Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] make [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is a rather more dangerous kind of exaggerating , described by Eric Berne in his pop psychology book Games People Play as the game of ‘ Harassed ’ , which involves making things really dreadful for yourself . |
| 2 | He added that in today 's difficult economic climate it was so encouraging to see a local company expanding its facilities and particularly for production of the newest type of dried pet food which has made life so much easier for all cat and dog owners . |
| 3 | It 's this combination which has made Stoddard Templeton the proud holders of the Royal Warrant since 1966 . |
| 4 | The people of the Scottish island of Lewis , for example , have a shared history of adversity and isolation , a highly egalitarian society and a homogeneous culture which has made cooperation possible . |
| 5 | ‘ The currency fluctuation between the punt and pound sterling , ’ commented Michael Ryder of Easons , ‘ meant that overall , prices of books published in the UK have been 10% lower in the Republic , which has made things difficult . |
| 6 | If it is largely the public-school spirit which has made England great in the past , any means by which a similar spirit may be fostered in the boys who leave the elementary schools at the very age when the sons of the monied classes are entering on the most valuable years of their school career , is of incalculable importance . |
| 7 | A classic example of good housekeeping which has made Cambridge a authority in the region and beyond and one that even members of the conservative government have occasionally , through gritted teeth they 're not doing a bad job , damn them and that means that the are going to think to have some of those , if you like , very good housekeeping back to the citizens who have been paying the bills over the years . |
| 8 | Shrewd , quietly spoken and a model of impeccable sportsmanship for young and not — so-young alike , he has created a chemistry which has made Haslemere 4th XI one of the most popular sides with its opponents and the happiest with itself . |
| 9 | This is to miss the important point which has made Kinnock master of the Labour party , as Bevan never was : Bevan was a rebel ; Kinnock is not . |
| 10 | On the other hand it 's Magalluf which has made Majorca famous for British holidaymakers . |
| 11 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 12 | This is similar to technology , which aims to make things happen rather than find out why they happen . |
| 13 | This is the message which aims to make people aware of the product and favourably inclined towards it . |
| 14 | Such contests permit ‘ horse race journalism ’ ; they make possible endless speculation about who the front runner is , who the dark horses are and who has fallen at what fence , all of which helps to make television news broadcasts more exciting and enter-taining than they would otherwise be . |
| 15 | To that extent the results reflect the basis upon which ASWs made decisions , which frequently involved diversion of GP referrals from compulsory admission . |
| 16 | Its visit is organised by the Gwynedd Education Business Partnership , which seeks to make education more relevant to the needs of business . |
| 17 | For example , Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology , which does make use of photographs , succeeds by the sheer wealth of information it contains ( more than twice the pages of the corresponding sections in Petrography ) . |
| 18 | Havant in the UK — which does make disk drives ; Jrfalla , making printers in Sweden ; Valencia , making low-end ES/9000s in Spain , and at least a part of the big Montpelier mainframe and chips complex in France , are being re-classified as autonomous business units under their own managements , free to seek work outside as well as where they can from within IBM , but they are under notice that if they ca n't demonstrate that they can operate profitably in 12 months , they will be closed . |
| 19 | A stroke which fails to make contact is consigned to baseball oblivion as a ‘ swing and a miss . ’ |
| 20 | Knowledge concerning that enlightenment was what he passed on to his disciples , and this — the positive content of the Four Noble Truths and the teaching of the Middle Way — is what has made Buddhism live down the ages and still today . |
| 21 | So what has made Headway so popular ? |
| 22 | This , he believes , is what has made Unisys Corp ‘ the most profitable computer company in the world ’ — since the merger of Univac and Burroughs , it has not only kept headcount low , but also used the profits generated from mainframe sales to develop portable software applications . |