Example sentences of "it [vb -s] make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers .
2 It involves making a small incision in the cornea and ‘ threading ’ a clear plastic ring through the deeper tissue layers .
3 The Black Country Development Corporation has begun proceedings to buy the pub but it has made no public statement giving its reasons .
4 While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so .
5 In one way the length of the history was a good thing as I have benefited in the end from the latest surgical techniques available in London , and although I still have to be careful it has made a tremendous difference to my life .
6 In ANDES " work , particularly in the controlled zones and with refugees , it has made a concerted attempt to include women , and its educational materials have been drawn up bearing in mind the need to broaden the context of women 's work .
7 More can be done and more is being done and we shall encourage the industry to go out and get more business wherever it is ; but it has made a good start .
8 The Nicaraguan government states that it has made a clear break with the use of imprisonment as a means of political repression .
9 A tribunal must make a compensatory award if it has made a basic award .
10 Publication in a high-impact factor journal such as Nature represents an acknowledgment that the work is at the cutting edge of science , and that it has made a significant contribution to that science .
11 In my garden it has made a swift transition from weed to wild flower to flower .
12 It has made a big difference . ’
13 Another cell leader , , added : ‘ It has made a big difference — people are more involved in the whole production process . ’
14 In parallel it has made an increasing contribution to the economy for , besides more employment , it has multiplied its overseas earnings nine-fold , from £3.7 million to £34.6 million .
15 Aside from its Newsprint deal with Adobe Systems Inc , Mountain View , announced that it has made an undisclosed equity investment in Verity Inc , a document-retrieval technology company and its neighbour .
16 The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X/Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn .
17 Otherwise it tends to make the whole picture , like , I went to er er one club once and there was a very nice portrait , not unlike this , there was a girl sitting on a stool , rather less clothes on than this girl has got and it was very nicely done except she was sitting on a painted stool and all the paint was chipped and that to me looked really tacky !
18 No-one knows better what it takes to make a championship-winning team .
19 It seems to make a fair amount of sense .
20 It hopes to make a fresh attempt to limit excessive overtime , heavily criticised in the report .
21 It helps to make the visual association moving and in colour .
22 I love working with handicapped people ; I did similar work in Australia in my spare time and , you have to admit , it does make a pleasant change from accidents and medicals . ’
23 So it does make a slight difference to the erm the lump sum .
24 Although no one would claim that Kansas City is now a model of racial harmony , it does make a sharp contrast to St Louis , Missouri 's other main city .
25 I am glad that so many more knitters are using double jacquard as it does make a super skirt .
26 Just a mention about the Good Old Days Quiz Book , a B B C publication which is at your local B B C radio station , costs three pounds for one thousand questions , do n't be without it this Christmas , and it does make a lovely Christmas present as well .
27 It does make a measurable difference . ’
28 Yet when the bee-eater starts to make its nest , it will fly repeatedly beak-first at the face of a sandstone cliff or the hard mud of a river bank until , by dislodging grain after grain , it manages to make a slight depression to which it can hang .
29 It shows how difficult it remains to make a cricket-related living in what is still the smallest populated Test country .
30 This hill is called An Ruadh-stac , and it fails to make the magical Munro status by just 25 metres .
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