Example sentences of "the [noun sg] make [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 HDS claims the award makes it the largest supplier of X-terminals for commercial applications in the business , a new area for the things .
2 Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor .
3 He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea .
4 The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth .
5 Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time .
6 And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club .
7 The city 's site on the Isthmus made her a natural centre for trade , and the aryballos seems to have been created to meet a new need : to bottle scented oils , imported from the East , for re-export east and west .
8 The central location of the Plough makes it the ideal venue for both business and pleasure .
9 Mercury is a small planet , which combined with its small angular separation from the Sun makes it a difficult planet to observe .
10 Projects include : expanding the Museum to make it a live wartime HQ with ‘ operational briefings ’ being given to visitors ; Bomb aimer 's simulator ; air gunner 's simulator ; intelligence room ; crash recovery room ; building a memorial garden which will be dedicated to Canada ; refurbishing and fitting-out the Great North Road 's most famous landmark , the Grand Old Duke of York 's ‘ Temple ’ , as a memorial chapel to those who died serving in 6 Group .
11 He was only eight when Bruce Lee , whose 1973 film Enter the Dragon made him an international star , died mysteriously aged 32 .
12 It is prone to shrinking and should be pre-shrunk during the manufacture to make it a good buy .
13 The Act makes it an absolute offence for a shopkeeper to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco product to young people .
14 The speed of access combined with precision of access to any part of the disc makes it an important development for educational users of video .
15 What makes it , what makes them improve so , the team makes it the same does n't it ?
16 If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing .
17 Perhaps his most inspired piece is the saga of Cosmo , the fairly accurate knife thrower , whose failure to see the point makes him the sharpest act in town .
18 Lord Hailsham along with Edward Heath poured millions of pounds into the town making it an industrial centre .
19 When I was a kid , in Hull , my father and mother took me to Hessle to have tea with his boss , and I remember Mother telling me that she had stayed up half the night making me a new sailor suit and saying , ‘ Behave yourself , Bill .
20 These attractive little bagrid are active during the day making them a useful addition to the mature , well-established and maintained planted community tank .
21 The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent .
22 The State made him the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England by trampling on the opinions of the relevant ecclesiastical authority .
23 Cardus ' determination in his battle with the American made him a big hero in Spain last year .
24 The bill makes it a criminal offence , punishable by a £1,000 fine , for a lender to try to force a mortgage applicant to use the lender 's own services .
25 Corbett felt as if he was in a nightmare ; the very smallness of the man made him a false opponent , almost cutting off Corbett 's blood lust and desire to protect himself .
26 The win made it a double celebration for Betty and husband Arthur .
27 So the flexibility of the model makes it the easiest to apply , but the assumption that Nottingham has grown as a Multiple nuclei model may be incorrect .
28 The outstanding historical and artistic significance of the costume makes it an obvious target for acquisition by a British museum : the possibility of a serious bid by the Victoria and Albert Museum , perhaps with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund can not be ruled out .
29 The dry crisp tone of the side-drum makes it an ideal instrument for emphasizing and giving clearness to rhythmical patterns of almost any speed and intricacy .
30 Team captain Murphy grabbed a first half hat-trick and added a fourth 15 minutes from the end to make it a great day for the Derry boys .
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