Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] makes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The film is therefore built up in pieces , a process which makes particular demands of an actor — who is also vulnerable to technical problems with cameras , lighting and editing in a way which is quite removed from the stage actor 's experience . |
| 32 | For all that , Garb feels that Britain has an unparalleled intellectual community which makes these hardships easier to bear . |
| 33 | Every teacher who makes excessive sacrifices in the time and attention needed for his own personal growth to the demands of the organisation within which he works or to its students is ultimately denying to that organisation and those students the very knowledge , understanding and skill which it is his professional responsibility to offer . |
| 34 | On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality . |
| 35 | The second major factor which makes chartered accountancy training unattractive to hard pressed small firms is study leave . |
| 36 | From examination of family life and some of the needs of children at home , the next writer , Nigel Parton , moves to the tragic issue of child abuse , a form of adult behaviour which makes some children 's home life a nightmare and which social workers find is one of the most difficult problems they have to address . |
| 37 | But in the background you can hear the murmur of other people 's activity and this , Smith argues , is one of the things which makes Shared Ark work . |
| 38 | For an interesting discussion of translation problems which makes frequent references to the second type of classification , see Hatim and Mason ( 1990 ) . |
| 39 | Perhaps Sawallisch should be persuaded to record the work now , though I very much doubt whether he would be able to recapture the real sense of occasion which makes this disc such a compelling experience . |
| 40 | A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense . |
| 41 | The pragmatist who makes this argument tries to build political responsibility out of ordinary , nonpolitical principles of morality . |
| 42 | Fred is the person who makes confident assertions like this . |
| 43 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 44 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
| 45 | I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late . |
| 46 | Most stockbrokers charge a minimum commission which makes small deals very uneconomical . |
| 47 | To take in the Napa Valley there is the Wine Train which makes two trips a day ; the wines , are , of course , plentiful and varied . |
| 48 | However , Sharp have a highly restrictive policy which makes such development difficult . |
| 49 | Not for professional historians so much as for people who really did want to have a version of England 's past which makes some sense sort of sense now . |
| 50 | Its five books re-tell and overlap the ancient stories of how God created Man and after generations of wandering around living a life which makes Wild West movies look tame , there was captivity in Egypt and then liberation to the Promised Land . |
| 51 | His , however , is a love which makes exacting demands . |
| 52 | Somehow you do n't seem to me like a man who makes idle threats . ’ |
| 53 | Though he was an adequate mariner , he was by no means an expert fisherman , being the sort of man who makes more conversation than profit from his catches ; but after a trip across to Plymouth early in the new year , he returned looking exceedingly pleased with himself , dressed in finer clothes than were often seen on the Polruan side of the Fowey , and full of the news that he intended to commission John Knollys to build him a bark of a hundred tons . |
| 54 | But one thing which makes this product stand out from the crowd is its ability to address the needs of work group computing . |
| 55 | Of course nothing remotely approaches the indulgent , yet time and time again Pollini characterises the music with an infinite subtlety which makes other interpretations appear almost cosmetic in comparison : listen to how gently he coaxes ( never caresses ! ) the opening phrases of and you 'll hear what I mean . |
| 56 | It follows a very sensible line which makes good use of the existing paths along Dere Street and the Minchmoor , the drove road from Peebles over the Cauldstane Slap to the Lothian plain , the towpaths of the Union and the Forth-Clyde canals , and the Antonine Wall . |
| 57 | We assess our assistant stewardesses for promotion to other areas of work aboard the cruise ship which makes this job a very good entry level for those who wish to make a career in the industry and we also run a training scheme for our housekeeping department . |
| 58 | An explanation which makes eminent sense to everyone is to blame the victims of the crisis for the crisis . |
| 59 | It is the movement of the verse which makes this sonnet come alive , as was brilliantly demonstrated by F. R. Leavis at some length ( Scrutiny vol. xiii , pp. 119–34 , especially pp. 125 ff ) . |
| 60 | By posing an enigma and deferring its solution , the hermeneutic code pulls off a sleight of hand which makes delayed information synonymous with truth . |