Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This measure effectively makes competitive tendering compulsory for designated services , replacing the former ( largely discretionary ) powers which had been used by relatively few authorities in specific areas ( Ascher , 1987 , especially ch. 7 ; Stoker , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | Almost any sizable stretch of water , inland or coastal , may attract an Osprey , but spring birds rarely make prolonged stays . |
| 3 | QUIET cities rarely make good copy ; but on May 28th , when Miami failed to explode , it was news of a sort . |
| 4 | Dan Pohl , Larry Mize and even Ben Crenshaw all made hopeless hashes of the last hole , Eamonn Darcy holed the putt of his life , Ballesteros was obsessively snuffing out Strange and shortly after that something nice took place in the woodshed . |
| 5 | ‘ The effect of looking a bit deeper made more difference than anyone thought , ’ summarises Peter Frey , a psychologist at North-Western University who has written the basic text in the field , Chess Skill In Man and Machine ( Springer-Verlag 1977 ) . |
| 6 | The deluge of letters that continued to arrive in the Social Work Department eventually made personal replies an impossible task for the Department . |
| 7 | State-owned British Leyland , for example , had ( barely ) managed to get by with each employee only making six cars in 1979 . |
| 8 | The Germans have long made a national sport of running long words together to make longer ones ; as have the Irish , eg in place names like Newtonabbey , Maguiresbridge and Patrickswell . |
| 9 | The program then brings the images together to make one colour image . |
| 10 | Erm , I 've put a label A B C , in one cell , D E F in another cell , and in this cell B five , I 've got the formula , plus the three ampersand B four , and th the result of it is this longer label , if you join the two labels together to make this label A B C D E F. Anybody using ampersand at all ? |
| 11 | It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm . |
| 12 | His few words scarcely made any sense to her . |
| 13 | Wood floor manufacturers usually make these mouldings to match their floors . |
| 14 | Specialist , outside manufacturers still make some component parts for Caterham , such as the chassis and the suspension , but the cars ' aluminium bodies are produced at Dartford . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the invention of new financial instruments may enable an institution both to make initial gains by charging high fees and , by virtue of its developing expertise , to make longer term excess profits . |
| 16 | Such a condition also makes living organisms highly sensitive to their environment , reflecting the characteristics of mind and consciousness themselves . |
| 17 | Zamberlan also makes superb footwear such as the Trek Lite ( £100 ) , which features Hydrobloc leather , a dual-density sole and a Multiflex mid-sole to produce a really well made backpacking boot . |
| 18 | Since Balbinder clearly made more progress in a small group where he could have a lot of attention , and where all worked at the same pace , this could be an answer . |
| 19 | They revisited six months later to make further observations . |
| 20 | ( Rafelski later made theoretical input into the project and was a co-author on the paper . ) |
| 21 | Southport also makes two changes with Tom Caunce unavailable and Tim McKittrick omitted . |
| 22 | Praised for being economical and concise while offering a clear definition of mental illness and its own activities , its second ever entry also made effective use of colour and included a prioritised , strategic plan . |
| 23 | Clients often make false claims of cold-calling ; sometimes so they might avoid paying for the shares they bought . |
| 24 | Their self-image was that of the chosen few for whom the spectacle provided an inexhaustible supply of objects ( and people ) to hate , and whilst the apparent ease with which they targeted and disposed of their opposition often made good copy ( the endless adventure , the scandal , etc. ) , there is a sense in which the hectoring tone of their documents became repetitive and wearisome . |
| 25 | Some manufacturers now make thicker condoms that may be better for anal sex , but the very thick varieties are ‘ too thick ’ to pass the British Standard and are therefore not Kitemarked . |
| 26 | Teenagers often make inappropriate responses to conflicts such as aggression , withdrawing , sulking , tantrums or destructive behaviour . |
| 27 | Poor listeners often make irrelevant comments ; the most influential contributions do not necessarily come from those vessels making the most noise . |
| 28 | When I say ‘ relationship ’ I mean this in its purely formal sense ; there is no attempt here to make any claim about possible causal relationships between ideas and practice . |
| 29 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |
| 30 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |