Example sentences of "[adv] make [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did n't run — that only made them eager for the chase . |
| 2 | ‘ They will merely make it easy for the Government to mobilize the military and send the settlers deeper into the area ’ . |
| 3 | Whereby he , had obviously made it clear from the start |
| 4 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 5 | The realization eased my shock a little — enough to make me aware of the sense of violence building up around me . |
| 6 | When the level of parenting available to a child is bad enough to make it appropriate for the state to intervene on his or her behalf , long-term planning to ensure continuing of good-quality substitute parenting should be essential . |
| 7 | Taskopruzade includes in his account , however , between Molla Husrev 's appointments on the death of Hizir Bey and his departure for Bursa , a considerable amount of material more or less related to Molla Husrev 's activities in these capacities , enough to make it improbable in the extreme that he held the offices for so short a period . |
| 8 | But that was n't the end of it ; they had made up their minds to sample every diversion that Wickhams had to offer , and went on to explore the entire store , from Haberdashery , where Mabel bought some knicker-elastic , to Hardware , where Florrie could not resist a patent vegetable slicer which was being demonstrated by a lady in a snowy white apron , who showed them how the little gadget peeled apples , chipped potatoes , sliced onions and generally made itself invaluable to the busy housewife . |
| 9 | The instances where one can most easily make oneself aware of the distinction are perhaps the ambiguous phrases where the same adjective in construction with the same noun can be understood in either way with a consequent effect on the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 10 | For most schools , there is nothing new about this thinking : TVEI has already made them familiar with the concepts of cross-curricular dimensions ( such as equal opportunities , independent learning ) skills and competences ( such as literacy , oracy , numeracy , computer literacy , and the less obvious visual literacy ) and themes ( such as health education , careers education and guidance , environmental and economic education and — increasingly — citizenship ) . |
| 11 | He said he had already made it clear to the convention that he wanted to establish a good relationship with COSLA and local government , and to make a new start after a period of expenditure difficulties . |
| 12 | ‘ Go and see who it is , will you , there 's a duck , ’ requested Constance , who had just made herself comfortable on the swinging seat . |
| 13 | But , in the case of the latter it has been recognised that as regards the obligation , now in section 242 , to deliver accounts and reports to the Registrar ( thus making them available to the public ) they ( like partnerships ) are entitled to exemption . |
| 14 | Self-help schemes relieve the state of the immediate necessity of providing housing and offer a cheap source of shelter , thus making it possible for the poor to survive on very low incomes ( Burgess 1978 ) . |
| 15 | If the teeth are allowed to become sharp , the cheek then becomes bruised and cut , causing pain thus making it difficult for the horse to chew properly . |
| 16 | Do n't write out cheques to your adviser — always make them payable to the company you 're investing in . |
| 17 | Nigel had once made himself unpopular at the office by writing in his column that women past thirty should shoot themselves . |
| 18 | Strong and justified pressures for a New International Economic Order also make it imperative for the implications of Europe 's relationships with the Third World to be taken into serious account . |
| 19 | It was easy for him ; the cloak of arrogance he habitually wore probably made him oblivious to the speculation of people like the receptionist . |
| 20 | Our sinful condition can also make us uncomfortable in the presence of God 's moral perfection . |
| 21 | The purpose of the technique should be made very clear to parents so that they can also make it clear to the child what they are doing and why they are doing it . |
| 22 | It 's also made me aware of the responsibilities involved in leading other people in bad situations — but I will tackle mountains again and I will go to camp again . |
| 23 | Jules had tactfully made himself scarce on the pretext of work to be done at the new salon and now , two days after his visit to Maythorpe House , Harry was at last able to unburden himself . |
| 24 | I have repeatedly made it clear in the House and beyond that I am working to seek an agreement at Maastricht that will be acceptable to the House and this country . |
| 25 | This may restrict the set of operations that can be provided for some or all of the data.types ; it also makes it easy for the programmer to use an instruction on an operand with the wrong format , although assemble-time checks may help to reduce the number of errors of this sort . |
| 26 | Volkswagen , which helped develop the smaller Eurobag specifically for smaller cars , introduced the Eurobag as optional equipment on the Golf last year and has now made it available on the Passat saloon as well . |
| 27 | It has been such a success within the company over recent months that JT Design Build are now making it available throughout the construction industry and to the industry 's clients . |
| 28 | And it was this same movement that was now making it difficult for the distant beetles to get back to the professor . |
| 29 | From the moment he had come to power , Napoleon III had made it plain that for him the problem of Paris was not simply one of creating prosperity for its inhabitants ; rather it was one of transforming and embellishing the city in such a way as to make life better for its inhabitants while simultaneously making it worthy of the new France . |
| 30 | I mean your own aim is really to make yourself superfluous in the end . |