Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Winterthur is easily reached from Zurich , and it is a good idea to make it the destination of an excursion from there . |
| 7 | 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 … |