Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our part of the world we keep up the brave talk for the sake of the image of the region , so that there may be at least some inward investment and so that those industrialists , small business , training centres , local enterprises and cooperatives which are struggling so hard to make a go of it , will not be discouraged from at least having a go , but there is n't much hope and conviction really . |
| 2 | ‘ But now it 's becoming so expensive to make programmes we are being forced into making sure we are going along the right lines . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried so hard to make her see how … unsuitable that man is . |
| 4 | Even if other painters had to wait for their money , Zbo tried desperately hard to make sure that Modi did not go without . |
| 5 | So much so that I want very much to make love to you again . |
| 6 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 7 | Finally , there is a group of patients who are considered mentally unfit to make decisions concerning themselves . |
| 8 | It is becoming very difficult to make a profit in old line industries ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 9 | Moreover , the most impressive and unusual feature of Scottish bonding , the loyalty to a single lord which had done so much to make lordship so stabilizing a factor , was inevitably diminished . |
| 10 | At the time it seemed more truthful to make a break ; then at least the position was defined . |
| 11 | It seemed relatively easy to make money , and there was a lot of hype about going into business . |
| 12 | PETER WINTERBOTTOM , once rated too small to make it by the Springboks , broke their ranks , hearts and spirit at Twickenham . |
| 13 | Yavlinsky refused Gorbachev 's invitation to the G-7 summit because , he claimed , his programme had been weakened too much to make it viable . |
| 14 | As Jane Salvage points out , nurse training to date has done very little to make nurses into strong and independent people : |
| 15 | Somehow it seemed very important to make that clear . |
| 16 | Does he recollect that during the talks last summer that he strove so hard to make successful the IRA , at least for a time , was marginalised ? |
| 17 | It costs about 20 to make a tonne of waste derived fuel pellets and these have about half the calorific value of coal . |
| 18 | ‘ On the other hand , you also need to make them feel that this may be their one chance to make a record — and they 'd better work pretty hard to make sure it sounds good . ’ |
| 19 | Oh I have n't got that long to make them , yet am I ? |
| 20 | Anselm arrived too late to make similar terms for the Church before the king 's coronation ; but Henry 's position was still extremely insecure , and it was only Anselm 's support which tipped the balance in his favour . |
| 21 | One would go too far in saying that by Civizade 's time a scholar could achieve greatness solely through office ; but at the least , such a distinction as that made by Karamani Mehmed Pasa had become almost impossible to make , since greatness ' and " office " had grown so closely intertwined as to be inseparable . |
| 22 | I ATTENDED four of the evening sessions of this year 's Great British Beer Festival and had a great time — my thanks to all those who worked so hard to make it such a success . |
| 23 | Over 900 attended the reunion and as usual our thanks to all who worked so hard to make it successful . |
| 24 | It had seemed so important to make a good impression , to show him that she had risen above the way of life in the alleys , but it was a selfish , uncaring side of her he had seen . |
| 25 | At first glance , it seems hardly necessary to make another film about Van Gogh ; but Maurice Pialat , who began his career in the late 1960s , has found a new approach by showing the artist not as a great figure of his times but as a tormented , talented painter living in a village among ordinary folk . |
| 26 | The Palestine Liberation Organisation , until its recent flirtation with Saddamery , had seemed genuinely willing to make peace with Israel in exchange for a Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 27 | ‘ It is customary to wish good luck to new enterprises but , in this case , I am sure that the team worked very hard to make sure that luck had no part to play in the implementation and so the good wishes would have been redundant , ’ said Alan . |
| 28 | ‘ I was , frankly , surprised , but did n't take very long to make up my mind that this was not an invitation you could refuse … or that I wanted to refuse . ’ |
| 29 | It seems therefore appropriate to make recommendations with reference to three particular aspects of Language in Primary Teacher Education : |
| 30 | it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs … |