Example sentences of "make it appear [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These conditioners contain a resin that coats each hair strand , making it appear fuller . |
| 2 | In recent years there have been many attacks on what is sometimes called the classic realist novel on similar grounds : that far from being a means of communication it is a means of ideological domination and repression , reproducing on the cultural level the processes of industrial capitalism , making its audience passive consumers , reconciling them to their alienated state instead of liberating them from it , by making it appear normal or natural . |
| 3 | There was a freshness and gaiety about her which lit up the brothel , making it appear dismal by comparison . |
| 4 | The shoe should flatter the foot , making it appear narrower and more elegant than it is . |
| 5 | First he sketched an arabesque design on the dress in white to make it appear décolleté , then he covered her dress with magnificent , multi-coloured flowers and finally sprayed his design with fixative . |
| 6 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 7 | A statement may be made in writing , orally or even by contract , for example , by making the goods tell a lie about themselves as in the case where the seller patched up a crack in the barrel of a cannon so as to make it appear unfractured , Horsfall v. Thomas ( 1862 ) . |
| 8 | So I think they 're right to be suspicious , and it 's right for those people who feel they have a role it 's up to them to make it appear interesting and to show them the relevance . |
| 9 | Instead of trying to break up the real shape of the animal , it attempts to make it appear flatter than it is . |
| 10 | The existence of successful black sportsmen in Britain is not the recent phenomenon it is often considered to be , though the upsurge in the post-war years makes it appear that way . |