Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] making [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a case of adding injury to insult — it was originally the cat 's job to kill the mice and the rodent-poisoners who usurped its role are not content merely with making it obsolete , but are also assaulting it physically in this underhand , prey-concealed way . |
| 2 | The overall length of a longitudinal study may be shortened somewhat by making it semi-longitudinal . |
| 3 | But it will do so by making them explicit , so that in effect techniques become distinguishable from the principles which inform them . |
| 4 | No and I ca n't see wh no well I , we made it , I 'm not against making it stronger , but I ca n't understand why this suggestion has been made . |
| 5 | TURNING an allotment over to making it 100 per cent organic needs lots of toil with the soil . |
| 6 | For others the best way might be talking dirty about safer sex , or just by making it clear what you want by your actions . |
| 7 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 8 | I 'd also like to thank his parents for what they have contributed over the years to make him the person he is , supporting him through college , and also for making me such a welcome member of their family . |
| 9 | Since winning their independence in 1949 the government , based in Java , has sought to control its vast domain partly by making it difficult even for Indonesians to travel freely throughout their own country . |
| 10 | The new DOS version , PC Works 3.0 , does offer significant enhancements over its predecessor , mainly by making it easier to do a number of commonly required chores . |
| 11 | Mr Adamec is to reveal his proposed cabinet to the opposition tomorrow before making it public . |
| 12 | He started well by making it clear to a shocked and protesting Curzon that he could not again be Foreign Secretary . |
| 13 | a little bit else about making it interesting do n't worry about yawning in my courses , at least it shows you 're still alive . |
| 14 | And the next time it happens I remember this , but instead of making me determined to do better , I freeze again . |
| 15 | Instead of making me happy , |
| 16 | The phrase " factory system " was already entering the language when , in 1807 , Davies Gilbert MP , a distinguished scientist , declared : However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor , it would in effect be prejudicial to their morals and happiness : it would teach them to despise their lot in life , instead of making them good servants to agriculture and other laborious employments to which their rank in society had destined them ; instead of teaching them subordination , it would render them factious and refractory , as was evident in the manufacturing counties . |
| 17 | Some lyricists manage to keep themselves apart from the song , suggesting things instead of making them obvious , and that approach is maybe better because the listeners have to use their imagination … |
| 18 | Apart from making it easier for customers to shop at their stores , retailers started their own store card or charge card schemes as a way of adding to their ancillary profits — and reducing outgoings by not having to pay the banks so much for their credit card schemes . |
| 19 | Incidentally , the idea of putting a compass in the seat recess with a seethrough window in the spraydeck is just plain daft ; apart from making you sick , looking down all the time would divert attention from where it matters , the sea . |
| 20 | The restructuring of the social services in the 1940s aimed primarily at making them universal , i.e. free or low-cost access to all . |
| 21 | If anything it will make their lives easier by making it impossible for American companies and citizens to keep anything confidential . ’ |
| 22 | There is an obvious tension between a laws-of-war approach seeking to minimise the horrors of war if it occurs , and a deterrence approach seeking to prevent war altogether by making it frightful . |