Example sentences of "making [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she said what it is is basically we 're all just starting from the bottom because this new idea of where they 're buying small homes and making them small communities |
| 2 | They won all stages but one in a seven month tournament making them overall leaders by 135 points . |
| 3 | It is not unusual for this situation now to be recognised officially , and many authorities have the positions of the leaders included in their Standing Orders , sometimes , for instance , making them ex-officio members of all committees and sub-committees of the Council . |
| 4 | Ridiculous making them quarter-hour points — because the burglars knew where you were . |
| 5 | They may also feel that they have no right to put their children at risk by making them passive smokers . |
| 6 | Multimedia is bringing together companies from diverse sectors , including the computer business , publishing , broadcasting and consumer electronics , making them new collaborators or competitors . |
| 7 | The phrase " factory system " was already entering the language when , in 1807 , Davies Gilbert MP , a distinguished scientist , declared : However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor , it would in effect be prejudicial to their morals and happiness : it would teach them to despise their lot in life , instead of making them good servants to agriculture and other laborious employments to which their rank in society had destined them ; instead of teaching them subordination , it would render them factious and refractory , as was evident in the manufacturing counties . |
| 8 | I have n't made them yet , I 'll be making them this afternoon , yet more work to do I ca n't really make them now . |
| 9 | Hops thus contain both flavour and bittering components making them valuable ingredients in brewing . |
| 10 | At Homestead they were guests of the 482 Tactical Fighter Wing which recently had seen action in the Gulg , and It was here that each was given a certificate making them Honorary F-16 Fighter Pilots . |
| 11 | Catfish tend to stay stationary for long periods making them ideal subjects for photography . |
| 12 | A year later , and Nirvana will headline the 1992 Reading Festival , their staggering rise , post-Reading '91 , making them obvious contenders for the prestigious Sunday night slot . |
| 13 | It might be objected that even though some criminal laws are in the interests of the dominant class and that others which are obviously not in these interests are ineffectively enforced , thus making them dead-letter laws , it still remains true that laws proscribing those types of victimizing behaviours of which we are all too aware and which set the nerve-ends of neo-classical/conservative criminologists , such as Wilson ( 1975 ) and Morgan ( 1978 ) tingling with fear and loathing , are in all our interests . |
| 14 | One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food . |
| 15 | Topics will include : Ways of dealing with stress , how breathing is affected by stress , making ourselves more stress resistant by self observation as a whole person , and a practical relaxation session . |
| 16 | I was making my first inroads into a superb specimen of the amber fluid when Sally walked in . |
| 17 | I must first thank you and your colleagues at the Centre for Continuing Education for making my first trip across the Atlantic and to Montreal such an enjoyable and useful one . |
| 18 | I decided on a further session in the gym before making my grand entry to the spa complex . |
| 19 | I was making my maiden speech , which is traditionally a somewhat nerve-wracking experience . |
| 20 | I would stay on in Al Ain , making my own way to London in time for his return . |
| 21 | And I 'm making my own way home . |
| 22 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 23 | She says : ‘ I felt very glamorous indeed but I 'll still probably stick to making my own clothes in future . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd quite like to try making my own dye , ’ said Betty . |
| 25 | " I am nineteen years old , I am capable of forming my own opinions , making my own decisions . |
| 26 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 27 | ‘ I see myself as a guardian , although I 'm making my own marks with a herb garden and wild flower garden . ’ |
| 28 | I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game and , I like the idea of making my own game worlds with the ZZT Editor and controlling the objects using the built in ZZT-OOP programming language . |
| 29 | My Lord in making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm , I submitted and this is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , in the British Rail Board both the act and the central fund byelaw should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference , unless strong evidence of invalidity is , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 30 | My Lord the first er issue is as a matter of English law and the English law position , my Lord in making my main submissions to your Lordship I took you to the case , we looked at the statements of er the House of Lords and er Lord in particular with whom the other Law Lords agreed , my Lord do you wish to go back to the fact again ? |