Example sentences of "[adj] make [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was even impossible to make out the enormous saw which had been the cause of the accident . |
| 2 | Still , it was heartening to see that Baryshnikov , now that he is running a company of his own , was applying the wisdom taken for granted in ballet , but still to be learned in too many American contemporary companies : that it is dangerous to make up a mixed programme using the work of only one choreographer . |
| 3 | Any material which runs for half a minute or so is worth considering , and you can stretch these times to any length by repeat-recording them nose-to-tail for as many times as needed to make up the required length . |
| 4 | Coal is likely to make up the largest part of UK energy demand in the year 2000 at 32% , slightly more than oil at 30% . |
| 5 | Altering the relative breadth , depth or pattern of courses seems likely to make only a marginal difference to their reputation inside and outside the higher education system . |
| 6 | Some of the poor made quite a good living from these services and one can imagine an efficient ‘ bush telegraph ’ system to alert others of forthcoming requiems . |
| 7 | It is also very useful to make up a full-scale plan of the seat of the chair , to mark in the positions of the mortises and tenons , especially as , the original being glued up , it is not possible to see exactly how the original joints went together . |
| 8 | As the sun came up and he was able to make out the grassy track along which he had been striding through the night he realised that once again he had missed the verderers , that there were no fresh hoof-marks . |
| 9 | He looked across the field cum river bank in the general direction of civilisation , and with the aid of the moonlight was able to make out the familiar gables of the Blue Boar , a hundred yards away . |
| 10 | " Patrick has disappeared , " Katherine said without preamble , glancing around , barely able to make out the seated figure of the man beside the fire . |
| 11 | Once his eyes became accustomed to the gloom he was able to make out the double curve of the banister as it snaked from the dark first-floor landing into the inky blackness of the main stairwell . |
| 12 | It was difficult to make out the essential nature of the girl : it seemed to change with the time of day , the season . |
| 13 | The glass in the photo frame still held together but it was difficult to make out the five faces beneath . |
| 14 | If you are using a lot of roses in your pressed flower pictures , you may find it worthwhile making up a small stock of finished roses in different colours to save time when you are in an inspired mood and want to concentrate on a design rather than the various techniques involved . |
| 15 | With the templates prepared , and the length of the seat rails marked onto the plan it is now possible to make up a cutting list . |
| 16 | The main object of a meeting , having agreed a quotation , is to obtain as much information as possible to make up the initial Protocol package for the seller or buyer . |
| 17 | This completes the three Nordic countries , where it is possible to make up an international champion . |
| 18 | The fact that it is possible to make up an Irish champion in one week draws not only a high proportion of exhibitors from the north , but also many exhibitors from the UK who travel by ferry and aeroplane to take part in what is known as The Circuit . |
| 19 | Here , and probably only from the air , it is possible to make out a large area , still recovering from a heather fire which several years ago set alight the peaty turf which burned below the surface for several weeks . |
| 20 | Only when they came close was it possible to make out the dark shadow of a hand and arm carving each one , the sketchy outline of a black body behind , and above , a ghoulish half-lit face with gaping shadowy craters for mouth and eyes . |
| 21 | It was just possible to make out the 300 foot radio mast at the Davistow Airfield , an ex-military airfield well worth a visit , offering splendid moorland isolation and three concrete runways , the longest being 1550 metres . |