Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an ideal opportunity to play constructively together and a useful way for everyone to make new friends . |
| 2 | Second-hand pipe organs are sometimes worth considering when they are fine instruments and when the total cost of their purchase , removal and rebuilding in a place suitable for them makes economic sense . |
| 3 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
| 4 | From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either . |
| 5 | But Britain 's Vice-Consul Harold Jenkins told me : ‘ Sadly it may be quite impossible for them to make positive identifications . ’ |
| 6 | They were they were asking for them to make more slates for for less money and they were n't prepared to sit down and really talk it through with the men they just treated you know they just had this awful attitude |
| 7 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |
| 8 | According to his account to the House of Commons , Baldwin replied : ‘ Sir , that is most grievous news , and it is impossible for me to make any comment on it today . ’ |
| 9 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 10 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
| 11 | Many of them make regular trips to the filmset where it was all put together , at Portmeirion in Wales . |
| 12 | It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being . |
| 13 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 14 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 15 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 16 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 17 | Hugh with his hair wet , carrying Jacqueline and leading his two other daughters , all of them making wet footmarks on the stone floor , came in from the terrace . |
| 18 | Everything and something and nothing are all logically interlinked and none of them makes clear sense without the others . |
| 19 | None of them fit together , none of them makes any sense . |
| 20 | However , neither of them makes any reference to her husband , or to the dynamics of her marriage relationship in these comments , though Norma Larkin makes some ( implicit ) observations about marriage in general . |
| 21 | They lived the lives of the folk among whom they worked ; and this may have helped many of them to make real contact with their parishioners . |
| 22 | These are the potters , the females of which make small jars in which they deposit an egg together with a paralysed spider or caterpillar to provide the hatching grub with its first meal of meat . |
| 23 | Reference may also be made to the relevant Domesday texts and the published volumes of the curia regis and other rolls , some of which make useful contributions to local knowledge . |
| 24 | There are other differences too — for example , aquatic leaves have fewer stomata — all of which make feathery leaves better underwater and stouter ones better in air . |
| 25 | Hellen and I attended several of the society 's Sunday afternoon showings of ‘ classics ’ of foreign films , two of which made lasting impressions : one was the famous Italian masterpiece ‘ The Cabinet of Dr Caligari ’ and the other was that delightful French film entitled ‘ Generals Sans Boutons ’ . |
| 26 | But in 1990 Toyota 's financial profit lengthened its lead over Honda and Nissan , both of which made financial losses . |
| 27 | Three wells were drilled in the area in the 1980's — all of which made small gas discoveries — although two are excluded from this award . |
| 28 | By 1907 , the CUB , acting on a plan initiated by W. H. Beveridge , was busy opening exchanges in every London borough , each of which made special provision for women and juveniles , and provided vocational guidance for school-leavers through working in co-operation with the ASEA and the Education Department of the LCC . |
| 29 | Mr and Mrs Singh kept most of their official correspondence between the pages of their telephone directory and on my weekly visits we sorted out the milk tokens , rates demands , post office giros , all of which made linguistic demands which were beyond the level of their competence . |
| 30 | Try to have your progress reviewed regularly with your nurse manager , so that neither of you makes misleading assumptions about your ability to cope or happiness in the job . |