Example sentences of "[v-ing] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And scraps of thick woollen material were knotted into sacking to make split mats or hearth rugs . |
| 2 | BROADGREEN MP Jane Kennedy is bidding to make sure jobs at Liverpool 's new customs offices go to local people . |
| 3 | So this debate is not about saving foxes , it will achieve nothing for animal welfare it is not about the merits or otherwise of fox hunting , from which it diverts attention , it is about the county council seeking to make hollow gestures against their tenants ' rights . |
| 4 | It comes courtesy of AIS , the information service that pumps out Notams and an awful lot more from Heathrow and is well known within the aviation world for the personal briefings it can give for aviators seeking to make foreign journeys . |
| 5 | In seeking to make these aims operational , the plan set out the general characteristics of the proposed polytechnic : it was to be a ‘ broadly-based institution catering for a wide range of higher education for the over-18 age groups ’ , giving priority to sandwich courses , but providing courses other than degree courses for those able to benefit from ‘ advanced courses of a specialist nature ’ . |
| 6 | If we seek historically aware performances in this repertory , should we not be seeking to make informed decisions about tempos and their relationships ( and consequent effects on inequality ) by considering the available evidence of mensural traditions , time-words and notated timings , rather than ignoring it ? |
| 7 | People may not remember whatever detailed analysis was developed for them as schoolchildren , but certain models or ‘ general sketches ’ … do remain , and they inform everyday thinking closely , especially as they are exercised over and again by politicians and the media seeking to make public sense of current events . |
| 8 | Hoggett and Hambleton ( 1987 ) argue that in seeking to make public services more user-centred two approaches are discernible : consumerism which focuses on the responsiveness of public services ( broadly the approach of the Major government ) and collective responses which emphasise the democratisation of services . |
| 9 | But the rumours reflect merely what everyone knows , events are conspiring to make this budget a particularly difficult one . |
| 10 | AT the start of another sailing season , International 's yacht paints team in Sweden is looking to make better headway this year . |
| 11 | That was why the Liaison Office , looking to make some gesture of welcome had invited Maxim . |
| 12 | I was going to make baked beans for tomorrow lunch . ’ |
| 13 | erm is going to make certain clarifications which we 'll start with and is going to introduce the report and then to give some explanations . |
| 14 | I am going to make moral judgments . |
| 15 | Clearly , the possibility of being randomly assaulted is going to make black people feel very insecure and anxious , feelings which , in turn , promote the formation of black community and self-defence organizations . |
| 16 | How can Christ be a perfect penitent if he is really sinless ? putting it in ordinary terms : if you are completely innocent of a crime , no one is going to make much sense of it if you say : ‘ I am not guilty of this offence , but I confess on behalf of others and wish to represent their guilt . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't think that 's going to make much difference . ’ |
| 18 | The Judaeo-Christian tradition regards cannibalism as a sin , but other major religions beg to disagree , on the grounds that , if a person is dead already , the consumption of his or her body is not going to make much difference . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think a few crocuses in Hyde Park are going to make much difference , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 20 | I did n't get anywhere very fast , but when you are confident and you know the market is there it is inevitable , because of the heavy initial investment , that you 're going to make substantial losses in the early years . |
| 21 | as we 're going to make other changes anyway so |
| 22 | So you have to insulate the , the administrators from direct control of the people if you , if the administrators are going to make good decisions . |
| 23 | No I know , I 'm going to make two glasses out of it |
| 24 | But he was n't going to make that mistake . |
| 25 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 26 | Well I 'm going to make that marmalade and do a bit of cleaning . |
| 27 | How do you think the retrospective scheme compensation scheme would actually work and if I could give you an example erm should it apply to all schemes which have been affected in the past er perhaps after a certain date or if you were going to make that decision , where would the cut-off date be , how far back would you go and what schemes would you look at Er if it 's gon na be retrospective ? |
| 28 | Well i I 'm happy , I mean I was just going to make that point , sir , but I do have other points , but I 'll wait . |
| 29 | Well , she was , but he was not going to make false compliments when he felt so true , so just , so clarified . |
| 30 | How was he going to make this phone call ? |