Example sentences of "which makes [adj] [noun] " 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 | This is a collection of papers which makes extensive reference to the work I mention here . |
| 4 | Environmentalists have joined with racing enthusiasts and the Utah Film Commission , which makes extensive use of the flats , in an unusual alliance aimed at their preservation . |
| 5 | By posing an enigma and deferring its solution , the hermeneutic code pulls off a sleight of hand which makes delayed information synonymous with truth . |
| 6 | If your audience is Irish , even if you are Irish , you do not want a joke which makes Irish people appear stupid , but clever instead . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On a set of black traversed with silver scaffolding — which makes good use of spotlighting and puffs of smoke to evoke a sinister underworld — Mike Alfred 's production explores an interesting parallel between the motivation and morals of two distinct types of drama some three centuries apart . |
| 10 | It follows a very sensible line which makes good use of the existing paths along Dere Street and the Minchmoor , the drove road from Peebles over the Cauldstane Slap to the Lothian plain , the towpaths of the Union and the Forth-Clyde canals , and the Antonine Wall . |
| 11 | Which makes new Gold for Cooking just about the only way you can cut down on fat without cutting out most of your favourite dishes . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | An explanation which makes eminent sense to everyone is to blame the victims of the crisis for the crisis . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Most stockbrokers charge a minimum commission which makes small deals very uneconomical . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Side Two 's opener , ‘ The Slim ’ , typifies Sugar 's ability to slow things down , with a grinding , winding melody that backs Mould as he tumbles through a drawn-out flashback nightmare , which makes temporary amnesia seem like a healthy option . |
| 18 | It is a form of law superior to other laws — because ( i ) it originates in an authority higher than the legislature which makes ordinary law and ( ii ) the authority of the legislature derives from it and is thus bound by it . |
| 19 | The second feature which makes personal conviction more necessary than ever is the tendency towards group thinking . |
| 20 | Homework is done by women whose role as unpaid caretakers of a nation 's dependents forces them out of the competition of the job market , and , still needing to earn , into work which is desperately tedious , which has to be carried out in isolation , thus losing for them the only element which makes tedious work bearable — the cameradie of the factory floor . |
| 21 | The following year Arthur Woods directed They Drive by Night ( 1938 ) , which makes evocative use of such ordinary English surroundings as a dance palace and the roadside cafés along the Great North Road for the story of an ex-convict hunted for a murder he did n't commit , who comes back to London to hunt down the real killer , a weirdo with books like Sex in Relation to Society and The Thrill of Evil in his briefcase . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The performance indicators which are produced consist mainly of data on payment , which makes useful analysis difficult . |
| 25 | collective bargaining arrangements form a multi-coloured patchwork of different styles , tones and texture which makes all-inclusive comment difficult . |
| 26 | For an interesting discussion of translation problems which makes frequent references to the second type of classification , see Hatim and Mason ( 1990 ) . |
| 27 | Today , Doddy heads up the 400-strong PTGI company , an agency which makes available Guinness throughout the country , from small road-side stalls to large supermarkets , from luxury hotels to more downmarket bars . |
| 28 | Recreate a splendid Victorian Christmas atmosphere with this table setting , which makes striking use of colour — adding purple to traditional reds and greens . |
| 29 | Several of them have not yet got electric light , which makes modern developments , like school films , impossible . |
| 30 | 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 . |