Example sentences of "[noun prp] to make it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Murray 's club-mate , Tom McKean , has set his store on the World Indoors but first he has a personal score to settle with his GB team-mate , David Sharpe , who pipped him on Saturday to make it 1-1 between them indoors this winter . |
2 | The lake , visidle from the house , and backed with trees and a small Greek temple , had been cleaned and drained by David Fairfax to make it fit for swimming , and a diving-board had been installed . |
3 | And a handful of baking soda , tonight ask your Aunt Jean to make it lovely . |
4 | Morris then turned provider for Colin Irwin to make it 4–1 after 51 minutes . |
5 | In the 15th over Stinson made the break-through for Armagh when he bowled Adams to make it 35 for one . |
6 | Their progress was fast , the ground had hardened after the rains while Sir James had unfurled the royal standard of Scotland to make it obvious to any others using the road to stand aside quickly and let them pass . |
7 | Then Boon and Steve Waugh put on 50 , when the latter edged Ambrose to Williams to make it 114-2 . |
8 | Their second goal from another scramble , ; it was Shaun Teale 's shot which bounced off Kee to make it 2-0 . |
9 | Bearing eloquent witness to the strength of this strategy , NEC 's total computer sales in 1981 surpassed those of Hitachi to make it second only to Fujitsu among Japanese makers . |
10 | Sloppy play by Spurs let Regis release Yorke to make it 3–2 with a shot across Walker . |
11 | There was too much room ; too much time for Lee Luscombe to make it 2-0 . |
12 | In the 1960's the date was changed to a Sunday to make it easier for people , but there was such an outcry that it soon reverted to the traditional Friday . |
13 | Walsh then set up Julian Joachim to make it 3-0 in 27 minutes , but in the second half Martin Ling hit the bar before Mickey Hazard pulled a goal back . |
14 | With just 10 minutes to go though , United lost , or rather threw away their win , when Sam Goodacre scored a soft second goal for Scuthorpe to make it 2-all . |
15 | Jean Marc Lafond , younger brother of the French international , scored the first of two tries in the 53rd minute before Darren Grewcock stole in under the nose of Steve Bates to make it 31-8 . |
16 | Jamie Moralee outpaced City defender Russell Osman to make it four on 30 minutes before Andy Cole pulled one back for Bristol from close range just before the break . |
17 | PORTADOWN blitzed Ballymena to make it seven wins in seven games — and did n't play particularly well . |
18 | A decade or three back , when most of us could visit most countries without a visa , there was little expectation that this would prove a high water mark and that restrictions would steadily increase , but we may not be able to assume that the freedom to dial direct to distant countries will continue to increase : Egypt has cut direct-dial telephone links with Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Sudan and Iran to make it harder for Moslem militant leaders in exile to communicate with groups at home and organise terrorist attacks , the Al-Akhbar newspaper reports ; it is still possible to call via an operator . |
19 | The hearing was held in Dumbarton instead of Campbeltown to make it easier for relatives from England to attend . |
20 | After goals from Steve Conner and Garry Butterworth increased Dagenham 's lead , Orient replied through Terry Howard and Adrian Whitbread to make it 3–2 at half-time . |
21 | Shearer crossed for Newell to make it five , then rolled the ball into the path of substitute Roy Wegerle to complete a comprehensive rout . |
22 | For while hispanophone immigration is indeed sufficiently massive in some parts of the USA to make it desirable , and sometimes necessary , to address this public in its own language , the idea that the supremacy of English in the USA is , or is likely to be , in jeopardy is political paranoia . |
23 | And the men of Angus , here in the centre , would be close enough to their fellows under Kineth to make it easy for them to falter or abscond . |
24 | As well as the British Open Championship of 1987 , there was the Masters title of 1989 at Augusta to make it double major triumphs . |
25 | Bracknell 's youth team keeper , Dean Simmons was soon under pressure and as early as the ninth minute , Abingdon took the lead ; having forced a corner , Keith Appleton swung the ball into the area , Steve Aries won it well in the air , and knocked it down to Liam Herbert who crashed his shot past Simmons to make it one nil . |
26 | And he also wanted Mr Fallon to make it clear he agreed with the interpretation of the 1944 Education Act saying every Catholic child was entitled to a Catholic education . |
27 | In the second half , Thame came more in to the game and created a couple of chances , however in the sixty fifth minute , Sean Liden won the ball on the halfway line , his long ball found Gary Weaving who turned and placed a low shot past Mayhew to make it one nil . |