Example sentences of "what makes [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 2 | Restricted choice is what makes most diets boring — so any new range that increases choice is always welcome . |
| 3 | What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . |
| 4 | What makes this campaign unusual is that it 's backed by a major brewery , Courage . |
| 5 | ‘ He knows what makes this music tick and is passionate about it . |
| 6 | What makes this behaviour more worrying is the fact that the industry is now dominated by recently-assembled global media conglomerates or big electronics firms who can ill afford it . |
| 7 | Yet what makes this intelligibility possible ? |
| 8 | Primarily what makes this type of work unpopular is the ever-present danger that work of this sort will break the veneer of coldness , exposing them as emotionally involved , which is something they dislike because it is considered unprofessional . |
| 9 | This is what makes this type of exercise ( like jogging and cycling ) aerobic . |
| 10 | What makes this system unique , is a batch of computers which control the ovens and ensure the food is cooked for the correct length of time and in the most ideal conditions . |
| 11 | What is different about the pied flycatcher , and what makes this species so interesting , is that the male achieves his bigamy by deceit . |
| 12 | I mean I 've got , some of my best friends are fucking sub contractors as you know , really good friends , I mean Jonesy brilliant friend , a great friend , a nice geezer , er Bill beautifully bloke , really nice , but they should be the first ones out the door , Rumbolds should think more of their permanent staff than they do their fucking contractors staff that 's what makes this company work , that 's what makes this company worst than all the rest , ok , you get , you get Union companies which are , must employ sub contractors all the time , |
| 13 | I mean I 've got , some of my best friends are fucking sub contractors as you know , really good friends , I mean Jonesy brilliant friend , a great friend , a nice geezer , er Bill beautifully bloke , really nice , but they should be the first ones out the door , Rumbolds should think more of their permanent staff than they do their fucking contractors staff that 's what makes this company work , that 's what makes this company worst than all the rest , ok , you get , you get Union companies which are , must employ sub contractors all the time , |
| 14 | Even more importantly , there is every reason to believe , with Mary Midgley , that the basic assumption behind cultural relativism/behaviourism that human beings are totally plastic and devoid of innate structuration is false : ‘ Sensible psychologists have tended more and more to admit that people do have some genetically fixed tendencies ’ and she continues that ‘ What makes this admission hard , is the very strong impression still prevalent that we have to choose between considering these tendencies and considering outside conditions ’ ( 1979 : 20 ) . |
| 15 | But what makes this machine really special is that it offers you the chance to create an unlimited range of embroidery designs . |
| 16 | What makes this assumption intelligible ? |
| 17 | So the assumption of an objective order remains crucial to any " pluralist " argument ; but the question is , what makes this assumption intelligible ? |
| 18 | What makes this album such a monstrous listen , though , is the way disgusting guitar noises of all descriptions are packed into jabs , upper-cuts , sucker punches and knock-out blows to batter you dizzily around the room . |
| 19 | What makes this pattern of dots different to those that can be produced by a scanner and page printer is that they vary in size . |
| 20 | What makes this disc worth having is the setting for chorus and orchestra of Schiller 's Nanie , composed in memory of a friend . |
| 21 | What makes this practice abhorrent is the fact that recovery from surgery , as we all know , involves shock , pain , distress , and suffering . |
| 22 | ( I have often tried to analyse what makes this statement so amusing , and I have come to the conclusion that it is due to the words ‘ all ’ and ‘ large ’ , so that the idea becomes a preposterous one . ) |
| 23 | But leaving days full of activity and sunshine aside for the moment , what makes this hamlet one of our favourites is the atmosphere . |
| 24 | What makes this gem fascinating is that S 3 molecules are normally highly reactive , surviving only a fraction of a second in solution . |
| 25 | What makes this understanding , this adjustment even more difficult are the immense problems of everyday life in Britain — how to get to work , how to sign your name and so on . |
| 26 | What makes this team different is the type of aircraft they will fly , for they are six Czechoslovakian-built Aero L39C Albatros trainers , the first of which , at the time of writing , was about to embark on its flight test schedule . |
| 27 | Q : What makes this offer so special ? |
| 28 | What makes this book even more readable though are the superb colour photographs and three-dimensional drawings . |
| 29 | But what makes this book really good , is the style . |
| 30 | What makes some people happy for example , is that they are committed to a cause or to a person ; their happiness derives from something other than the pursuit of happiness . |