Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to make it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the promised sprinters were not delivered on time , when the fares increased in proportion to the decline in reliability , when children are stranded because trains have broken down , when Conservative-controlled Suffolk county council subsidises the late night train , and when central Government grant for British Rail goes up , yet the service is still like a lottery , I despaired , I despair , and I will continue to despair until we give individuals , travellers , employees and taxpayers a real incentive to make it work — the freedom to succeed in the private sector . |
| 2 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
| 3 | The basic DOS application is faster , no doubt , but if you want the graphical add-ins you 'll still need plenty of RAM and a fast processor to make it work . |
| 4 | You have to run a tight business to make it work . |
| 5 | If you get through that you 've got to give the balloon a good hard squirt to make it burn , and if you do make it burn it goes up with a hell of a whoomph and you 've still got to get away . ’ |
| 6 | Someone had arranged a scatter of sea-shore pebbles on a low trunk , trying for a random pattern to make it look as though they had been cast like dice . |
| 7 | This has been painted in a strong colour to make it look more aggressive . |
| 8 | Two years ago , new owner Ford was encouraged to spend a lot of money on cosmetic changes to make it look pretty … |
| 9 | Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke had ordered most of the stuff from a local catering firm and all we had to do was add the finishing touches to make it look Roman . |
| 10 | The capitalist system needed investment of private capital to make it grow . |
| 11 | You have to follow the rules and work at the right pace to make it work . |
| 12 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 13 | And it just happens that Digital is the only company to make it work . |
| 14 | It just happens that Digital is the only company to make it work . |
| 15 | And he also rejected claims by the policeman and a civilian that they witnessed a soldier being struck by other military personnel to make it appear he had been struck by the car . |
| 16 | A company might spend ten thousand pounds on a computer , but they would then spend sixty thousand pounds on the associated software to make it work . |
| 17 | He had hated the little brochure that described it — the pathetic attempt to make it look glamorous , the photographs of it , posed , doors open , doors shut , desperately trying not to look like what it was — a square box with hideous speckled seats . |