Example sentences of "make [det] [noun] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Table 4.2 , which illustrates this , also shows that the state of the local labour market made little difference to the proportion regarding their first jobs as " stop-gap " .
2 It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn .
3 Adjustment for risk factors made little difference to the rates except when the subset of deaths due to immaturity was adjusted for birth weight .
4 Adjustment for risk factors made little difference to the mortality rates except when birth weight was included in the adjustment for the deaths due to immaturity .
5 It made little difference to the coal industry which continued to serve both .
6 In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : .
7 Karnataka 's aluminium smelter may make little sense to an energy planner , but it makes a lot of sense to the politically powerful elite that reap the profits , small though they may be , from the production of aluminium .
8 Thus , they will make little contribution to the probability of the particle 's going from A to B. But the numbers from the straight paths will add up with the numbers from paths that are almost straight .
9 In recent years , despondently , they have concluded ‘ that questions about what the sampo was can never be satisfactorily answered and that even if they could , an answer would probably make little contribution to the understanding of the poems ’ .
10 In this case speed of calculation will make little difference to the performance .
11 As throughout the tour , Ashenden had observed the opportunist self-seekers at the front of the queue ( as ever ) for the room-keys ; and in the rear ( as ever ) the quieter , seemingly contented souls who perhaps knew that being first or last to their rooms would make little difference to the quality of their living .
12 Advisers in feedback sessions made few references to the self-appraisal and mostly reported on their own visits .
13 Never having been one to look an unguarded telephone in the mouth , I made another call to the number on the Exhilarator brochure I 'd taken from Salome 's case .
14 The computer operator in the station made another call to the ambulance service telling them that the situation was very serious and asking for the estimated time of arrival of the ambulance .
15 He made another foray to the bar and was back in quick time with another of the same .
16 I find it difficult to take orders , to be a follower rather than a leader , but I would n't have accepted if I was n't confident that I could make some contribution to the station .
17 The president 's men hope the assembly will make few changes to the draft , which already grants the regions wide powers .
18 Mummius made some amends to the Greeks by generous dedications in their sanctuaries .
19 He also made some additions to the chart of the east coast of Spitsbergen .
20 After another series of beeps , he put it in his pocket beside the explosives , and made some adjustments to the blaster 's power setting .
21 When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house .
22 I make this plea to the Base Commander to keep his aircraft from flying until we know the results of a thorough investigation .
23 ‘ I feel that it could be boxed in by bureacracy and not make much contribution to a company 's performance . ’
24 Persons receiving legal aid should make such contribution to the cost of legal services as they are deemed able to afford having regard to their resources .
25 2.4 The Landlord may in carrying out the Works make such modification to the Building Documents and to the details of the Landlord 's Works contained in them :
26 4.2.4 make such modifications to the form of the draft lease annexed as in the opinion of Counsel shall be necessary to incorporate any requirements of the Landlord made pursuant to clause 4.1 which in the opinion of Counsel are reasonable and
27 I did not know whether having a contract would make much difference to the service delivered or to relationships between social workers and general practitioners .
28 It is unlikely that voting by a single shareholder will make much difference to the success of a resolution either way , and so it is not worthwhile for shareholders to evaluate proposals put to the general meeting .
29 The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place .
30 Stage or interim payments are then made each week to the sub-contractor and the surveyor will make any necessary remeasurement and adjust the final quantities and payment accordingly .
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