Example sentences of "[vb infin] to make it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If the slack variable is non-basic , we can pivot to make it basic and then drop the corresponding row . |
2 | Over to this side now , erm , give me three things that you can do to make it easy t for the eye to see what er , particular number is refer w which rows is referring answer to ? |
3 | The presentational aspect involves all kinds of different considerations which I shall come to presently , but what they boil down to is this : what can you do to make it easier for the communicator to communicate and the audience to receive the required message — with minimum distraction ? |
4 | When we find this extremely difficult , there are a few things we can do to make it easier . |
5 | What can we do to make it easier for the potential visitor ? |
6 | So what can we all do to make it easier for our disabled friends to enjoy the countryside ? |
7 | That would appear to make it worthwhile for science to be a little more lenient with the serious UFO researchers and their data . |
8 | He obviously did n't plan to make it easy for her . |
9 | Mr Bush is keen to make the renewal of MFN unconditional ; Congress would like to make it conditional on China improving its human-rights record . |
10 | But I should like to make it clear that the suggestion that BAT has been ‘ dumping ’ this pesticide in Kenya has not foundation of truth whatsoever . |
11 | I should like to make it clear from the outset that I am participating in this conference not as an expert on any aspect of the teaching of languages , but rather as someone whose primary concern is with the structure of language and , more generally , the nature of cognitive processes . |
12 | We would like to make it clear that this delay was not caused by any default on the part of the defendant who is charged with their murder nor by his legal advisers . |
13 | I have no desire to detract from Mike Broderick 's promotion , but as The Bookseller is a journal of record I would like to make it clear that it was only following my resignation that the position of group home sales director was created at Random House . |
14 | I should like to make it clear that the provisions of the Government Bill will provide householders with the same level of protection as that which existed under the private Bill , and they are set out fully in schedule 7 . |
15 | I should like to make it clear to the House that I accept full responsibility for the actions taken in this case by officials of the Home Office and by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary , who dealt with it . |
16 | ‘ We would like to make it clear that we will not talk to pro-British or British newspapers and we want reporters to stay away from our family home . ’ |
17 | Halstead will look to make it four wins in four games . |
18 | If the patient had hobbies before his stroke or head injury , such as drawing , painting or needlepoint , you should try to make it possible for him to take them up again . |
19 | ‘ If there are four people in a car , Richard will always try to make it six , ’ says one friend . |
20 | I am putting together an album of our preservation activities as we go along and will try to make it available on meeting nights and other public occasions . |
21 | This is an important and also a difficult point , so let me try to make it clearer . |
22 | I 'll try to make it brief because Bob has er mentioned this and has pretty well er all party support to , to the savings , er the reduction of two percent in the erm , it 's not quite devastating but following the er drastic restructuring of the , of the department in the last two or three years , is quite significant erm er I , I , and I think that er we must thank the , the director of and , and er volunteering if you like because in 's report erm th , th , these , erm the , the savings . |
23 | We will have to make it shorter . |
24 | ‘ Of course , if this beastly war breaks out we 'll have to make it earlier . |
25 | Banks and building societies offering conveyancing will be subject to a strict code of conduct and will have to make it clear that they are not offering independent financial advice . |
26 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
27 | The reassurance implied by Kohl 's proposal of Feb. 28 , that the West and East German parliaments should give a joint commitment guaranteeing the border after March 18 [ see p. 37260 ] , was undermined by a statement made on March 2 by the Chancellor 's Office in Bonn , indicating that such a commitment " would have to make it clear that the Polish government 's declaration of Aug. 23 , 1953 , waiving any claims to reparations from Germany [ see p. 15271 ] , remains valid , and that the rights of the Germans as agreed by Chancellor Kohl and [ Polish ] Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki in the joint declaration of Nov. 14 , 1989 [ see pp. 37048-49 ] , will be regulated by a treaty " . |
28 | I 've only ever really and truly fallen in love once and I did n't manage to make it last , so that probably was the person |
29 | It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer . |
30 | For too long , inflights coasted along in a crappy state for several reasons : first , the implicit assumption that if you wanted your duty-free goods sold on board then you took an ad in the mag ( so , if you 're making money anyway , why bother to make it good ? ) ; second , the mags did n't even have to compete for ad budgets with proper media , since duty-free is usually handled by a separate division with a separate ad spend ; and last , nobody cares if nobody reads it . |