Example sentences of "is [adj] make [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It 's a strange voyeuristic sensation to hear people talking when they have no idea you are there , and the temptation is strong to make frightening bellowing noises and then hide behind a rock .
2 And it is possible to make new electronic texts by scanning printed texts into a computer .
3 Now it is possible to make four separate lists : performance assets and performance liabilities , behaviour assets and behaviour liabilities .
4 The internal structures of some of these galeaspids are beautifully preserved such that it is possible to make detailed anatomical comparisons with cephalaspids and gnathostomes .
5 However , it is possible to make some general comments about the ways in which descriptions of a child 's language difficulties can contribute to planning intervention .
6 Increasing contestability is likely to make some natural monopolies not sustainable ( e.g. the single-product rising cost cases ) , but in other cases the effect will be to discipline pricing behaviour more severely .
7 Rather than simply sampling at random , it is helpful to make some preliminary enquiries among the child 's parents or teachers regarding the kinds of situations in which she is most likely to talk .
8 Nevertheless , it is useful to make these analytical distinctions , particularly where the apparent and real empirical contradictions threaten to swamp the theory .
9 NORTHERN Ireland manager Billy Bingham is unlikely to make any widespread changes in his team which meets Latvia in Wednesday 's World Cup Group Three qualifying tie at Windsor Park ( 8pm ) .
10 It is difficult to make broader international comparisons in social policy , but Kaim-Caudle ( 1973 ) placed the UK top among ten countries for its health service provision , though in his survey of wider social security policies the top place went more often to other countries , the Netherlands , West Germany and Denmark .
11 The company is anxious to make out-of-court civil settlements because it is cheaper .
12 To this day just to see or hear the word ‘ hermaphrodite ’ is sufficient to make those luminous pictures shimmer before my eyes .
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