Example sentences of "making it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With rabbit numbers low , this was seen as the opportunity for a further reduction but in response to public outcry legislation was also introduced making it illegal to spread myxomatosis by artificial means — by taking infected rabbits and releasing them near disease-free colonies . |
| 2 | I would be in favour of making it illegal to smoke while driving . |
| 3 | Before the ship was due to be loaded , the Crimean war broke out making it illegal to trade with Russia ( the enemy ) . |
| 4 | The South African government has declared the great white shark ( carcharodon carcharias ) a protected species , making it illegal to hunt it within 200 miles of the South African coast . |
| 5 | The Video Recordings Act 1984 was intended to outlaw the ‘ video nasties ’ which were causing such a panic at the time , by making it illegal to distribute films on video which have not received a certificate from the British Board of Film Classification . |
| 6 | If trees are alongside a road they are likely to conceal telephone or power wires , making it dangerous to go between them . |
| 7 | A Charter of Rights for Employees , including making it unlawful to dismiss an employee for industrial action . |
| 8 | When the fabric is up , these battens can be felt through the fabric , making it easy to fix nails and picture hooks to them . |
| 9 | The passages , with their oak panelling and thick woollen carpets are dark and gloomy ; so is the Jacobean staircase which divides at the upper level , making it easy to lose one 's way . |
| 10 | More elaborate designs might use pin headers and sockets so that flying leads can be plugged into the board , making it easy to disconnect them to remove the board for servicing or repair . |
| 11 | The golden variety of the Orfe is the most commonly available and is the best for the pond , due to its bright colouration making it easy to see . |
| 12 | The village has good and inexpensive road and rail connections , making it easy to explore the surrounding region . |
| 13 | When unzipped the generous fabric panels flare open making it easy to put the trousers on even over large boots — an important consideration . |
| 14 | The high screen refresh rate means no perceived picture flicker making it easy to look at … |
| 15 | Although there are no apparent rhyming schemes there is a regularity in the number of syllables each line possesses throughout the whole piece of work making it easy to read and , again , rhythmical . |
| 16 | New colours can be added to or deleted from the woolbox at any time , making it easy to experiment with as many different colour combinations on the screen as you like . |
| 17 | Each Red Panda has a different pattern , making it easy to identify individuals . |
| 18 | In looking for a situation , Allen recalled reading that a script was more likely to be accepted if there were few characters and few scene changes , making it cheaper to produce . |
| 19 | In Champagne , the Chardonnay is a strong growing variety which buds early , making it susceptible to spring frosts , but which also ripens in good time for so northerly a wine . |
| 20 | They are flexible enough to bend , making it simple to slot them into the side strips . |
| 21 | I hope that , in the end , such tests may replace all other examinations , making it unnecessary to hold any blocks of examinations at 16 + and at 18 + . |
| 22 | He has the knack of scoring crucial goals and making it all appear so easy , the real mark of a master craftsman . |
| 23 | Or so John-William Dallam 's lawyers had made clear to him when he had signed the marriage-contract a week ago , telling him what his allowance was to be , what it was meant to cover , by how much he could overdraw , to whom he would be answerable if his affairs fell into disarray , making it all sound more like an application for employment than a romance . |
| 24 | That 's also the area which is growing fastest and it 's also the area where increasingly it 's DHSS funding that 's making it all happen . |
| 25 | The whole Steam Tank is protected by a thick armoured skin , making it immune to fire from arrows and light missiles and impervious to blows from most warriors . |
| 26 | Explain how an economist might defend laws making it compulsory to wear seat belts in cars . |
| 27 | To the outside of the frame were attached wrist straps making it possible to support the instrument and use both hands in a performance . |
| 28 | As well as making it possible to see in the dark , thermal imagers penetrate mist , smoke and the lighter fogs . |
| 29 | With the Sim-Fix it is unnecessary to punch extra fixing points in the slate and the strap is quickly and easily nailed to the batten with three optional fixing points , making it possible to use it with any size of slate . |
| 30 | Brown ( 1973 ) provided the first set of guidelines to be widely adopted for the calculation of MLU , thus making it possible to use this measure as a basis for comparing language performance across children . |