Example sentences of "and [verb] it [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had the wealth , the power , to change this place and make it habitable for those who wished it so , and yet they did nothing . |
| 2 | No mourners followed but an unmarked car appeared in the road and made it impossible for any vehicle to tail the hearse . |
| 3 | Important debt agreements ended the country 's isolation from the international financial community and made it eligible for fresh multilateral agency loans . |
| 4 | Why not use it today and keep it handy for future checks ? |
| 5 | The extension of the YTS into a two year scheme and making it compulsory for those not in education through removing entitlements to other benefits , means that in future there may be no such thing as a ‘ young worker ’ or a ‘ young unemployed ’ under the age of eighteen . |
| 6 | Shore significantly developed a style of playing by which the trumpet escaped from the restrictions of a purely military style and took its place in England as an orchestral instrument , so giving valuable stimulus to Henry Purcell [ q.v. ] and making it possible for English trumpeters to meet the requirements of the music of G. F. Handel [ q.v . ] . |
| 7 | Cover it to stop the water from evaporating and leave it undisturbed for 3 or 4 days . |
| 8 | That is what attracts investment from abroad and makes it profitable for domestic industry to invest as well . |
| 9 | The Government 's objective was to make the industry more efficient , to bring it into the latter part of the 20th century and to make it possible for British mines to produce competitively . |