Example sentences of "make [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the immediate problem confronting him , of course , is how to explain the assumption that we normally make about the causal link between experiences and bodily states . |
| 2 | While I appreciate the point you make about the long standing nature of your request I must advise you that there are many similar locations throughout the Region where there is inadequate space to provide a bus shelter . |
| 3 | An approximation we make about the actual behaviour enables us to model this behaviour in a dynamic framework without complicating the estimation . |
| 4 | It follows that behind every statement we make about the historical Jesus there has to be a tacit qualification : ‘ We are told this by such-and-such an evangelist , writing in a particular literary mode , far a particular audience , in a particular place at a particular period of history . ’ |
| 5 | But which of us , locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out , has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything , run into the street , hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere ? |
| 6 | I have come to the conclusion that I may have to stick to one particular make for the right size . |
| 7 | Journalists blame this on the fact that Mr Heseltine , David Mellor and the other ‘ dogs of war ’ who make for the best viewing concentrated on attacking Labour . |
| 8 | Make fer the front door . |
| 9 | Re-reading them today one is reminded of what nonsense these individuals make of the bitter squabbles between Snow and F. R. Leavis nearly a century later . |
| 10 | How the House is televised is important ; far more important is how the House is broadcast — the use the broadcasters make of the clean feed they are given . |
| 11 | The puerto Rican mass murderer was now in bed , surrounded by a crowd of admiring listeners , lawyers , policemen , close relatives and beautiful women make with the pump-action shotgun . |
| 12 | Now pull yourself together , get back behind the keyboard and make with the Chris-style po-faced air of Weltschmerz . |
| 13 | I lower my pants and make with the magic handle . |
| 14 | ‘ The states that make up the contemporary Middle East are like beads on the ‘ masbaha ’ , or worry beads , so common in the region . |
| 15 | The infinitive after make in the passive |
| 16 | But they are also nervous that the calculations they make in the next two weeks may determine who will win and lose the political battles of the next two years . |
| 17 | Now for Tendulkar : how many Test runs will this elegant little genius make in the next dozen years ? |
| 18 | Make in the same way as potted crab . |
| 19 | The dressing table itself is basically a worktop : either a length of kitchen worktop or make from the same material as the rest of the system . |
| 20 | Slightly more personal is 60 ( ‘ Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore ’ ) , but only at the very last gasp , as it were , defeating time : ‘ And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand , /Praising thy worth , despite his cruel hand . ’ |
| 21 | There is no way we can decipher properly the individual contributions that different pairs of atoms make to the total atomic distribution . |
| 22 | Self-help schemes provide Latin American governments with a cheap solution for housing the poor , but the contribution they make to the wider socio-economic structure is more far-reaching . |
| 23 | One common problem in assessing the effect of closing lines is how best to take account of the ‘ contributory revenue ’ that branch lines make to the main lines . |
| 24 | Announcing the move in a Commons written reply , yesterday the Armed Forces Minister , Archie Hamilton , said : ‘ The organisation of army bands has been reviewed in order to ensure that the right numbers of bandsmen , providing music to the high standard expected , are employed in proportion to the army 's total size , and that the important contribution that bands make to the regimental system is retained . ’ |
| 25 | And they make to the same place to their feed . |
| 26 | Have you any view Mrs as to the contribution which the road layout , the layout of the lanes , and the characteristics associated with those roads and lanes , make to the medieval centre of Skelton ? |
| 27 | The decisions you make concerning the right goals for you will depend on your current weight , your optimum weight , and the eating and exercise habits you recorded in your preparation phase . |