Example sentences of "it make a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 I 've used this one in the studio and I 've heard it used live , and in both instances it made a positive contribution to the sound .
2 Newman was aware that when eugenics was deployed in this way — shorn of its critique of environmentalism — it made a valuable contribution to the philosophical underpinnings of the profession .
3 He says he was an army officer seconded to the site and it made a remarkable contribution to the war , as well as developing the first computer .
4 It made an immense difference to military operations in Africa , stimulated research for other virus vaccines , and led to the award , in 1951 , of a Nobel prize to the medical scientist Max Theiler ( 1899–1972 ) .
5 It makes a great difference to our research work , to both our projects .
6 * Try to buy Cheddar on the rind — it makes a tremendous difference to the flavour ( like cooking meat on the bone ) , and instantly shows that the cheese has been cut from a truckle and not from a block .
7 So it makes a refreshing change to able to write about something nice .
8 It makes a useful addition to cooking too , lending its herby delicacy to dishes as varied as Stilton soup and Hazelnut and orange gâteau .
9 on balance credit is beneficial , since it makes a useful contribution to the living standards and the economic and social well-being of the majority of British people .
10 It makes a good contrast to all those clean white jackets on normal club nights .
11 The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer .
12 It makes a sorry epitaph to a great career , ended Emerson 's FI ambitions , wound up breaking up his marriage , alienated the public , caused dissent in his own family and forced Emerson into retirement .
13 Robert Jackson , for example , envisages a " middle way " as a " study of religions conducted in such a way that it makes a distinctive contribution to the pupils ' development of a coherent and personally satisfying set of beliefs and values " ( Jackson 1987 : 17 ) .
14 So much modern merchandise is themed with bestselling books that it makes a logical extension to the stock profile .
15 He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular .
16 It makes a significant contribution to the local economy through its generation of manufactured goods and the fact that its staff pay tax and national insurance .
17 Yet with an attractive coupling of three Slavonic Dances winningly done , ending with the bestknown of all , the G minor Furiant , B83 ( Op. 46 ) No. 8 , it makes a valuable addition to what might be counted an over-long list .
18 Yet in both its anti-art and anti-dada stages it makes a positive contribution to modern art .
19 It makes an enchanting conclusion to the set , and one which might well influence one 's decision to purchase .
20 A good plant for shade , it makes an attractive edging to the border under our pergola .
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