Example sentences of "[subord] to make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philips — like Siemens and GEC — attempted to evolve rather than to make radical changes of direction . |
| 2 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 3 | He looked around as if to make sure Agrippa or any other spy was not lurking in the hedgerow , and shook his head in contradiction . |
| 4 | Until this state of affairs comes about , plans will be the outcome of a long-term process , not easily altered after they are drafted ; and planners will have no choice but to make rough approximations and search for performance indicators which are easy to monitor . |
| 5 | It does matter we really need to know whether to make necessary phone calls |
| 6 | He says Alsys has not decided whether to make Soft Bench or Atherton the backplane of the Thomson Ada software engineering thrust . |
| 7 | These users want access to tools to extend the spatial database as well as to make spatial analyses . |
| 8 | Some political activists concluded from this that what was needed was to ‘ empower the poor ’ , encourage their civic and political participation as a way to redress the balance , give them the strength to organize in such a way as to make effective claims on society , to receive those citizen 's rights to which they were said to be entitled . |
| 9 | Between 1900 and the late 1970s … we are asked to strike comparisons between such different styles of law enforcement as to make little sense . |
| 10 | So , how can you work with your dreams in such a way as to make useful links between your conscious and your unconscious mind , and so gain some benefit in your everyday life ? |
| 11 | ( c ) Restrictions on partners ' authority ( See Clauses 6 ( in relation to accounts ) and 18 ( generally ) ) No body of partners will wish any one of its number to have unlimited authority to incur liabilities in their firm name so as to make all members potentially liable even in respect of transactions which form no part of the normal business of the firm . |
| 12 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 13 | As is so often the case with archaeological data , the smaller cemeteries present such a small sample as to make detailed conclusions of dubious value , and their small size may be misleading as more graves may await discovery . |
| 14 | It will also challenge clubs like Nottingham — and perhaps even Cardiff — to become as effective as Saracens have been , not only in finding and developing new young talent , but in building such good relations with the junior clubs in their area as to make this process acceptable to both sides . |
| 15 | As it spread , its uses diversified so fast as to make any introduction to twelfth-century sources on the scale attempted in the earlier parts of the book ( pp. 17–26 , 124–32 ) impossible . |