Example sentences of "makes it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of successful black sportsmen in Britain is not the recent phenomenon it is often considered to be , though the upsurge in the post-war years makes it appear that way . |
| 2 | Instead of a glance , which is always acceptable , they keep staring at the animal in a way that makes it feel uncomfortable . |
| 3 | Close proximity to the body sides , the roof and the front screen makes it feel crowded , but there is actually plenty of legroom , and like the Calibra , a roomy footwell with space to rest the left foot ( though do n't forget the test car is in left-hand-drive form ) . |
| 4 | The third stage is seeing our anxiety getting bigger and bigger and this makes it get worse . |
| 5 | What makes it seem real is that you are able to change where you appear to be in the room . |
| 6 | Surely you can see that the very serious element in it puts the straightforward demonstration ‘ Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out' ’ protest song , in its place and makes it seem trite and a little bit cosy ? ’ |
| 7 | They have a whole scene that makes it seem possible to write songs all the time and really , really enjoy it . ’ |
| 8 | react into the headlights , yeah so it makes it seem darker . |
| 9 | If this makes it seem inevitable that Labour 's electoral support should slump , it has to be pointed out that , according to the opinion polls , Labour might well have won had an election been called in 1978 . |
| 10 | Dominating the town as it does , the tower today has a gothic feel which makes it seem older than it really is . |
| 11 | For some strange optical reason this makes it look bigger than it really is and it has been argued that this illusion would have the effect of making an attacking lion misjudge its leap , striking short of the true position of the prey . |
| 12 | The resins in these products can form a sticky coating on the hair , which makes it look dull , lank and lifeless . |
| 13 | The varnish will deepen or ‘ yellow ’ the paper slightly but this generally makes it look richer and more interesting . |
| 14 | Adding some formatting to the spreadsheet not only makes it look better but makes it less likely that you will enter the wrong data for the percentage . |
| 15 | True , John makes it look easy , but , his tackle control is so good that it is obviously going to be difficult to emulate . |
| 16 | He makes it sound simple but the success speaks for itself . |
| 17 | Anna only makes it sound Victorian . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It makes it sound grand , does n't it ? |
| 19 | I 've not heard that for quite a while and its unfamiliarity makes it sound strange . |
| 20 | ‘ That makes it sound good . ’ |
| 21 | He makes it sound all so simple — and so melodic . |