Example sentences of "[pron] to make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless that blip was long enough for someone to make a tidy profit . |
| 2 | Nor is there much existing evidence , here or in other countries , on which to make a reasonable guess . |
| 3 | It could be that insufficient information was available upon which to make a correct decision . |
| 4 | However , it is clear that currently far too much fat is consumed and it is an ideal area in which to make a significant reduction without fear of nutrient deficiency . |
| 5 | ‘ Your father is a worried man and he is looking to you to make a good marriage , that way at least your own future will be secure . ’ |
| 6 | A fixed position allows the use of a tripod and , for the first time in this Christmas video shoot , the use of an extension microphone to enable you to make a good job of recording all those fascinating speeches that tend to be made after the second or third glass of wine . |
| 7 | Now , however , the Sun in Aries , at odds with your ruling planet Uranus , as well as Saturn and Neptune in Capricorn , the most sensitive area of your solar chart , signifies that intrigue and intimidation are forcing you to make a complete break from the past . |
| 8 | You will find crockery and electric kettle to enable you to make a hot drink . |
| 9 | I have given a list of strictly forbidden foods within this chapter to enable you to make a definite resolution , before you begin the diet , to ban them totally from your life ! |
| 10 | You could very well spend one of your Long Vacations in a solicitor 's office ( obviously , the Vacation immediately before your final year would be best ) , and it should not be difficult to arrange ; the experience will be of great value whichever branch you intend to enter , and it could help you to make a wise choice . |
| 11 | Your employer might be willing to purchase an annuity for you to make a one-off lump sum in commutation of your pension rights . |
| 12 | If your camcorder has a record-review button , you will find this to be a most useful facility to have at your disposal when you are out on a shoot because it enables you to make a quick check on the previous shot before starting to record the next . |
| 13 | The second is that it allows you to make a fast flank attack on the end of the enemy 's line with the possibility of rolling along it and taking lots of his troops in the flanks . |
| 14 | But at every turn it caught up with her , here to laugh belittlingly , there to make a venomous comment , about Katherine 's hair , her clothes , her French accent . |
| 15 | In essence , the obsessive Clare Leash had taken it upon herself to make a full account of the volumes in the Society 's possession , and had suffered a stroke while doing so . |
| 16 | Try to persuade him to make a real effort to give up smoking — he may put on a bit of weight but he can tackle that later — and to eat frequent snacks throughout the day instead of two or three heavy meals . |
| 17 | In one instance , it was believed in the family that one sister had visited their father during his final illness and had persuaded him to make a new will in her favour , directing his hand as he signed it . |
| 18 | But it is also important to remember that the object of the 1790 visit was really Switzerland , traditionally the land of liberty ; Wordsworth never retracted his belief in the ideals of Switzerland , which helps to explain why , when France threatened Swiss independence in the late 1790s , it was necessary for him to make a decisive choice . |
| 19 | We do n't believe he was infectious before May 21 and we expect him to make a complete recovery . |
| 20 | Similarly circumspect , George Stephen granted Clarkson priority in time but underlined how Wilberforce 's prominence enabled him to make a public issue of the slave trade in a way Clarkson could never have done . |
| 21 | Philip Giles fell more than thirty feet onto a hillside while on holdiay in California but doctors expect him to make a full recovery . |
| 22 | Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style . |
| 23 | But those who expected him to make a significant impact on the British championship were soon to be disappointed . |
| 24 | Here the staccato ranges presumably from ‘ snow ’ to ‘ rain ’ but hardly to ‘ hail ’ It is here where , given the speed of Mozart 's writing , the exact character of the staccato was not important enough for him to make a conscious effort at graphic differentiation , and where , as a consequence , dots and strokes have the same meaning . |
| 25 | Black clouds were rolling up over the forest to his right , which now looked hostile , as though it were waiting for him to make a false move ; to tall perhaps , so that it could advance and swallow him , like a wild animal . |
| 26 | Then you 'd be plucking the sides to make it tidy and carrying it to make a round top sort of a roof on it . |
| 27 | They are little more than delicate hooks hidden in their plumage and are so short that they are quite incapable of lifting the bird 's body high enough to enable it to make a complete wing beat . |
| 28 | In 1990 , he was charged with applying for a copy of a birth certificate in that name and using it to make a fraudulent passport application . |
| 29 | These right-angled bends in the road , whatever the date of the enclosure award may be , reflect some stage in the medieval colonisation of the parish when a new furlong , brought in from the waste perhaps in the twelfth or the thirteenth century , cut across the direct path to the next village and forced it to make a sudden turn for a few yards before resuming its onward course . |
| 30 | ‘ Now it is a general rule , that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends ; and however its decision may be final on all particulars , making up together that subject-matter which , if true , is within its jurisdiction , and , however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry , whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits , yet , upon this preliminary question , its decision must always be open to inquiry in the superior Court . ’ |