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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Individuals and voluntary organizations are likely to have to work hard to make local government implement it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The company had to halt as it became impossible to make any progress through the press of bodies . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This question , said Mrs B , seemed to be of particular significance , but she had felt unable to make any sense of it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Social analysts and novelists alike seem determined to make these connections visible — hence the detective element in many Victorian novels . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Their needs are largely ignored and the introduction of community care reforms seems unlikely to make any difference , according to Counsel and Care . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The replies of those who felt able to make these assessments are shown in Table 6 . |
| 15 | More than half the users interviewed felt unable to make any comments or suggestions . |
| 16 | Partly this is the E of EMU ( economic and monetary union ) — the fiscal discipline thought necessary to make monetary union work . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Notwithstanding such international trends , however , the regime of Kim Il Sung , the " Great Leader " , appeared unwilling to make any compromises in its traditional ideology and structure . |
| 20 | For many personal investors the direct purchase of European government bonds will be too daunting a task because of the complexities of the individual markets , the costs of dealing and settlement and the high minimum sums necessary to make such investment worthwhile . |
| 21 | ‘ How long have you known my brother ? ’ she asked politely , feeling driven to make some effort at conversation . |
| 22 | Its essential components are a two-stranded antiparallel β -ribbon that lies in the DNA major groove , two outer A helices available to make cooperative interactions with adjacent proteins along the DNA , and two inner B helices forming the subunit interface . |