Example sentences of "[noun] made it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the discovery of the double helix made it possible to understand how information might be stored in DNA , revolutionary advances in areas such as nucleotide sequencing and computing have been needed before people can contemplate recovering the stored information on a large scale . |
| 2 | A screwed access plug or ‘ eye ’ in the bottom of the U made it possible to empty the trap of debris if it got blocked . |
| 3 | But France 's own reliance on US financial support made it difficult to resist the Anglo-American policy . |
| 4 | This split made it impossible to unite a broad democratic majority and left the republic divided almost from the start of the regime . |
| 5 | The nationalised Boards , being larger than their predecessors , could , moreover , now afford to employ more specialist sales staff to cater for these markets ( though they found that their pay scales made it difficult to recruit and keep good industrial salesmen in competition with the electrical manufacturing concerns ) . |
| 6 | The increasing impact of nuclear weapons upon military planning and the perceived importance of maintaining the integrity of a future theatre of operations made it necessary to standardise doctrine and training and , hence , provide a more integrated forum for addressing joint military requirements . |
| 7 | The rain certainly did come down during the night , it was so loud on the window the noise made it difficult to sleep . |
| 8 | A 10ft long mains lead and a 12ft steam hose made it easy to reach high up to ceiling level and far away from the socket outlet . |
| 9 | But variety made it difficult to maintain consistent quality . |
| 10 | But British administration made it impossible to charge someone openly with killing another by witchcraft . |
| 11 | The absence of vowels made it possible to confuse two words which are crucial to this problem : " eleph and " alluph . |
| 12 | The van was crowded with men in damp overcoats , and their weight made it difficult to control over the hard bumpy ice . |
| 13 | In retaliation , the Soviet Union threatened to curtail its purchases altogether , and in the midst of this dissension better prospects for the wool made together with modifications in US tariff regulations concerning wool made it unnecessary to reverse the decline in Uruguay 's short-lived burst of trade with the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | Then they found that neither party stood a chance of winning seats as rivals , but that the regional distribution of their supporters made it possible to share out constituencies without drawing up a common platform . |
| 15 | Successful collaboration during the first Whitehall study made it easier to agree on potentially difficult issues such as obtaining sickness absence records from the pay centres . |
| 16 | The notion of putting down the hardcore floor of the hangar using NAM volunteers and not the contractor made it possible to slice £10,000 off the cost of the project . |
| 17 | Improved microscopic methods and new synthetic staining materials from the German chemical industry made it possible to see the parasite in films of blood from malarial patients . |
| 18 | In 1970 , the Equal Pay Act made it unlawful to pay women less than men for doing the same or similar work ( although this was not to be implemented until 1975 ) . |
| 19 | From the wheelhouse the high-railed bow made it impossible to see immediately ahead . |
| 20 | The probable origin of the trust in the commendatio made it important to continue to distinguish clearly between cases where it was intended to confer a benefit and cases where the intention was merely to ask the favour of safe-keeping . |
| 21 | The climate of deregulation made it necessary to remove restrictions on the ability of building societies to compete in financial markets . |
| 22 | A wide range of personal preferecnes in children across this age range made it impossible to use an absolutely standardised breakfast . |
| 23 | But by 1870 even larger ships and cargoes made it necessary to create a new port , or outport , at Avonmouth . |
| 24 | The decision was justified on the grounds that Haibara 's refusal to identify the recipients made it impossible to prove that the Political Funds Control Law had been violated . |
| 25 | The strong simplicity of his ideas about life and the universe made it easy to link him with other men of understanding , so that for me the book seemed to be ringing with echoes of Hamlet and Richard Jefferies and the New Testament . |
| 26 | At least the house 's symmetrical plan made it easy to encompass . |
| 27 | The open plan made it possible to have a twelve-foot tree , and we were able to hang presents , quite heavy ones , without its collapsing . |
| 28 | Orient then took the lead with goals from Mark Cooper and Andy Jones , both from Simon Livett free kicks , before Paul Cavell made it 5–4 to set up a rousing finale . |
| 29 | It was falling so fast that rivulets of rain streaming down the window-panes made it difficult to see out at all . |
| 30 | Here , on demanding mountain roads , the yawning gaps between gear ratios made it difficult to keep the engine spinning above the ideal 4000rpm . |