Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] making the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of the financial management initiative is to promote in each department an organization and system in which managers at all levels have : ( a ) a clear view of their objectives and means to assess and , wherever possible , measure outputs or performance in relation to their objectives ; ( b ) well-defined responsibility for making the best use of resources , including a critical scrutiny of output and value for money ; and ( c ) the information ( particularly about costs ) , the training and the access to expert advice that they need to exercise their responsibilities effectively . |
| 2 | well-defined responsibility for making the best use of resources including a critical scrutiny of output and value for money ; and |
| 3 | a system in which managers at all levels have ( a ) a clear view of their objectives ; and means to assess and wherever possible measure outputs and performance in relation to those objectives ; ( b ) well-defined responsibility for making the best use of their resources , including a critical scrutiny of the output and value for money ; and ( c ) the information ( particularly about costs ) , the training and the access to expert advice which they need to exercise their responsibilities effectively . |
| 4 | Facilitation means taking responsibility for making the fundamental changes necessary for true integration , whilst accepting the direction for that change from Disabled people 's own organisations . |
| 5 | Recipes and step-by-step methods for making the various icings and fillings are in the following pages , including fondant , royal and gelatine icing , marzipan , glaze , frosting and buttercream . |
| 6 | Best wishes and thanks for making the old rag worth reading again for a few years … |
| 7 | ’ WEU could establish a link between a Europe in the process of unification and an Atlantic Alliance in the process of transformation and thus provide the vehicle for a stronger Europe to contribute more to joint security WEU must be at one and the same time the means of allowing Europe to make its voice heard in a Euro-American dialogue ’ — it must never be forgotten that Europe must always have an input into that dialogue — ’ of which the Atlantic Alliance is the institutional framework and the instrument for making the most of the European contribution to the defence of the West This contribution of Europe is the more essential in that the American military presence on the continent of Europe , reduced since the war in the Gulf , will remain below what it was in the past Defence policy should continue to be made in the organisations which assure collective defence , NATO , and WEU . |
| 8 | When they had settled themselves in their corner , she showed every indication of making the conversational running : she was chirpy , sparkling — almost too much so , as if tensed up . |
| 9 | This had the effect of making the penal system available as a ‘ laboratory ’ for testing positivist principles of correction , as well as for providing the bodies for testing their causal theories . |
| 10 | A semantic relation may be set up either within a sentence or between sentences with the consequence that , when it crosses a sentence boundary , it has the effect of making the two sentences cohere with one another ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 ) . |
| 11 | But , in fact , it is conscious discrimination by policy makers against the unemployed which has had the side effect of making the relative position of pensioners look artificially advantageous . |
| 12 | It is doubtful , though , that clarity of signal alone would justify the expense of making the mobile-phone network digital . |
| 13 | Happily Lyons himself subsequently used the more moderate opposition in making the important suggestion That formulation makes an interesting link between linguistics and phenomenology which more knowledgeable readers might care to pursue . |
| 14 | It comes as no coincidence that Juan , who first pioneered electro in the early '80s as part of Cybertron before making the first Detroit records on Model 500 , took his hiatus from the arena when it had become an overcrowded circus . |
| 15 | Ward objectives will give her guidance in making the most of each allocation . |
| 16 | Mr. G. W. Ace gave an interesting and informative talk on making the most of a small greenhouse . |
| 17 | The Video Guide gives the teacher step-by-step guidance on making the best integrated use of the video and the accompanying materials . |
| 18 | Participant observation , then , is an attempt to put both observer and observed on the same side by making the former a member of the group so that he can experience what they experience and work within their frame of reference . |
| 19 | But the hard part of making the original design has been made easier by using Creation 6 . |
| 20 | He 's known to be self-opinionated , tenacious , a despiser of ‘ corporate bullshit ’ ( a favourite catchphrase is ‘ There are no Misters in this company ’ ) and a believer in the absolute rightness of making the best possible product at the lowest possible price . |
| 21 | He 's known to be self-opinionated , tenacious , a despiser of ‘ corporate bullshit ’ ( a favourite catchphrase is ‘ There are no Misters in this company ’ ) and a believer in the absolute rightness of making the best possible product at the lowest possible price . |
| 22 | Denying Gina the opportunity of making the quick contradiction which sprang to her lips , she addressed herself to Rune in her excellent , slightly accented English . |
| 23 | The honour of making the first speech may go to the best speaker or the best friend , providing your choice keeps as many people as possible happy ! |
| 24 | Food was still rationed and it was very much a question of making the best use of available resources and we had absolutely unlimited demand — a very false situation as it turned out when you think about what happened to British industry afterwards . |
| 25 | It became a question of making the best of a bad job . |
| 26 | Many thanks to all the Area Organisers for their hard work in making the 1986 Recreational Class List available to meet public enquiries in August . |
| 27 | Make sure you talk to several reputable contractors before making the final decision . |
| 28 | Typically , this will benefit builders and developers who intend to make a taxable supply of property , but who , in a troubled property market , make short-term exempt lettings before making the taxable supply . |
| 29 | Fly high on a wing and a prayer : Simon Calder gives 10 commandments for making the most of US unlimited airpasses |
| 30 | Obviously the two works are very different : Paul McCartney started out without a classical music background , just with a guitar , some songs and of course a phenomenal gift for making the simple things in music work . |