Example sentences of "[adv prt] to make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prepare the containers by filling loosely to the brim with peat compost , press it down gently with finger pressure around the rim of the tray to ensure there are no air pockets and roughly level it again , then press it down to make a firm , level surface about ½ in ( 12mm ) below the rim . |
| 2 | Whoever had lived here had been given the remnants of used candles and had melted the stubs down to make a crude light . |
| 3 | Its lid , or mouton , is also made of oak and consists of two semi-circular or rectangular flaps which fold down to make a horizontal plate that presses the grapes inside the maie . |
| 4 | Having created the basic shape , I used some Anemone japonica flowers , but positioned them upside down to make the most of their silvery appearance , plus some Alchemilla alpina leaves , also upside down . |
| 5 | at the county ground … it was hard going … we 've slowed the action down to make the most of Swindon 's best chance against fellow strugglers Sheffield United in a goaless draw … |
| 6 | In a recent large UK search the company in question called on five of the major search firms , and invited them all in to make a competitive pitch to decide who was going to be successful at finding them a group chief executive . |
| 7 | When the two of them appeared in the doorway some time later , several of the men shuffled along to make a welcoming space by the fire . |
| 8 | That night , Dot was to sleep on two extra blankets folded over to make a thin mattress for he , the man , would be in the bed where Dot used to sleep . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 10 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 11 | All this adds up to make a strong , well constructed tent . |
| 12 | When you have picked up stitches , for example to knit on a neckband , or when picking up to make a sideways knitted front band , if the edge is a bit rough it is a very good idea to bring the needles holding the picked up edges or stitches out to E position before knitting across with the side levers at 0 . |
| 13 | And then , before that , if you if you was to make the mealy puddings the it that always had to be cut into bits and emptied and washed well in cold water , and with salt and that , and that was They would done that for three days before they were then filled up to make the mealy puddings . |
| 14 | Yet every time he gets up to make an impassioned speech about the important issues of our time the elitist establishment of the church rushes in to gag him . |
| 15 | The pit was nothing more elaborate than a series of planks chocked up to make an erratic knee-high circle . |
| 16 | He had started out to make a rough count of the houses to be visited and then let his thoughts drift into a reverie of his own old home , the far tropical look of the mountain skyline beyond Loch Arkaig on the rare hot days . |
| 17 | ‘ Market maker ’ is defined as including any person on a recognised exchange , whether an individual , partner , or company , who holds himself out to make a continuous succession of prices and is recognised as doing so by that exchange . |
| 18 | that 's right and you know that if the staff has put theirselves out to make a decent crash in their environment they 're gon na go mad at the children if they muck it up , so therefore , you know , you 're gon na have that |
| 19 | One set is kept in a tight group , the other is spread out to make a large group . |
| 20 | I think people go out to make a fast buck without worrying about the consequences . |
| 21 | ‘ Out to make a fast buck ! |
| 22 | Single motif procedures vary according to your machine , but I can do a very easy one on my Silver Reed machine by setting the machine to weaving , using an appropriate punchcard and moving the single motif cams in and out to make a big woven moon on a plain background . |
| 23 | He or she may choose to travel with friends , but the true traveller sets out to make an independent , unhurried journey to the unknown , without supervision , avoiding tourist shrines and travelling where few foreign feet tread . |
| 24 | Regression techniques , because they set out to make the squared distances of the residuals from the line as small as possible , can be unduly influenced by a few exceptional data points . |
| 25 | And it wo n't just be the pilots who are out to make the best landings . |
| 26 | Federalists and functionalists alike regarded it as a great achievement and a decisive breakthrough in the fight for a united Europe , and immediately set out to make the new body a more effective organ of integration than was apparent in its charter . |
| 27 | And work carried out to make the top deck of the National Car Park in East Street , Darlington , waterproof has also been branded a failure . |
| 28 | Whether he come from this or not , but erm we were dredging the West Bank cos er the kind of ship we got there then were the big tankers and there were n't enough room for them to swing round , so we had to dredge part of the bank out to make the swinging berth and erm there we dredged a bone up about that size |
| 29 | He glanced over his left shoulder and saw the three other officers were still two hundred yards away , then a shouted challenge from his right revealed that the French Lieutenant had succeeded in turning his horse and was now spurring back to make a new attack . |
| 30 | In spite of all his care , the worst had happened , and Bathsheba was about to make a terrible discovery . |