Example sentences of "this makes [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes them cheaper and less time consuming ( academics ' time ) . |
| 2 | He believed that women are to be adored for their naturalness , but because this makes them vulnerable and subject to extremes of temperament , they should also be under the control of their husbands . |
| 3 | This makes them useful for destroying tumours while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed . |
| 4 | This makes them terrible foes in battle as an uncanny silence reigns as they fight , no war cries or screams rend the air as they wield their halberds with deadly intensity . |
| 5 | However , when the cell divides the chromosomes condense — this makes them easier to distribute to the daughter cells — and are now easy to see . |
| 6 | This makes them liable to prosecution long after the wastes have left their premises . |
| 7 | This makes them liable finally to neglect the complications of their position , and simply to accept or reject ‘ tokenism ’ , without considering all its implications . |
| 8 | To what extent they are affected , and whether this makes them dependent upon forces that are beyond their control in the way they exercise their discretion , as opposed to being ‘ free agents ’ and therefore capable of choosing to follow a different policy in the light of changing circumstances , is the subject of this section . |
| 9 | But he has also confessed , and this makes him special . |
| 10 | This makes him free to wear whatever ideological clothing suits the fashion of the moment . |
| 11 | AFTER the recent reports of carjacking I now lock the doors if I am travelling alone or with just my children , but this makes me uneasy because of the risk of being trapped after an accident . |
| 12 | This makes me confident that we are going to be the winners in the animal feed market . |
| 13 | This makes me glad I flew three thousand miles to see it . |
| 14 | Therefore , fluid passes into the discs between our vertebrae , causing them to swell slightly and this makes us taller . |
| 15 | This makes it possible to believe that God can relate to us , and that he can reach out to us and transform our nature . |
| 16 | This makes it possible to present Christianity both as a story and as a part of history , without dogmatism , but also with precision and accuracy . |
| 17 | This makes it possible to set up a two-way conversation using only one pair of wires . |
| 18 | This makes it possible to use weaving selectively — if the weaving yarn is laid over the needles it will be woven into the fabric , but if there is no weaving yarn a stocking stitch stripe is knitted . |
| 19 | This makes it possible only to use one part if there is limited time available . |
| 20 | Tutors are appointed as and when required and this makes it possible to set up new classes without too much preamble . |
| 21 | This makes it possible to link the Machs with other JTAG devices for easier board testing . |
| 22 | This makes it possible for governments of all political persuasions to argue in favour of this policy . |
| 23 | This makes it possible to calculate the number of visits performed within the previously claimable hours of 2300 to 0700 and comparisons can therefore be made with historical numbers of claims for night visits and with earlier published research . |
| 24 | This makes it possible , for example , to have programmes with soundtracks in two languages or to have two alternative commentaries to the same set of pictures . |
| 25 | The rate of accumulation of biomass or NPP is expressed as weight of living matter/unit area/ unit time and recent work by the International Biological Programme ( IBP ) has provided more accurate estimates of NPP on a world scale for both continents and oceans , and this makes it possible to rank biome types according to NPP or present processes . |
| 26 | This makes it possible to study samples isolated at high dilution in an inert matrix of a solid such as N 2 or Ar . |
| 27 | This makes it possible for anybody to create a professionally polished performance that can then be shown to an audience using either the Mac itself , 35 mm slides or overhead projector foils , backed up with printed handouts and speaker notes . |
| 28 | This makes it possible to study subtle processes of coordination : for example , when words are repeated they are generally pronounced less clearly after the first time , but only if they are being used to refer to the same thing . |
| 29 | This makes it possible to access any individual frame by calling up that address and displaying its contents . |
| 30 | This makes it possible to keep audio output going even when the read head is on the move and the CD-ROM is not being accessed . |