Example sentences of "[noun] to make [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club .
2 We are committed to it and it is our intention to make it the centre of a big programme of tennis in the city . ’
3 I 'd also like to thank his parents for what they have contributed over the years to make him the person he is , supporting him through college , and also for making me such a welcome member of their family .
4 The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III .
5 Telethon co-ordinator Margo Horsley said this week : ‘ This is the last time TVS will be able to take part in Telethon , and there is tremendous enthusiasm at the station to make it the most exciting ever .
6 However , significant resources are also being made available by the private sector where there is no immediate commercial gain : thus IBM UK Ltd has donated £3.5m. of computing equipment to UNEP and IBM in general is actively supporting other R&D which can be expected to facilitate ‘ sustainable development ’ : IBM Europe , for instance , has invested $16m. in its Bergen scientific centre to make it the focal point for the company 's environmental modelling and a centre for information on the environment and sustainable development .
7 Winterthur is easily reached from Zurich , and it is a good idea to make it the destination of an excursion from there .
8 She exposed the soles of her feet at the mouth of the oven … she drank gall and rubbed her eyes therewith … in her ardent desire for suffering she made herself a silver circlet in which she fixed three rows of sharp points in honour of the thirty-three years that the Son of God lived upon earth … she wore it underneath her veil to make it the more painful as these points being unequally long did not all pierce at the same time … so that with the least agitation these iron thorns tore her flesh in ninety-nine places …
9 Since 1892 , we at Bob Martin have been developing , improving , refining and perfecting our Flea Treatments , Wormers and Condition Tablets to make them the best you can get your paws on .
10 But what has outraged all of us is the spectacle of attempts to make you the scapegoat for failures of the criminal justice system , the cause of which , however defined , lay outside your control or responsibility . ’
11 Our bodies are continually manufacturing chemicals to make us the smelly creatures nature intended us to be .
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