Example sentences of "[adv] make it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite press speculation that GM might be offered a modified deal on Land Rover ( 49 per cent of the shares ) , the government eventually made it clear to GM that Land Rover was not part of the Leyland Vehicles deal , and as a result GM withdrew its offer . |
| 2 | As well as setting up a register the Act will eventually make it illegal for people to handle food until they have taken a basic food hygiene certificate . |
| 3 | This will eventually make it possible to manipulate ecology so as to test the dependence of social structure upon it . |
| 4 | If you wished to borrow such things you instinctively made it clear that you intended no blasphemy . |
| 5 | Many writers are unnecessarily pessimistic about the value of archaeology in the understanding of exchange systems in the absence of literary evidence ; Wood points out that ‘ distribution maps rarely make it possible to distinguish between trade , exchange and plunder ’ ( 1983 , p. 3 ) . |
| 6 | In fact , computing people add yet another layer to this stack of definitions , though they very rarely make it explicit . |
| 7 | LORD Ted Willis has introduced an extraordinary bill into the House of Lords which would effectively make it illegal for British shops to sell any audio or video tape recorder . |
| 8 | He came forward speaking softly but this only made it worse , for she came at him again , this time so viciously that , thinking she might hurt herself , he backed away across the path towards the benches . |
| 9 | Sandy lay still for a while , hoping to feel better ; but being flat on her back did n't help , and closing her eyes only made it worse . |
| 10 | Victor and I spent a month in the sun trying to drink it out of our systems , but the hangovers only made it worse . |
| 11 | The fact that a water is potable does not , however , necessarily make it suitable for textile purposes . |
| 12 | ‘ They will merely make it easy for the Government to mobilize the military and send the settlers deeper into the area ’ . |
| 13 | However , I should perhaps make it clear that the position I have outlined is a very extreme form of inductivism . |
| 14 | And here I ought to perhaps make it clear that the circles I provided on the sheet which was distributed , allow for a density of twenty houses per hectare . |
| 15 | Then Carrie jumped aside as a passing bus threw up some slush from the gutter , and as she brushed her hands down over the bottom of her coat , she said , ‘ You 'd think they did it on purpose , ’ and as he went to assist her she stayed his hands , saying , ‘ It 'll only make it worse . |
| 16 | Do n't scratch — you know it will only make it worse ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't you know you 'll only make it worse ? ’ |
| 18 | but , but I mean you can only make it worse by like you say , you 're wasting your own time and money |
| 19 | The project team can not guarantee that the product will be so exploited , it can only make it possible . |
| 20 | The project team can not guarantee that the product will be so exploited , it can only make it possible . |
| 21 | I li , I li , you can only make it this time of year . |
| 22 | Oh , and you better make it five cos |
| 23 | And — er — better make it good . ’ |
| 24 | Better make it fifty , he thought , seeing himself distributing them like Christmas cards . |
| 25 | All the same , he thought , better make it fifty . |
| 26 | But , just to make sure you do n't jump to any more ludicrous conclusions , I 'd better make it clear that I do n't ever intend you to get away from me . |
| 27 | Plaice , then , and two helpings — better make it three if Faustina was to be included — perhaps ‘ portions ’ was the word — and some chips . |
| 28 | We both had a sandwich , the man in the blue raincoat saying ‘ We 'd better make it snappy ’ between every bite . |
| 29 | Such packages , when opened , are found to contain many different ingredients of different size and weight which together make it possible for life to be lived at home with a tolerable degree of safety and comfort . |
| 30 | Subject report instead of annual got enough space in there only make it small . |