Example sentences of "[noun sg] made [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vulnerability of minor revenue officials to demotion or removal made it imperative for them to remain on good terms with men of influence able to mar their careers , and shortly after his clash with the provost of Inverkeithing Main made his peace with the Cunningham family . |
| 2 | The pope 's ardent desire for clarification and decision made it possible for judges to be used who were not always the bishops , in close contact with Rome , but abbots and other ecclesiastical officials . |
| 3 | The Bournemouth decision made it clear that the Unity Campaign 's success had been more apparent than real . |
| 4 | On this plate was depicted a map of the heavens , and holes along the line of the ecliptic made it possible for a representation of the sun to be moved at intervals of a day or two in imitation of its annual motion . |
| 5 | Although the discovery of the double helix made it possible to understand how information might be stored in DNA , revolutionary advances in areas such as nucleotide sequencing and computing have been needed before people can contemplate recovering the stored information on a large scale . |
| 6 | Criticisms within and without Parliament made it clear that this audit model of control was beginning to falter in the post-war period . |
| 7 | But France 's own reliance on US financial support made it difficult to resist the Anglo-American policy . |
| 8 | In the first period of extra time , Alex Brown put Dynamos ahead and then Nick Crook made it 3–1 with just five minutes to go . |
| 9 | This was because the terms of the contract between seller and buyer made it clear that the buyer in re-selling the goods was doing so , not for his own account , but as agent for , and on account of , the seller . |
| 10 | The publishing explosion following the development of printing made it necessary for catalogues to give rather more detail : for instance , the edition and date of a book might now be more crucial to the reader , because there were so many variants . |
| 11 | This split made it impossible to unite a broad democratic majority and left the republic divided almost from the start of the regime . |
| 12 | The courts of law , they argued , are procedurally ill-equipped for this task since their formality , cost , speed , and complexity made them inaccessible to , or intimidating for , the ordinary citizen . |
| 13 | The straight forward design and short wheel base made it ideal for negotiating the sharp curves of the Welshpool line . |
| 14 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 15 | The judgment on the News International ban made it clear that political censorship , at least , could be fought effectively , and the basis for the defence against censorship was the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 . |
| 16 | Their casual acceptance of his presence made him edgy . |
| 17 | Their long-lived presence made it possible for them to act as a kind of semi-permanent critique of newer cultural trends . |
| 18 | GLC funding made it possible for them to conduct a research project into the lives of young lesbians and gays . |
| 19 | I realised that the detail and the logic of the story made it impossible not to believe Fearnley . |
| 20 | His mum made him some instead , and I 'll pour it on you after you said that one . |
| 21 | Jonty Rhodes , whose fierce commitment and exuberance in the field made him one of the ‘ stars ’ of the World Cup . |
| 22 | While Nicholson 's experience made it easy for him to contemplate such preparations , the work of the Perkins at King David For indicated that it was unlikely that more than quart quantities of aniline could be prepared safely on the Kennington Road premises . |
| 23 | Their emphasis on the absolute centrality of heterosexual experience made it impossible for them to see that purity feminism had anything to offer , with its emphasis on celibacy , and its view of sex as male-defined , vicious and depraved . |
| 24 | The rain certainly did come down during the night , it was so loud on the window the noise made it difficult to sleep . |
| 25 | Scotland opened promisingly but Benoit Bellot 's downwind , downfield punting made it difficult for the home side to sustain pressure . |
| 26 | The Board made it clear that ‘ if a School Board is resolved upon , the arrangement by which the Company now pay rates upon their cottage property will be terminated , and that the rates will have to be paid by the tenants themselves : On the other hand , if the Board is not decided upon , the Company will combine with the remaining £4,000 of assessment in the Parish with a view of providing a small Infant School at Old Bradwell . |
| 27 | Hankin was promised an interview at the end of the season when the board made it clear he was not blamed for relegation . |
| 28 | A 10ft long mains lead and a 12ft steam hose made it easy to reach high up to ceiling level and far away from the socket outlet . |
| 29 | Polished parquet and a narrow scarlet runner made them all look the same . |
| 30 | Since , on principle , they could not say that lesbianism made them nervous and that the complex new demands made on them scared them , they found more underhand and aggressive ways of expressing their resentments . |