Example sentences of "[adv] as make [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creating a game from a film costs hundreds of thousands of pounds and can take as long as making the movie . |
| 2 | To show this , suppose that the UK has a relatively high rate of inflation and that , as a result , the pound is depreciating : speculators who expect the pound to continue depreciating will sell pounds and buy stronger currencies so as to make a capital gain later . |
| 3 | So Father Kleinsorge got a large piece of grass and drew out the stem so as to make a straw , and gave them all water to drink that way . |
| 4 | They are able to say and think things , which are often very private , so as to make the event real for themselves . |
| 5 | ( Another example could be my answering the telephone in a high voice so as to make the caller think he is speaking to my sister . ) |
| 6 | Paragraph ( a ) is by way of restatement of the common law ; paragraph ( b ) extends it so as to make the disposition conversion even if it does not confer a good title on the disponee . |
| 7 | In particular and Since all the b n coefficients are zero through having chosen the time origin so as to make the function even in time , the half-wave rectified sinewave of figure 11.2(a) is evidently equivalent to In other words , the half-wave rectified sinewave shown in figure 11.2(a) is equivalent to the harmonic spectrum of pure cosinewaves shown in figure 11.2 ( b ) . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend is correct — it must make sense to have pay bargaining as near as possible to the point and location of work so as to make the labour market work as efficiently as possible and to reward people as fairly as possible . |
| 9 | In Couldery v. Bartrum ( 1881 ) 19 Ch.D. 394 at 400 , Jessel M.R. , discussing the rule in Pinnel 's Case and compositions with creditors , said ’ … as every debtor had not a stock of canary birds , or tomtits , or rubbish of that kind , to add to his dividend , it was felt desirable to bind the creditors in a sensible way by saying that , if they all agreed , there should be a consideration imported from the agreement constituting an addition to the dividend , so as to make the agreement no longer nudum pactum , but an agreement made for valuable consideration , then there would be satisfaction . |
| 10 | For any given demand for money , they seek to adjust interest rates so as to make the demand for money equal to the target money supply . |
| 11 | The weights used should be increased once 3 sets of 10 repetitions have been achieved so as to make the weight training progressive . |
| 12 | Their position along this axis alters the cell 's internal programme such that they now interpret the positional signals within the bud so as to make the arm and leg different . |
| 13 | It seemed that the men were welshing on the Equal Opportunities policy so as to make the paper more attractive to investors . |
| 14 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 15 | The requirement against memory ‘ bundling ’ had been important when the EC first looked at the complaints back in 1977 ; but in the period 1977–84 memory prices dropped so steeply as to make the point relatively trivial . |
| 16 | These he seems to have been given , or as near as made no difference . |
| 17 | Cassie shivered as she contemplated the knowledge that she had been here in this kitchen once before … or as near as made no difference . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't quite match , but near as makes no difference . ’ |
| 19 | Exact knowledge is within our grasp , as near as makes no difference . |
| 20 | To follow Cole that far would come perilously near to accepting that Co-operation was , as nearly as makes no difference , the Consumers ' Movement ; and that its future lay in further growth beyond that already achieved by 1939 until , so long as progress continued , it could within its chosen field have virtually displaced all competing provision and all competing manufacture for the purpose of provision . |
| 21 | As far as making the film succeed is concerned , there are really only three who matter , apart from any actors . |
| 22 | And Glasgow City Council even went so far as to make the rave an official 1990 European City of Culture happening . |
| 23 | This was to be the sixth show organised by the Priestfields & Ormesby Knitting Club and this year they were hoping to use the proceeds to boost club funds as well as make a donation to Kirkleatham Special School in Redcar . |
| 24 | A lot of finishes are slightly porous and it will help seal out moisture , as well as make the beast look a lot better . |
| 25 | They have therefore decided , subject to shareholders ' approval , to introduce a new executive share option scheme and a series of savings related share option schemes for employees overseas as well as making a change to the UK SAYE scheme . |
| 26 | The children built it themselves , underground , and it was their ‘ secret place ’ which they filled with useful domestic items as well as making a place for the gun . |
| 27 | Tokenism , as this ‘ women 's season ’ showed , can be useful in that as well as making a gesture towards ‘ minority ’ interest it at the same time betokened the absence of women 's film on television which it sought to undo . |
| 28 | This kind of experience can reinforce our sense of insecurity , as well as making the burden of sadness unbearably heavy . |
| 29 | Finding the bodies in the gas station forecourt had only served to convince him his way would be best for everyone — as well as making the world a safer place . |
| 30 | The aim was to establish ongoing ways of working and of involving parents in evaluation as well as to make the nursery experience as good as possible . |