Example sentences of "what makes it [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And it stretches all the tissue on this inside , and that 's what makes it sore .
2 What makes it appropriate right now to recognise the great promise of the Orbital engine is Ford 's bold decision to manufacture 60 prototype two-stroke Fiestas and lend some of them to high-mileage users .
3 She always mentions them in her winner 's speech but maybe the players taking part should take a moment to think what makes it possible for them to perform , and maybe say ‘ thank you ’ for all the years of loyalty from these people , instead of getting away from them as fast as they can .
4 This , I think is what makes it possible for this story to have a positive if not a ‘ sunset ’ ending .
5 What makes it possible to ask meaningfully in respect of a given existent not only in what way it qualitatively differs from any other type of existent , but what makes it numerically , existentially unique ?
6 Part of my job as a media commentator is to slag off other journalists — it 's what makes it all worthwhile — and I 've put knees into the groins of such eminences as Alastair Burnet , Peter Sissons and Donald Trelford , without so much as a raised eyebrow in Kingsland or City roads .
7 Perhaps what was most lacking in the left 's criticism of A Very British Coup was any general discussion of the distinct importance of television as a medium and , more specifically , the question of what makes it such a potentially politically effective medium .
8 And what makes it such an invigorating saga is his ability to let his idiosyncratic Broadway denizens talk for themselves .
9 If so , what makes it such ?
10 What makes it unbelievable is the stilted , mannered tone of his writing and his wholly implausible description of how the Independent was launched and managed .
11 What makes it believable ? ’
12 ‘ Absolutely , warts and all ; that 's what makes it good fun .
13 What I think it , what makes it good erm , is that so we could er lift the paper out and
14 What makes it worse is that nobody seems to know what happened . ’
15 That 's what makes it worse .
16 What makes it worse is the fact that this could be their most significant tour , with the ( temporary ) return of John Lombardo .
17 What makes it worse is the fact that this could be their most significant tour , with the ( temporary ) return of John Lombardo .
18 What makes it worse was that yesterday Andy Cole scored 2 ( out of his 3 ) goals when he was offside .
19 There are hitches and hassles aplenty to contend with now and what makes it worse is that you 're powerless to do anything except grumble and grouse .
20 What makes it confusing is the moon is spinning round all the time .
21 What makes it attractive to him is that it seems to fascinate his parents .
22 What makes it manageable is that the carbon-based compounds of which living things are made mainly belong to one of four classes : carbohydrates , fats , proteins , and nucleic acids .
23 We do n't know what 's going to happen next — which is what makes it dramatic .
24 The point for Kojak will not be the relevance of the information , nor the nature of it , but merely that he has it and others do n't — that 's what makes it valuable and Kojak a computer stud .
25 What makes it unique ?
26 I see now that 's one that is n't may not be known to some of our listeners they 're used to the R S P C A and the P D S A but the National Canine Defence League what makes it different ?
27 Every day is different , that 's what makes it interesting .
28 WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL ?
29 The response is out of all proportion to the stimulus , and this is what makes it special , distinguishing it from occasions where a cat merely withdraws after being scolded .
30 Q What makes it special ?
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