Example sentences of "[noun] to make things [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is there not even something rather arrogant about the assumption that the human mind and capacity to make things supply the only proper model for conceiving of a supreme reality ? |
| 2 | ‘ We know there will be severe practical difficulties but it is up to farmers and auctioneers to make things work . |
| 3 | Both seemed to lack the facility to make things look right . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you will , Miss Honey , because I have to use your first name to make things rhyme and that 's why I do n't want to say it . ’ |
| 5 | Transcription has the unfortunate tendency to make things seem simpler and more clear-cut than they really are . |
| 6 | He had developed a way to make things work efficiently , a system . |
| 7 | She was proud of her ability to make things grow , a new skill , developed at Loxford , but a garden was a tyrant as well as a satisfaction , and this garden was regarded by her family as very much her business . |
| 8 | By the age of 18 months or so , the child is able to understand the extent of her own ability to make things happen and the reciprocal powers of other animate beings . |
| 9 | In order to make things run smoothly , the BMC asked some notable British climbers to come along and help out . |
| 10 | In a sense , it is the counterpart of our need for autonomy : while autonomy is the freedom to make things happen , security is the freedom from things we do not want to happen . |
| 11 | She has an extraordinary gift , as she is telekinetic and so has the power to make things happen through thought-transmission . |