Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will oblige them to make long drives across the desert to Egypt or Tunisia when they want to leave the country . |
| 2 | We have pressed them to make provisional payments where necessary , to ensure that students do not suffer hardship . |
| 3 | Again , the behaviour of predators may affect the pollinating activities of animals such as bats , encouraging them to make short visits repeatedly , rather than long ones . |
| 4 | The fact that most practices ' referral rates had increased in the second phase of the study provides no support for the view that first wave fundholders had artificially increased their rates of referral in the preparatory year to enable them to make budgetary savings in the subsequent year , although their rates were higher than those of the controls in phase 1 . |
| 5 | In such circumstances , Mr Cruickshank said it is ‘ crucial that up-to-the-minute information is readily available for NHS managers to enable them to make informed decisions on pay and staffing ’ . |
| 6 | The baroque carvers in Germany and France made extensive use of this type of gouge in the drapery of their ecclesiastical figures , enabling them to make difficult pipes and folds against the grain , whilst keeping a smooth flow . |
| 7 | But modern westerners ( and those inspired by European culture ) combine this way of looking at the world with advanced technology , enabling them to make huge changes , quickly . |
| 8 | Again , the Conservative government tried to encourage such activity by enabling them to make one-off tax deductible donations of up to 3 per cent of annual dividends . |
| 9 | Thus , in Dorchester Finance Company Ltd v Stebbing , two non-executive directors were held to have been negligent in equipping an executive director with signed blank cheques who used them to make unrecoverable loans . |
| 10 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 11 | We urge you to make immediate representations to him , and to the Secretary of State for the Environment , expressing opposition to the impact their plans will have on your constituents and the environment . |
| 12 | We urge you to make immediate representations to him , and to the Secretary of State for the Environment , expressing opposition to the impact their plans will have on your constituents and the environment . |
| 13 | The therapist should enquire about any children , other dependent relatives , or pets that the patient may have and assist him to make appropriate arrangements for their care . |
| 14 | Has he made new contacts ? ’ |
| 15 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |
| 16 | Their behaviour in resembling mine often allows me to make correct interpretations of their experience . |
| 17 | Such clear-cut options rarely exist in practical politics , but the intractability of many rural problems and the growing cost of meeting them make clear-cut decisions necessary . |
| 18 | A staple gun is also worth having , since it allows you to make instant fixings of thin sheet materials , fabrics and floorcoverings , with one hand free to position the work while the other fires the staples . |
| 19 | While they ate he made polite conversation , avoiding with care any of the deeper , more important issues that needed to be talked about and resolved . |
| 20 | E-mail offers the chance to reduce the amount of paper moving between staff within RBGE , and the Strategic Plan for Information Services envisages us making increasing use of this facility for internal communication . |
| 21 | As with the freeing of the study of speech from ‘ universalism ’ , this approach to speech and writing can lead to value judgements : ‘ this view therefore allows us to make controlled value judgements about the appropriateness of written and spoken language for different functions … written language clearly serves various functions which spoken language never could and is therefore superior from that point of view . |
| 22 | These have sturdy telescopic aluminium legs which are well braced to provide good support , and are fitted with pan-and-tilt heads to enable you to make smooth camera moves . |
| 23 | But whether or not the contract has anything to say on this subject , an employer should at least explore the possible alternatives to dismissal , such as allowing you to make other transport arrangements or seeing if you can be fitted in elsewhere within the organisation . |
| 24 | There is a revolution taking place today in the way that executives are obtaining information to help them make critical business decisions . |
| 25 | Drinkwise 1993 is designed to provide the public with information about alcohol to help them make informed choices about drinking . |
| 26 | While recognising that recent trends in health education are encouraging a move away from a purely topics-based programme , pupils need to have access to reliable information on a wide range of aspects of health to help them make informed judgements about healthy practices . |
| 27 | But as European and Japanese business turned their attention to the US market their relatively low wage costs allowed them to make substantial inroads . |
| 28 | Theorists can now solve the problems of solid-state physics in terms of the local structure , whereas previously they could deal only with materials where the complete structure was periodic and crystalline symmetry allowed them to make colossal simplifications . |
| 29 | A solicitor will be able to explain this to you and to help you make suitable arrangements for your children . |
| 30 | This publication aims to help you to make sensible decisions and choices about alcohol so that it gives pleasure without putting anyone 's health at risk . |