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

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1 My choice of industry might seem surprising , in view of my wish to make some sort of contribution to the world 's well-being .
2 For illiterate and landless serfs and peasants the language of their landlord made little difference to their lives .
3 Turner 's view that migrants move into the city slums and then out to the shanty towns , is not so much the case now since the large number of spontaneous housing settlements and the widespread knowledge of their existence make this sort of housing immediately available .
4 More fundamentally they criticized the reduction of their power to make residential orders and the merging of treatment for delinquent and non-delinquent children .
5 At first , Merrill paid scant attention to their conversation , but her interest was caught when he and Luke began speaking of environmental issues , rain forests , renewable sources of timber , and the possibility of turning over a greater part of their production to make more use of softwood .
6 Its international inspectorate patrols the borderline between the civil use of nuclear establishments and fuels and the threat of their diversion to make nuclear weapons .
7 When the professor is in charge of any collection belonging to the University it shall be part of his duty to make such collection accessible to , and available for the instruction of , students attending his lectures .
8 The Cabinet reshuffle reflected little significant change in the policies of Roh Tae Woo , although some observers considered it indicative of his desire to make greater efforts to sustain and develop the recent dialogue with North Korea .
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