to be undesirable . |
| 22 | It makes the work of the Woods , who designed much of that Georgian city , look quite plain . |
| 23 | In effect , it makes the Government the biggest non-payer of poll tax of all and they must act to remedy this situation . ’ |
| 24 | Swords which affect psychology are extremely useful and a Sword of Fortitude is a must for any Orc or Goblin army , as it makes the bearer and the unit he is with immune to fear , terror and panic . |
| 25 | ‘ It makes the scheme more complicated and less popular . |
| 26 | A final benefit of this highly consistent input impedance is that it makes the choice of interconnecting cables far less significant , relieving this rather contentious subject of much of its ‘ mystery ’ . |
| 27 | The difficulty with this is that it makes the question of A's liability to C turn on what may be a purely technical contravention of the law by A which is of no real concern to C. Further , there are uncertainties in the meaning of ‘ unlawful ’ for this purpose . |
| 28 | And among those animals which secrete poisons but have no means of injecting them , their function is usually defensive : in the case of certain tropical sea-urchins , it makes the eggs distasteful to predators . |
| 29 | For as classy , clever and well-spun as Twin Peaks is , it makes the mistake of presuming the viewer will watch and listen and perceive . |
| 30 | On one side is the shattering power of time : This feeling of inevitability becomes so strong that it makes the poem comment on itself in surprised awareness — ‘ Oh fearful meditation ! ’ — and pushes on to an apparently unanswerable climax : ‘ Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back ? / Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid ? ’ |