Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To return to my burglary , it became possible to make alternative arrangements : to let family members know and to replace the presents with other things made available by other people or by just acknowledging that they would be replaced when the insurance money came through ! |
| 2 | The one factor which might have altered this made little difference . |
| 3 | has that made any difference to trade ? |
| 4 | ‘ I say this makes good sense , ’ Sir Archibald put in . |
| 5 | However , because of the deeply held pessimism in Whitehall it was considered pointless to make detailed plans for an evacuation that would take place in an atmosphere of panic and confusion ; railway timetables would matter little if bombs were raining down . |
| 6 | Individuals and voluntary organizations are likely to have to work hard to make local government implement it . |
| 7 | The smooth style of Bryan Gould and the calm air of managerial competence conveyed by John Smith are deemed essential to make southern voters feel confident about the new Labour Party . |
| 8 | The company had to halt as it became impossible to make any progress through the press of bodies . |
| 9 | It seemed strange to make that argument , Mr Cook said , when it was clear the whole policy review process was designed to placate the centre ground . |
| 10 | The widespread availability of cheap , cloned Taq polymerase rather than the purified enzyme will do much to make this test , currently at the cutting edge of molecular diology , affordable in the district general hospital laboratory . |
| 11 | and we 'd all made different things , you know , and there was loads of food , but his children wanted one particular thing , well they were late coming in and of course it had gone , so he , he was n't very happy |
| 12 | This question , said Mrs B , seemed to be of particular significance , but she had felt unable to make any sense of it . |
| 13 | To have a handicapped child in a society which has developed a fetishism for normality and which fails to even acknowledge the needs of these parents , let alone make any provision to meet them , is clearly a profoundly disturbing experience . |
| 14 | Can a manager feel happy making strategic decisions simply on the basis of what his lieutenants tell him , without satisfying himself that they are not simply spouting the IBM conventional wisdom that has got the company into the mess it is in today ? |
| 15 | This method of progression is unsettling enough to make some riders seasick , but it may hold the key to the beast 's endurance . |
| 16 | I ca n't see this making any difference . |
| 17 | Social analysts and novelists alike seem determined to make these connections visible — hence the detective element in many Victorian novels . |
| 18 | ( h ) The accused may commit the s.2(1) ( b ) offence either by intending to make permanent default of his own liability or intending to let another make permanent default , but the liability must be his own : Attewell-Hughes , above . |
| 19 | In conditions quite alien to them , the West Indies batsmen performed altogether more creditably than their opponents , Greenidge and Haynes producing their best opening stand of the series , 83 , and Richards , Kallicharran and Holding all making useful knocks in a score of 245 . |
| 20 | BOGDANOVICH WAS advised by Orson Welles to use monochrome to make this picture , an adaptation of Larry McMurtry 's novel about a fading Texas town in the early '50s . |
| 21 | Tubs , urns , hanging baskets and even old butler sinks all make ideal containers for flowers and foliage . |
| 22 | Their needs are largely ignored and the introduction of community care reforms seems unlikely to make any difference , according to Counsel and Care . |
| 23 | ‘ Most accidents happen in daylight , so are we doing enough to make sure drivers are aware of pedal cyclists ? |
| 24 | Philip Tompson gave so much of his life to fostering Christian work with young people that it seems invidious to make special mention of one aspect of it . |
| 25 | The replies of those who felt able to make these assessments are shown in Table 6 . |
| 26 | More than half the users interviewed felt unable to make any comments or suggestions . |
| 27 | She said : ‘ I am very concerned that a number of HM Customs and Excise staff are now employed in arresting those making illegal sales of wine , beer and other personal imports at car boot sales at weekends . |
| 28 | Partly this is the E of EMU ( economic and monetary union ) — the fiscal discipline thought necessary to make monetary union work . |
| 29 | If even a radical liberal felt obliged to make such disavowals it may seem paradoxical to suggest that what was being discussed was , in fact , democracy . |
| 30 | On the basis of relatively small samples , only a few thousand in each of selected states , it proved possible to make accurate predictions of the electoral outcomes . |