Example sentences of "making it the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a conference organized in June 1950 by the Liturgical Institute of Trier , a lecture by Romano Guardini led to a resolution calling upon the German bishops to request Rome to move the long Holy Saturday service from the early morning to the late evening , thus again making it the vigil service it once had been . |
| 2 | Low evening sun slanted across the oily water , making it the colour of pea soup , and lit up the crumbling brickwork of the building opposite . |
| 3 | The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years in cleaning up the town and making it the kind of place which is able to compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years , and making it the kind of place which is able and compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 5 | Rampant inflation , excessive public expenditure , lack of private investment because of ex excessive tax burdens , and to top it all , an industrial relations policy that brought this country to its knees , making it the subject of derision throughout the world . |
| 6 | In many ways this text exhibits all the evidence of rapid composition , hut against this must be set its readability , making it the version now generally preferred . |
| 7 | At the end of 1983 West Germany had 16 nuclear power stations with a total capacity of 11,110 MW , making it the world 's fifth nuclear nation . |
| 8 | Its strands can grow to a metre in length , making it the world 's longest moss . |
| 9 | Even so , the IMF 's new figures still lift China 's share in world output to 6% — three times its previous weight , making it the world 's third-biggest economy behind America ( 22.5% ) and Japan ( 7.6% ) . |
| 10 | December — Foreign debt of US surpasses $100 billion , making it the world 's largest debtor . |
| 11 | In 1990 the Netherlands exported nearly 35,000 million cubic metres of gas , making it the world 's second largest exporter of gas after the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | 4 farmers commit suicide in Britain every week , making it the profession with the highest suicide rate . |
| 13 | To enhance the standing of a particular religion or religious tradition by making it the mother of science may be short-sighted in at least two other respects . |
| 14 | Four inches of rain have fallen in four days in the south-west , making it the region 's soggiest November since 1940 and Britain 's wettest autumn since 1984 . |
| 15 | Arnold Palmer had already won the US Masters and the US Open , and was looking to sweep all before him by making it the hat-trick and grabbing the jewel in the crown : the centenary Open Championship at St Andrews . |
| 16 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |