Example sentences of "[v-ing] make [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Cranley Onslow , chairman of the 1922 Committee , announced that the Executive would be meeting to make arrangements for the second ballot amid conjecture that it , too , would discuss Mrs Thatcher 's position . |
| 2 | But in seeking to make sense of the social and political environment in which he or she lives , an individual 's first and foremost point of reference is provided by father ( in terms of partisan preference , more likely father ) and mother . |
| 3 | Now who 's going to make comments about the various sectors , Miss . |
| 4 | Lastly , a better balance may be achieved by the expansion of independent representation for the child in court and by means of the new procedures available to any child or interested adult , wishing to make complaints to the local authority |
| 5 | And somehow , having made contact with the deepest part of herself , the woman often gives permission to that womb to flower . |
| 6 | Happily , the faux-pas has n't stopped Dino continuing to make inroads into the Irish record market ; latest news from the camp is that they 'll have an album from Latoya Jackson in the shops for Christmas … |
| 7 | Much of the other coursebook publishing consists of additions to series at both higher and lower levels : Nelson is publishing Signature Beginners and Synthesis Plus ( not to be confused with the already-published Synthesis Advanced , labelled ‘ new ’ in the Nelson catalogue ) ; OUP is producing Hotline Intermediate ; Longman has Blueprint Upper-Intermediate and Intermediate Choice ; Penguin is completing Making Waves with the fourth year 's work ; and CUP promises New Cambridge English Course 4 for the summer . |
| 8 | The NAP , trying to make inroads into the Asian community , put out its own sheet , called Breaking the Silence . |
| 9 | Voters throughout the region are trying to make sense of the new Europe tonight , after the French accepted the Maastricht Treaty by the narrowest of margins . |
| 10 | People are trying to make sense of the bad news they have received , and are asking all sorts of questions as a way of regaining control of a situation that has frightened and disturbed them . |
| 11 | They said he was mentally deficient , and if people like you get your way , they 'll kill off children like he was , and then … ’ ‘ … you 're trying to make science into the new religion , that 's what you 're doing , and it 's a … ’ ‘ … and who 's paying for your filthy experiments ? |
| 12 | Here at Practical PC , we 've had AUTOEXEC.BATs full of REMmed lines — alternative command lines that needed editing to make changes in the various programs and drivers we used from time to time . |