Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] to make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A law of international organisations has developed to make effective the actions of international organisations , and has displaced the classic rule of treaties and third parties in this context . |
| 2 | John Alderdice , the Alliance leader , today said : ‘ It should be possible for the Government to bring forward the propositions which Sir Patrick has undertaken to make available to us and start bilateral talks . |
| 3 | A woman will say something like , ‘ Oh look , he 's got a cute butt ’ and some geek standing next to her , sensing that his chance has come to make serious waves in the world of sexual politics , will whine , ‘ You would n't like that if I said that about a girl . ’ |
| 4 | Now I realise , with growing apprehension , that my fertile years will soon be over and that the time has come to make another choice . |
| 5 | Until now , though , we have glossed over descriptions of shot sizes , and the time has come to make these clearer . |
| 6 | I wonder whether the Treasury Minister has applied to make such a statement , because this concerns the Treasury as well as the Department of Trade and Industry ? |
| 7 | But a man who has struggled to make Labour electable , at the cost of jettisoning his beliefs , might still have the heart to continue that battle . |
| 8 | The German government has decided to make compulsory the recycling of much of the packaging used by industry and commerce . |
| 9 | The 29-year-old prop , Scotland 's longest serving captain , has decided to make this summer 's tour to Australia his swansong . |
| 10 | Every one of you has made a contribution to the character of this institution and I take pleasure in acknowledging what each of you has done to make this such a satisfying academic and social environment . |
| 11 | ( Alternative ending : Finally , I must pay tribute to the bridesmaids Sharon , Natalie , Margaret and Sue whose invaluable support has helped to make this day so successful . ) |
| 12 | It is nearing bankruptcy and has had to make 720 employees redundant , which is a sorry state of affairs . |
| 13 | It has been suggested that where a tenant has had to make substantial alterations the court may force the landlord to make a contribution , but this is not to be relied upon . |
| 14 | The Institute itself has , of course , suffered financially from the impact of the recession and has had to make painful economies and cut out some activities . |
| 15 | Cerus , the French holding company controlled by CIR — and through which Mr De Benedetti has launched his most ambitious international operations — has had to make big one-off provisions to staunch the crippling credit problems faced by the group 's French bank , Banque Duménil-Leblé . |
| 16 | Sir Lewis Robertson has had to make tough decisions to revive Stakis ' fortunes . |
| 17 | Within this climate , the management has had to make some difficult decisions . |
| 18 | I think everyone 's accepted that fact , er , at the end of the day , someone has got to make some very , very bad decisions . |
| 19 | ‘ Miss Broome has promised to make some sausage rolls . ’ |
| 20 | So what has befallen to make this of none account ? |
| 21 | The school has refused to make any comment on the appointment of the new headmistress until she takes up her duties in August . |
| 22 | BT has pledged to make sure any outstanding compensation claims will be met in full . |
| 23 | Andrew has learned to make this outcome more likely by escalating the tantrums into very violent and therefore frightening episodes . |
| 24 | I 've followed the events of of this erm unhappy but hardy perennial some time now erm I 've found it unusual because there was no Liberal volte face until now and er quite a lot of things happened where the Liberals changed their mind and I naturally started to wonder what has happened to make this change of mind come about and all I 'll say is I hope that it does n't have much to do with events in other counties or with any by-election . |
| 25 | It could well be that someone has tried to make this look like murder followed by suicide . ’ |
| 26 | Now let me cut through all that science , that er , Councillor Parker has has tried to make this issue . |
| 27 | In Africa , Guinness has continued to make significant progress , and although Nigeria , the largest market for Guinness in Africa , has faced reduced demand as a result of very poor economic conditions , sales elsewhere have continued to grow . |
| 28 | Despite the sustained onslaught from the monetarists and , more virulently , from the new classical macroeconomics , the Keynesian research programme has continued to make significant progress on a variety of fronts . |
| 29 | Its retail business caters for 6m loyal customers , while First Direct , its innovative telephone banking service , has started to make deep inroads into the traditional market . |
| 30 | Office Cleaning has held on to its portfolio in the face of the fiercest price-competition I have known , and as the year has progressed our strengthening sales team has begun to make good headway . |