Example sentences of "making this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In making this comment , one is merely pointing out particular ideological characteristics in hard-working , deeply religious , and committed people . |
| 2 | However , it is vital to check that the speed is adequate before making this turn . |
| 3 | To loose them off together , scatter-gun fashion : Stavrogin says ‘ I am making this statement , incidentally , to prove I am in full possession of my mental faculties and understand my position ’ ; ‘ I want to forgive myself , this is my chief aim , my whole aim ’ ; ‘ I want everyone to look at me ’ ; ‘ I fall back on this as my last resource ’ ; ‘ The thing about me then was I felt bored with life , sick and tired of it ’ ; ‘ I am seeking boundless suffering ’ ; ‘ I took it into my head to mutilate my life somehow ’ ( not necessarily the same thing as seeking suffering , any more than seeking suffering need entail accepting it ) . |
| 4 | Already in 1915 Pound was making this mistake about the rivers , for in ‘ Near Perigord ’ , which he published in that year , he declares : |
| 5 | England are still awaiting news on another back-row man with shoulder problems — Leicester 's No. 8 , Dean Richards , who will not be making this weekend 's away day to Orrell , whose coach , Des Seabrook , is in hospital recovering from a mild heart attack . |
| 6 | Investment managers have invented various ways of making this kind of currency investment . |
| 7 | The resources on which they call in making this decision include the above typifications , as well as local knowledge of the area and its crime , and contextual and time variables . |
| 8 | She hangs onto me real hard like she 's scared I 'll let go , making this funny noise . |
| 9 | I start hitting the arrow on the side of my leg , making this whacking sound like Mrs Seaton beating the rugs on the washing line . |
| 10 | Incidentally , the pineapple is a sign of hospitality , making this a very appropriate dish to serve at a party . |
| 11 | Suppose — I reflected that evening — Stendhal , Lamartine , Poe , Jane Austen , Sir Walter Scott , De Quincey , Wordsworth , Coleridge , Keats , Percy and Mary Shelley , Ann Radcliffe , Leigh Hunt , Mickiewicz , Pushkin , Gogol , Goethe , and a dozen other well-known , forgettable writers were making this journey . |
| 12 | His side played a significant part in making this a good match . |
| 13 | Despite strenuous effects to commit resources to services for people with learning disabilities , Nottinghamshire social services department could not avoid making this policy decision — a decision which was sorely tested . |
| 14 | Some of the companies making this possible are presented in the following pages . |
| 15 | The colourful weekly market takes place outside the hotel on the promenade , and opposite is the jetty for ferries around the lake , making this pretty hotel an ideal base to explore the area . |
| 16 | This argument presupposes that moral ideals are based on rational considerations , and Rawls is anxious not to deny this : ‘ in making this argument , ’ he says , referring to the passage quoted above , ‘ I have not contended that the criteria of excellence lack a rational basis in everyday life ’ ( p. 328 ) . |
| 17 | The best chance of making this plan work comes from a new idea now being secretly floated in the electronics industry . |
| 18 | Two months prior to making this statement Morrissey had moved to London ( leaving the rest of the band a hundred and eighty miles up the motorway ) to keep an eye on people . |
| 19 | ‘ There must be many ways of making this place snugger , ’ argued Charles , looking about him with fresh eyes . |
| 20 | For the courts to take upon themselves the task of making this determination is a stultifying , even a discrediting , exercise . |
| 21 | I would like to thank the Arkleton Trust for making this study possible by awarding me a Fellowship and the Nature Conservancy Council for agreeing to three months study leave . |
| 22 | I have to say that they were also apparently making this suggestion for rats and mice . |
| 23 | It should be apparent that there is a very large number of possible models that might be used and , indeed , a number of considerations involved in making this choice ( see Dunn 1989 ) . |
| 24 | however came ‘ the organisation and management of the school ’ , with the advent of LMS and the transfer of management powers from LEAs to heads/governors specifically identified by teachers as ‘ making this worse ’ . |
| 25 | Reports at the Second Annual Congress for Hybridoma Research in Philadelphia suggested ways to ‘ sanitise ’ the antibodies ' manufacture , making this more like a bench process with a reduced need to involve live animals — or even live humans . |
| 26 | Each million birds destroys 60 tons of grain every day making this species a major pest of African agriculture rivalled only by the locust ( above ) . |
| 27 | The opening of the Mozart reveals an excellent orchestral ensemble , and the soloist 's contribution is individual and well-characterised , making this a very desirable version indeed . |
| 28 | The graphics and sound are out of this world ; as is the presentation , making this a very worthwhile purchase and one I heartily recommend you to make — especially the cartridge version ( avoiding the inevitable multiload ) . |
| 29 | They have n't released much , and certainly took their time making this one , but it was definitely worth it . |
| 30 | This first set of questions is interrelated and confused by the fact that both the courts and Parliament have , at times , claimed exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a particular privilege exists , and the criteria which they have applied in making this determination have differed . |