Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to make and [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | They offer to the consumer the same broad range of musical production and use a similar range of criteria in choosing which specific recordings to make and distribute . |
2 | It was precisely this opportunity to make and unmake Cabinets which led Bagehot to argue that " the ultimate authority in the English constitution is a newly elected House of Commons " : " we are ruled by the House of Commons " . |
3 | But these campaigns have never been isolated from the fundamental issue of power , the issue of who rules our country , who has this right to make and unmake the law . |
4 | Until recently , it was considered that this ability to make and use tools was one of the defining characteristics of the human race . |
5 | The children 's toy market is big business — worth £3 billion a year , it uses vast resources to make and package its products . |
6 | Taking these cases at face value , does the apparent ability to make and use maps provide convincing evidence of active intelligence ? |
7 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |