Example sentences of "make [pers pn] [adj] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically .
2 On the other hand , through the development of container transport , telecommunications and the division of production into simpler , semi-skilled tasks , technology has made it possible to transfer these tasks to new factories in Third World markets .
3 Abbreviations : If you regularly have to take notes about the same subject , you should find it quite easy to develop your own abbreviations which will make you able to take those notes even more quickly .
4 The position for the international station chosen by Baxter would make it impossible to provide any route between Thameslink and the east coast main line .
5 Wise use of our planning system should make it possible to achieve both objectives . ’
6 There are many aspects of the local authority 's role as enabler — through the provision of land , planning permission and so on — which should make it possible to exert such influence on the private sector .
7 ( iv ) The canals made it easy to bring these materials together .
8 At this point the cycloaracylation process was discovered by Bayer , which made it possible to produce this type of substance .
9 It had been the intention to incorporate part of the old casual ward , to the east of the infirmary but in the course of the preparatory work it was found that the old buildings were bug-infested to an extent which made it undesirable to use any part of them .
10 These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales .
11 As room status information must be up-to-the-minute , notification slips are circulated immediately to all departments should a ‘ chance ’ arrival or sudden change of room , or any other eventuality make it necessary to inform all departments , so that any action required can be taken .
12 Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people .
13 Whatever ye do , let not the pretence of a different religion make it lawful to oppress any man in his just rights . ’
14 The increase in mean ozone concentration with latitude and the existence of seasonal cycles in ozone levels make it difficult to detect any trends in global ozone concentration .
15 I hope that , in the end , such tests may replace all other examinations , making it unnecessary to hold any blocks of examinations at 16 + and at 18 + .
16 Brown ( 1973 ) provided the first set of guidelines to be widely adopted for the calculation of MLU , thus making it possible to use this measure as a basis for comparing language performance across children .
17 When petrological thin-sectioning ( see glossary ) is carried out , many separate items of data may be collected from each artefact studied , making it difficult to see those groupings of artefacts that have features in common .
18 They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be .
19 The purpose of an index is to make it easy to locate any record in the system .
20 He raised the matter with the Minister , asking her to make it illegal to publish such claims of responsibility by the IRA .
21 In Europe , pressure is growing to make it mandatory to have some form of closed transfer system for chemicals .
22 This makes it easy to use each crayon as a fine , crisp ‘ tool ’ as well as a blunter one or rubbed on its side .
23 This makes it easy to find that point again .
24 The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation .
25 The inadequate statistical material available makes it impossible to prove either claim .
26 The lack of an appropriate animal model makes it impossible to investigate this question further at present .
27 The very different behaviour of coordinate time t and the proper time τ when the probe approaches and crosses the horizon illustrates vividly how spacetime curvature makes it impossible to cover all space–time with one set of Cartesian coordinates .
28 The Encomiast 's tale that he was born to another woman and smuggled into Ælfgifu of Northampton 's bed at least implies that he was generally recognised as son of Cnut and Ælfgifu , and Adam calls Gorm the Old Hardecnudth Vurm , which if correct makes it feasible to believe that Cnut named Swegen and Harold from his father and grandfather , and Harthacnut , evidently the third-born , after his great-grandfather .
29 The weight of evidence on the effects of predictive accuracy makes it essential to accept some version of the notion that stimulus consequences help determine the level of α .
30 Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind .
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