Example sentences of "[coord] it make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And it made a long garage .
2 The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind .
3 It had a beautiful soft tail and it made a sad sound : ‘ Eee-eee ! ’
4 It was very necessary , and it made a sunny improvement in the event .
5 Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway .
6 Chesterton , always a favourite author , was a Christian ; it was at this period that Lewis read The Everlasting Man , and it made a profound impression on him .
7 He says he was an army officer seconded to the site and it made a remarkable contribution to the war , as well as developing the first computer .
8 This was thought to be due to the fact that the smaller wheels were leading , but the Metropolitan Electric tramways which had some similar cars on almost identical bogies , turned the bogies round on one of their cars ( No. 25 ) and it made no appreciable difference .
9 Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better .
10 Pesto ( Italian basil and pine nut sauce ) is delicious tossed over hot pasta , and it makes a useful substitute for fresh basil in a vinaigrette dressing .
11 It 's an event which has a very special atmosphere and it makes a great day out for all the family .
12 The Waitrose champagne is of the ‘ 83 vintage ; it has a glorious style of its own , light yet biscuity , classy with the muted perfume of hollyhocks and it makes a superb apertif .
13 I 've tried most of the guitar synths and stuff , but I just prefer my instrument : it 's very human and it makes the right noise .
14 It 's it 's they 're allergic to gluten and it makes the inner bowel inflamed so it gives him
15 A lively , fun resort it really offers something to suit everyone and it makes an ideal base for exploring Veneto 's many other attractions .
16 Apple Computer Inc has always jealously guarded its Macintosh environment , but it made a striking gesture when it allowed IBM to build machines that would run the PowerPC version of Macintosh System when the chip is ready .
17 I do n't know what animal it was , but it made a good meal .
18 ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference .
19 But it made a difficult situation impossible , caused distress to her and her husband and sounded the death knell on the marriage which until then , although in difficulties , neither of them had given up hope of saving . ’
20 I had often marvelled at it , but it made the present disaster all the more unbearable .
21 This last provision was included in the enabling legislation to allow for representation of minority religious groups , but it made the triennial elections a running denominational sore and made the Boards particularly sensitive to pressure from minority interests .
22 But it made the national press because Arthur was up there and there was a bit of shouting and scuffling .
23 ‘ Of course , he might not be geographically correct , but it makes a good story . ’
24 I doubt that the public will think that the Bill goes far enough — but it makes a good start .
25 ‘ No , ’ he laughed , ‘ but it makes a good tale . ’
26 ‘ That is a slight exaggeration but it makes a serious point . ’
27 That 's a fine distinction , but it makes a big difference . ’
28 But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own .
29 I shall not read it out , because there is not time , but it makes the very point that , purely and simply for medium-term policies and commercial reasons , we shall sterilise billions of tonnes of coal .
30 The contrast may therefore serve to illustrate one major merit of Brooks 's criticism and of the New Criticism in general : their use of ideas such as irony may seem exaggerated and confusing , but it makes the important point that the meaning of poetry , though possibly analyzable , can not be expressed properly in the form of a conventional prosaic statement .
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