Example sentences of "[v-ing] them [adv] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling the heat of his gaze right through the thin material , she folded her arms protectively , realising only when she saw his mouth curve into a mocking smile that she had merely pushed her breasts upwards , making them clearly visible above the ribbons and lace of the bodice . |
| 2 | In particular he came to appreciate that Britain 's reliance on decaying staple industries , whose production costs were making them increasingly uncom-petitive in the post-war world , could only be saved by the abandonment of free trade and the adoption of more protectionist policies . |
| 3 | No price mark has been suggested for the nCube 3. nCube claims its multi-purpose machines offer a price-performance ratio that is 20 times superior to present-day mainframe computers , making them highly suitable for the commercial data processing market , particularly as Oracle Parallel Server is now shipping with current models . |
| 4 | Thus treatment with salt ( or with freshwater for marine fish ) , formalin , quaternary ammonium compounds , malachite green , and antibiotics for example can be given at high dose for short duration , making them more effective against the disease organisms while offering a better safety margin to the fish through shorter contact time . |
| 5 | ( Some of these only contain enzymes that help to break down wastes making them more accessible to the bacteria ) |
| 6 | The fundamental objective of the Community Care Legislation is to achieve an improvement in Community Care Services by making them more sensitive to the needs of users and carers . |
| 7 | The idea is supported by several Vice-chancellors and Directors of polytechnics , and the government is attracted to vouchers because such a system would encourage competition among higher education institutions , making them more responsive to the demands of students . |
| 8 | Their clothes were expensive and had cigarette burns in them , their licenses had been taken away from them , their faces showed signs of what is known as the ruins of great beauty , they were always in various stages of depression ; and , being the way they were , this had the effect of making them exceedingly witty with the scaffold humour that Lydia preferred . |
| 9 | Each piece is traditionally constructed , polished and is correct in every detail , even showing ageing from centuries of use , making them virtually indistinguishable from the originals . |