Example sentences of "[noun] 's [noun sg] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gregory 's failure to make any clear statement about the author of the original invitation asking Gundovald to return to Gaul seems to be deliberate . |
| 2 | It 's his department 's job to make sure the law 's being applied when it comes to fireworks . |
| 3 | How is measurement of the ECM 's size made difficult ? |
| 4 | Heriot 's hope to make most of Hawick 's plight |
| 5 | Her own life , from then until her death in 1937 , was empty and unhappy ; the luxuries like a flat in London , foreign holidays and a car , which Hardy 's death made possible , did little to compensate for her loneliness . |
| 6 | The first two parts of the proposal were acceptable as offered , but the motion failed in total because of the President 's unwillingness to make any accommodation of any kind on the third clause despite the amendments . |
| 7 | I would have thought that it is the DoT 's responsibility to make some provision for cyclists on main routes like this . |
| 8 | Adorno 's view made some sense in 1930 or 1940 , then ; but subsequently , when semi-stasis gives way to more obvious conflicts , its flaws show through . |
| 9 | Baroness Burdett-Coutts lent them £50,000 and the princess 's mother made regular contributions . |
| 10 | Often a tape is purchased , with the hypnotist 's voice making new suggestions such as ‘ you will be relaxed at the start of your next race ’ , or ‘ when you reach the half-way point in the race , you will find new energy ’ or ‘ when you go to the next committee meeting , you will not feel dominated by the others , but will feel free to express your views without fear ’ : the applications of this technique are endless . |
| 11 | views with dismay the failure of the Lord Chancellor 's Department to make any improvements in the payment on account of civil legal aid fees ; |
| 12 | Not only was the chart a perfect picture of a fire with consequences way beyond structural damage , but the repetition of the Queen 's horoscope made clear that this was an event targeted at the heart of the monarchy . |
| 13 | Leapor 's poetry makes clear that she suffered many distressing lectures from her father , yet if the poet and her father had reached an understanding , indeed , if they intended to use the money from the subscription to buy their freehold and have security for their life together , Landry 's interpretation of this episode is simply captious . |
| 14 | As Mr Imai 's analysis makes clear , the term keiretsu is used to refer to so many different kinds of industrial groups in Japan that generalising about all of them , and especially complaining about them as a group , makes little sense . |
| 15 | Gordon Mitchell 's admirable technical accuracy involves the eye , but the lyricism innate in the best of Brenda Lenaghan 's work makes greater appeal . |
| 16 | Inevitably , the very fact that someone has decided to try to record the child 's language makes this ideal unattainable . |
| 17 | And more than Pringle 's will make this year , if you waste any more of my time . ’ |
| 18 | But in practice , not only did the courts accept Parliament 's power to make new laws , but a legal distinction was made between statutes which declared old law and those which created new law . |
| 19 | Ferguson 's chance to make fresh start |
| 20 | Ironically , according to Silviu Brucan , who briefed the Romanian politburo on the implications of such a step , Ceauşescu was the most prominent member of the Romanian politburo who opposed Dej 's desire to make clear the limits of Khruschev 's influence over Romania . |
| 21 | Your solicitor also checks with the seller 's solicitor to make sure what items are included in the sale . |
| 22 | The pro-Gamsakhurdia forces , who organized strikes and demonstrations and a media and transportation blockade of the East , were demoralized by their leader 's failure to make further public appearances , and ultimately lacked the necessary firepower to hold out against superior forces . |
| 23 | Outstanding among those contributions are his Math Vab Mathonwy ( 1928 ) and Rhiannon ( 1953 ) which , in spite of some evident shortcomings , particularly a failure on the author 's part to make sufficient use of the comparative method , testify to Gruffydd 's originality of mind , his general perceptiveness , and his clarity of exposition . |
| 24 | Also responsible for the set design and amazingly effective lighting , Michael Poynor 's production made superb use of his youthful cast . |
| 25 | WOBBLER : Bruce Grobbelaar 's return made little difference to Liverpool 's leaking defence . |
| 26 | AND FROM THE RACISM THAT SADLY AFFLICTS US ALL AND LEADS WHITE PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE INFERIORITY AND DARKNESS , KURTEN 'S RECONSTRUCTION MAKES MORE SENSE , SINCE NEANDERTHALS LIVED IN GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHT SKIN MAY BE AN ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN MIDDLE TO HIGH LATITUDES . |
| 27 | But as Matza 's quotation makes clear , its absence can be felt regardless of any formal attempt to withdraw it . |
| 28 | The boiler-suit stage was completed in Chorzow on Wednesday , when Bobby Robson 's team made sure of a place in Italy next summer with a goalless draw , their third in six qualifying matches ; having kept a clean sheet in the other three , all won , they are entitled to regard themselves as the most workmanlike team in Europe . |
| 29 | The court 's jurisdiction to make joint and several orders against several defendants in respect of the same liability and the same sum was upheld in Schott Kem Ltd v Bentley . |
| 30 | Progress in the hostage exchange deal had been held up , since the release in August of Edward Tracey [ see p. 38405 ] , by Israel 's refusal to make unilateral gestures without receiving information on seven Israeli servicemen listed as missing in action . |