Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , there is not much she can do with her curls except , every now and again , crop them brutally short just to demonstrate how inadequately they represent her character . |
| 2 | Cara had made it sound so easy when she 'd said ‘ All I 'm asking is that you bring me back relevant facts and answers ’ . |
| 3 | Keeping your arms straight , raise them as high as possible without slumping forwards . |
| 4 | Certain kinds of shares have features which make them economically similar to debt . |
| 5 | Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves . |
| 6 | Verdi is never mistaken for Wagner , nor Puccini for Tchaikovsky , because their melodies have personal distinguishing characteristics which make them instantly identifiable . |
| 7 | Make them pretty sweet , and let them stand till they are cold . |
| 8 | So , in a sense , it gives forewarning ( though no more than that ) of one problem which may emerge when the disclosure regulations make them increasingly familiar with APR and the cost of credit . |
| 9 | For example , the allocation of land in a development plan for a school will probably reduce the value of houses on this land or even make them completely unsaleable . |
| 10 | They live in their own tribes and have their own ways of fighting which make them easily distinguishable . |
| 11 | If they 're losing at half-time , make them really angry . |
| 12 | Yes , the cost will most probably kill off some of the clubs or at least make them less successful , but surely that is a price we will have to pay . |
| 13 | Dunleavy ( 1982 : 190–7 ) , using the example of the British civil nuclear industry , argues that the ‘ professional ’ ethos of public enterprise specialists may strengthen their links with their professional colleagues outside the state and hence make them less susceptible to control by state agencies . |
| 14 | In an attempt to deter the caterpillars , the oaks produce distasteful chemicals called tannins in their leaves which make them less palatable . |
| 15 | So it is arguable that the select committees promote independence of mind among MPs and make them less willing to vote automatically as the whips would like . |
| 16 | For the most part , however , the solution will lie more on the managers ' side than the shareholders ' : the managers need to be given incentives that make them less likely to make the colossal errors of the 1960s . |
| 17 | The authors argue that this is not evidence that their model is incorrect or inapplicable to treated cases , but that , to a certain extent , the factors which make women vulnerable to depression also make them less likely to receive psychiatric help . |
| 18 | The ‘ characters ’ ( the only real selling point ) make them extremely awkward to use , and the licences have taken a hefty toll on the price — a wallet-busting £12.99 ! |
| 19 | Their speed and agility make them extremely hard to kill . |
| 20 | Glossy , stylish covers and series titles such as Point Horror make them attractive , and the well-sketched characters and pacey action make them terribly readable — for those that have the stomach for them . |
| 21 | They have skills and qualities which make them highly valuable and which most organizations regard as being in short supply . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) those whose circumstances make them highly likely to experience an event to which they are particularly vulnerable ; |
| 23 | These weapons were developed from the long-barrelled hunting weapons used in Hochland , and their long barrels make them very accurate . |
| 24 | Japanese papers contain extremely long fibres which make them very strong , even in the presence of water . |
| 25 | These facts make them more reliant than they should be on the good opinion of their partners . |
| 26 | Tektronix says that PCs , even with the 486 , are far slower , that hidden costs such as graphics cards make them more expensive , that TCP/IP is hard to install and maintain on a PC , and that X-terminals are easier to administer . |
| 27 | Make them more stable or more volatile ? |
| 28 | For the period since 1981 both sets have similar problems but advances in methodology , especially in handling migration , make them more useful than in the past . |
| 29 | Will the Government please review the workings of the Act and make them more effective ? |
| 30 | It is suffering such fears which make them more powerful . ) |