Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] make [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It holds the blade at exactly the right angle to achieve optimum sharpness , and it 's this that makes the sharpener so quick and easy to use . |
| 2 | ( This would be in sequence with another simple process for managing the final values of unc Note that no unc can start up until unc has terminated : it is this that makes the transformation so general , but it also makes the resulting parallel program useless as it stands . |
| 3 | I do n't know why I should burden you with this and make an exhibition of myself in front of eveN– one . ’ |
| 4 | He was always extremely proud of this and made a point of being known as Dr Dresser . |
| 5 | They would has/e swum naked only Rufus 's father had discovered them doing this and made a fuss out of all proportion to the offence , if offence it was . |
| 6 | The sound was strident and made the hair curl on the back of his neck . |
| 7 | Herodotus says that a rich Lydian called Pythios tried to get his son exempted from the draft by entertaining the king magnificently ; but the king had the young man sliced in half and made the army march between the pieces ( Hdt. vii.27f . ) . |
| 8 | Inside it was cool and restful , with honey-coloured stone tiles covering a huge entrance hall , where she 'd promptly dropped her suitcase and flight-bag and made a dive for the kitchen and the fridge to quench her raging thirst . |
| 9 | ‘ The FA should have been brave and made a decision either to eliminate Peterborough or allow the 9-1 result to stand . |
| 10 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 11 | As has been pointed out " the purpose of many opposition amendments is not to make the Bill more generally acceptable but to make the Government less generally acceptable . " |
| 12 | Even if we make the comparison with the earlier part of the twentieth century when people were beginning to live longer , the economic conditions of family life were so different as to make a decision to take an old person into one 's home , if they could not maintain themselves , a very different decision from its equivalent today . |
| 13 | Taxes Act 1988 , s66(3) states that if at any time a person acquires a new source of any income in respect of which he is chargeable under Case III or makes an addition to any source of any such income then in the year of assessment in which the income first arises from the source or addition and the two following years of assessment the charge shall be on an actual basis in accordance with TA 1988 , s66(1) . |
| 14 | Now do the following and make a sketch for each question , showing the new position of the hands . |
| 15 | Li Peng paid a visit to North Korea in May 1991 and made a tour of South-East Asia in August 1990 and of the Middle East in July 1991 . |
| 16 | The disabled stickers were clearly visible but made no difference . |
| 17 | He or she is likely to be doing one or more of the following when making a request : |
| 18 | After some periods of discouragement , attempts to put things right and make the effort needed to achieve the kinds of adjustment required for mutual happiness are often postponed , then shelved . |
| 19 | Last year it took them three full days to clear the stable and make a heap of the black peat-like mal outside . |
| 20 | added : ‘ This new campaign therefore draws employers ’ attention to their responsibility for assessing the potential problems , avoiding them where possible and making the workforce aware of how to approach manual handling tasks . |
| 21 | It was n't frowned upon for a woman to start talking loud and making a fool of herself . |
| 22 | Of the remaining companies , Feltham-based Wakebourne Group Holdings Ltd is the largest and made an operating profit of £906,000 . |
| 23 | Pope Clement III had repossessed the city in 1188 and made the senate his vassals , but Pope Celestine III , an Orsini , had been more or less confined to the city . |
| 24 | We managed to acquire a large bag of Complete and made a surprise lunchtime presentation . |
| 25 | The that 's how it should happen and and one person is simply in charge of taking that and making a note of their amount . |
| 26 | It 's these that make the difference . ’ |
| 27 | Maggie asked breathlessly , sitting wide-eyed and making no move to stop him when his hands went to her hair and pulled it free of the restraining band . |
| 28 | For it cuts up the grass like farmyard manure , it chops it up you see and it rots quick and makes the grass grow quicker . |
| 29 | They came here penniless and made a claim to the Minister of Justice . |
| 30 | After Precious Link had led turning for home in the Peter Cazalet Memorial to score by six lengths from Super Express , Simon Earle , rider of the runner-up , complained that his mount had got unbalanced and made a mistake at the second last because Precious Link had taken his ground . |