Example sentences of "[adv] made [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |
2 | Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe . |
3 | Nevertheless its roots have evidently been shallower than in Northern Ireland , where the absence of comprehensive schools perhaps made it the more necessary . |
4 | Moving to Guildford , Leese 's fanaticism and his willingness to devote all his time and resources to the new movement soon made him the fulcrum of racial nationalist activity in Britain . |
5 | However that may be , Cnut 's considerable generosity to Canterbury implies that he did have good relations with Æthelnoth , and this possibly made him the more determined to control the selection of his successor . |
6 | Wayne 's grandparents , Ken and Pat Peckham , paid just £1,700 for Champ whose marathon exploits quickly made him the people 's champion . |
7 | This also made him the winner of the European League of the World Cup , with the final in Del Mar , California , on April 15–19 as his next major task . |
8 | Ethel ran out of the door with the frightening single-mindedness that later made her the most successful Tiller Girl . |