Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [verb] [noun pl] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 The trick of making eyes smoulder is to apply solid colour sparingly , then smudge and spread it by softening the edges . |
| 2 | In the view of most Brussels officials , the alternative of making traders list every item bought and sold across borders would be intolerable and undermine the purpose of 1992 , which is to make trading between EC countries as simple as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ My guru has always been Raymond , because he has the skill of making women look beautiful . |
| 4 | The first stage in the process of making men disappear was to ignore them totally . |
| 5 | I know that the summaries of guidance is is in that list , and from the brief discussion we had at the careers officer 's meeting this week about summaries of guidance , I know we 're starting off the process by having representatives come to a meeting on the eleventh of May . |
| 6 | Counter-insurgency theory accepts this fact as basic and concentrates on ways to expedite the process by making terrorists appear even more violent , callous and irresponsible than they are . |
| 7 | ALCOHOL dehydrates the body by making drinkers pass more urine and by now Liz is feeling these effects , so she visits the bathroom . |
| 8 | And then , if I have achieved the aim of helping teachers understand their predicament , I hope that they may feel more purposeful , both individually and collectively , and thereby become a more powerful source of ideas and projects for the improvement of schooling , which are grounded simultaneously in a clear sense of educational values and an equally clear-sighted , hard-headed sense of what is possible and appropriate . |
| 9 | Apart from the personal debt many have incurred to gain qualifications , they also have the prospect of seeing ratings expire and hard-won skills dulled by lack of practice . |
| 10 | The host raised an interesting topic — ‘ the subject of making women do penance in the church for fornication ’ : Johnson , who does not mention this conversation , uses the word ‘ infamy ’ and relates sexual morality to laws of property . |
| 11 | Just before his death in 1966 , Disney was quoted as saying : ‘ I do not believe there are any heights that can not be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true ’ . |
| 12 | It does have the side-effect of making things feel stiffer and less responsive , though , and I 'd probably be inclined to leave this item off my own custom shopping list . |
| 13 | The option of letting children stay indoors during breaks could be considered though providing adequate supervision sometimes provides problems . |