Example sentences of "that [pron] make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 2 | And of course nowadays there 's so much er things that er we use , there are so much labour saving things now that which makes a big difference . |
| 3 | ‘ Perfectly , ’ she replied , and preceded him out of the lift very much aware that , no matter how conscience and love might insist that she make a clean breast of everything , to confess was something she simply could not do . |
| 4 | It 's not that people want to get rich , it 's just that you make a nice living and enjoy |
| 5 | Again in an exam , there 's more chance that you make a little slip , because there 's little bit of extra edge . |
| 6 | It is far better to recognize that external circumstances have changed , or simply that one made a mistaken series of assumptions about one 's own relative strengths , rather than to plough on in a situation where plainly the goal you have set yourself is unattainable . |
| 7 | To assess such a claim requires that we make a giant leap of the imagination to transport us to a state of ignorance about even the most elementary principles of physics . |
| 8 | killed whilst CO of No Squadron ) got a few of us together and suggested that we made a time-and-distance run from the seemingly everlasting fires of Rotterdam to the target — a large troop concentration some 35 miles away . |
| 9 | Also 83 per cent believed that we made a positive contribution to good customer relations . ’ |
| 10 | My initial impressions , from hearing the occasional report ( as above ) was that we made a disastrous start , and went a goal behind … that took us a while to get over , in the meantime Norwich were boosted . |
| 11 | It 's only by ignoring them that they make a real effort to survive . |
| 12 | In large organisations the assumption of the supervisory role is often made easier by transferring staff on promotion so that they make a fresh start among strangers ; |
| 13 | He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular . |
| 14 | Seeing my disappointment he winked an eye and said , ‘ Well , I must admit that it makes a good story ’ . |
| 15 | Where it differs , is in that it makes a serious effort to put the bits back together again ! |
| 16 | So much modern merchandise is themed with bestselling books that it makes a logical extension to the stock profile . |
| 17 | But what the tār does n't realize is that it makes a perfect target for a gun , stuck up there with its pale fur as clearly visible against the dark rock as the moon is in the sky at night . ’ |
| 18 | Robert Jackson , for example , envisages a " middle way " as a " study of religions conducted in such a way that it makes a distinctive contribution to the pupils ' development of a coherent and personally satisfying set of beliefs and values " ( Jackson 1987 : 17 ) . |
| 19 | The few surviving reports of cases heard in King 's Bench during the period he was a justice ( 1295–1316 ) do not suggest that he made a major contribution to the work of the court . |
| 20 | Paul writes that he is ‘ in ’ God — and as we look at the way that he wrote other letters , it is clear that he made a great effort to maintain that special relationship . |
| 21 | To return to Lévi-Strauss , the point has been made that emotion need not be seen as obscure and incomprehensible , and that Freud 's importance is that he made a lasting contribution to explicating how the most obscure actions can be seen to make emotional sense . |
| 22 | Such a despair seized him at the sound of his own acceptance that he made a half-hearted attempt even then to deliver himself . |
| 23 | Firmly clutching her hand he slowed , and Frere arced around them on still skates so that he made a sweeping circle on the ice before they came , breathless , to a halt . |
| 24 | On the night , the young soprano was so nervous that he made a fatal mistake : he forgot to put on any underwear . |
| 25 | Rudd admits that he made a big mistake in designing an H16 engine , a layout previously used only in aviation , for the new three-litre formula in 1966 . |
| 26 | This certainly did not mean that he had become a tool of Moscow , but that he made a shrewd assessment of which ideology was most likely to speed up progress in Africa . |
| 27 | For one who was nervous with aristocrats , it was unusual that he made a special friend in the diocese of the hereditary lay leader of the Anglo-Catholics in England : the Earl of Halifax at Garrowby , whom he would have preferred to Churchill as a war leader . |
| 28 | Now , as the proud proprietor of an Athena store , he has every confidence that he made a wise decision . |
| 29 | Again there is little evidence to suggest that he made a significant contribution to the work of the court . |