Example sentences of "[pron] makes the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The feature of most interest is sentence length , because when we estimate the contribution made by each feature to the total amount of time spent reading , it is the number of words in a sentence which makes the largest difference between the two groups . |
2 | Could they liaise more with external agencies to develop a co-ordinated programme which makes the best use of their respective strengths ? |
3 | Well , so we do , about Handel and the way he makes the best effect ( at least on us ) ; but a different kind of historical awareness is needed here , one that puts us into the frame of mind of late eighteenth-century Vienna and its perception of Handel . |
4 | ‘ The court sees no ground for saying that , for present purposes , it makes the slightest difference whether under the old law the offence would have been false pretences or larceny by a trick . |
5 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
6 | Working out what floats and what does n't as well as what makes the biggest splash is all part of a pre-schooler 's early education . |