Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had long intended making this proposition to the Secretary of State , but I was urged sooner to it perhaps because I felt that I was reduced in circumstances and thrown from my position in Society , and I hoped by a grand effort to establish a permanent claim on the consideration of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 2 | Transfer from local authorities to voluntary organisations would result in a less equitable distribution of resources , and it is difficult to see how the shortcomings of the voluntary sector could be sufficiently modified to make voluntary organisations an acceptable alternative to local authorities as providers of community care services . |
| 3 | ‘ The programme enables pupils to gain practical experience of the world of work , ’ she said ‘ and we hope that they return to school more confident and mature and better equipped to make informed decisions about their future . ’ |
| 4 | I know I 've only got to make one mistake and I 'll go straight back in . |
| 5 | So that literally means if it 's telling you right , you 're ten to one your ratio of calls , and you earn from every appointment two hundred pounds you 've only got to make twenty calls and you 'll earn four hundred pounds . |
| 6 | West Venture was acquired in March 1988 but only began to make significant sales this year . |
| 7 | The bestowal of a right upon a third party gives rise to expectations on the part of that third party that the parties will act in conformity with the treaty in their relations with itself ; without necessarily having made any commitment of its own it will see itself as the beneficiary of the exchange of promises between the parties . |
| 8 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 9 | Any teacher is constantly having to make difficult value judgements . |
| 10 | Since it always ends up being drawn back to Europe , a presence that can be swiftly reinforced makes better sense than a withdrawal followed by a panicky rush back when some new danger arises . |
| 11 | Your livestock will be nicely balanced to make full use of grass and crops without overgrazing the fields and damaging the soil structure . |
| 12 | It is in relation to post-war trends that the data are not adequate enough to warrant making definitive conclusions . |
| 13 | ‘ He was only tryin' to make polite conversation with you about the keyboards . |
| 14 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 15 | The programs must also be written in portable ANSI C. If so , developers only have to make slight modifications such as adding include lines and converting file names before compiling and running the application on the target system . |
| 16 | You alone have to make that judgement . |
| 17 | Managers constantly have to make financial decisions . |
| 18 | Elected in 1946 , the had hitherto failed to make much impression ; financially backed by a soft drinks company , whose interests he advocated , he was dismissed as the " Pepsi Cola kid " . |
| 19 | As my right hon. Friend pointed out from the Dispatch Box yesterday , only £1 in £3 of agricultural support goes to farmers , which we do not think makes much sense . |
| 20 | Naturally you will not want to make any commitment until you are certain that there is no chance he will change his mind and discover that it is after all you he loves . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not presume to make any claim , who am I to read such riddles ? |
| 22 | Terms of reference for both investigations will be determined by the purchaser , who will normally want to make separate enquiries in areas such as operations and management . |
| 23 | But at the same time lawyers and family were generally permitted to make regular visits . |
| 24 | The lecturer can point to objects , diagrams etc. and the context of the lecture means that he or she does not need to make explicit statements about why everyone is there and for what . |
| 25 | The current Act , the Sale of Goods Act 1979 , did not seek to make further changes in the law , but is a consolidation measure which reproduced ( with a few technical amendments ) the provisions of the 1893 Act as amended . |
| 26 | I would simply like to point out that the protection of the countryside and agricultural land for its own sake is the policy that should be er er applied in this case , and I just want to make that point . |
| 27 | I just want to make this phone call for when we lock the door and . |
| 28 | One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to . |
| 29 | Thus , whatever success individual parents may have achieved via the 1980 Act 's appeal system , it seemed , by 1986 , that ‘ rights of school choice do not appear to make much difference to the outcomes of school admissions or to the LEAs ' management of school rolls ’ . |
| 30 | If Robson Rhodes had not decided to make fundamental changes in its operating style five years ago , the chances are that it would have long since been swallowed up by one of its rivals . |