Example sentences of "make it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes .
2 But from next month , new laws will make it illegal to sell old-style foam-filled furniture .
3 The Bill would make it illegal to carry on business with tax havens .
4 It is probable that this exception would apply only where there is a state of affairs which would make it unsafe to use the vehicle immediately .
5 In short , it was thought by many that the nature of the children 's hearing system would make it unnecessary to enact rules for ‘ wiping the slate clean ’ .
6 The implied duty to co-operate ( see 8.17.4 ) should make it unnecessary to stipulate that the parties will provide the expert with all information and documents he reasonably requires : sometimes expert clauses contain a specific provision to this effect .
7 It also includes those who prefer to remain unemployed , believing that their incomes from social security benefits do not make it worthwhile to take up a job .
8 A producer need not own any resources in order to engage in production ; he merely has to know where to buy resources at a price that will make it worthwhile to produce and sell the product at its attainable price .
9 Substantial investments in distribution systems or overseas plants may be the only means of overcoming barriers which otherwise would make it impossible to reap the full returns from a given technical process .
10 Whilst that may work well enough in a small firm ( though even then the theory may need some adjustment , if only for example to permit decisions to be taken while partners are on holiday ) , the complexity which attends the affairs of all solicitors ' practices of any size will make it impossible to give each of the partners such degrees of freedom or power .
11 The limit to which the RCM was prepared to go in this matter was revealed in March 1939 , when Grunpeter was told that his salary was to be held to £2 a week , a sum ‘ which will make it impossible to continue my work at the camp as resident minister ’ .
12 Also patching the good eye of a child whose lazy eye has an acuity of 6/24 or less may make it impossible to manage normal school work .
13 When I last met them in September , I asked them to consider urgently three specific point : first , the introduction of visible vehicle identification numbers ; secondly , the fitting of deadlocking across all their vehicle ranges ; and , most important , the development of an effective vehicle immobilising device that would make it impossible to move a car even if it had been broken into .
14 This could make it impossible to test QCD to better than 10 per cent , bringing the business of science to a halt .
15 Today he would have liked to remain at Hillmarden for another night , but he had promised Celia he would call in at the clinic on his way back to London , knowing he had a very busy week coming which might make it impossible to see her again until the following weekend .
16 They would make it impossible to fund clubs and societies and would inevitably suppress much of our vital welfare work .
17 They can make it impossible to read a newspaper , walk down the road , go shopping , listen to the radio or join in conversation .
18 For example the gradual deterioration often associated with deafness will make it impossible to determine the point at which the required criterion of deafness was first satisfied .
19 Face-to-face conversation in quiet circumstances may be easy , but group chatter or background noise may make it impossible to understand the speaker .
20 The position for the international station chosen by Baxter would make it impossible to provide any route between Thameslink and the east coast main line .
21 Such diversity may make it impossible to establish common psychological ground within a category like ‘ working-class older lesbians ’ .
22 Resource limitations may make it impossible to follow one project with the next one on the list , and projects must then be resourced in an order that makes efficient use of the resources available .
23 Resource limitations may make it impossible to follow one project with the next one on the list , and projects must then be resourced in an order that makes efficient use of the resources available .
24 The problem is , however , that it is of little help in producing a list of user needs : the temptation would be to say either that everyone requires the same information or that everyone requires different information ; the former would make the exercise redundant and the latter would make it impossible to handle .
25 This would make it easy to disconnect them in case there was a need to make changes , or if problems arose at a later date .
26 The truth of this does not make it easy to define the teacher 's role in management .
27 Royal Mail International Pre-paid Services really do make it easy to keep in touch with your friends and relatives abroad .
28 ‘ You 're beautiful , and it would make it easy to guess you were a receptionist for a high-powered company .
29 Such differences in the behaviour of different cancers of the same organ does not make it easy to identify the right hormones for treatment .
30 ‘ The Act does not make it criminal to use offensive or disgusting behaviour whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned .
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