Example sentences of "[adj] to make [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid to make friends with the other students ( Is it him that 's the spy ? |
| 2 | I should have thought that it was much more sensible to make proposals from the start for both a station and a link . |
| 3 | Some were even prepared to make allowances for the fact that Peter had been an appallingly neglectful father . |
| 4 | They put little faith in the sincerity of the Communists but were prepared to make concessions in the interests of " Unity against Fascism " . |
| 5 | It is perhaps too early to make judgements about the meaningfulness of this sequence of events . |
| 6 | I followed this recommendation but , not having a very developed commercial instinct , I was glad to make gifts to the various people who were kind to me . |
| 7 | Cllr Brooks was unavailable for comment but Elizabeth Leitch , Monklands housing convener , said it was regrettable that Cllr Murphy had seen fit to make allegations to the press instead of to the appropriate authorities . |
| 8 | With six shoes under £37 , Diadora is likely to make inroads into the budget end of the market . |
| 9 | Because the polls , and therefore the program , are likely to shortchange the minor parties , and because the minor parties are most likely to make gains at the Conservatives ' expense , the program is liable to project somewhat too high a level of Tory parliamentary support . |
| 10 | While it is perhaps not completely safe to make conclusions about the evolution of natural features from the fate of man-made structures , the breaching of a former complete bar does , as its author suggests , provide an alternative to the hypothesis of a locally reversed drift . |
| 11 | So I was able to make excursions throughout the state , which is about the size of Hampshire , admiring its astonishing number of traditional country houses , and enjoying the company of many of their owners . |
| 12 | Many were quite mobile , with suits of scales , and were probably able to make sallies into the waters well above the sea floor . |
| 13 | He said a fly fishing club would be able to make bookings at the country 's best lakes and reservoirs , and be an active forum to increase the skill and knowledge of members . |
| 14 | They were able to make forays onto the land and back for longer periods into the water , to keep their skin damp and to reproduce . |
| 15 | have a pencil and paper ready to take down interview details — dates , times , names and travel information , if you are able to make arrangements over the telephone ; |
| 16 | In this way , it is believed , linguists will be able to make discoveries about the language itself , and its system of rules which exists quite independently of particular circumstances . |
| 17 | The Professional version offers the additional feature of being able to make adjustments to the stitch layout from within the COLOUR PATTERN section , so you can edit your colour pattern and stitch layout at the same time if you want to . |
| 18 | However , we were able to make comparisons for the use of fixed-term contract workers and we also report briefly the results of this exercise . |
| 19 | If the value is a legally recognised interest , the third State may be able to make representations against the parties for its protection . |
| 20 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 21 | It is exceptionally difficult to make predictions about the effect of the DR-shift with any accuracy ; and it is a matter of concern to the University that even when the shift has been completed it will not be possible to say ( either at this University or , probably , at any other university ) how much is being recovered as additional direct costs . |
| 22 | Because half of the Library 's budget represents payment in advance for subscriptions for the following year , it is extremely difficult to make savings in the current year when financial pressures are exerted . |
| 23 | A deputy of Sproull 's reputation , officiating in the regality court , would be certain to make enemies for the politician who appointed him , and Gorthie strongly advised the duke to get rid of the bailie-depute immediately . |
| 24 | In order to determine the yield on such bonds , it is necessary to make forecasts of the relevant index . |
| 25 | To decide what effects such focusing would have on overall recognition sensitivity it is necessary to make assumptions about the information present in the different stimuli : |
| 26 | Using the shear-lag theory we have ( Equation 4.23 ) the tensile stress in the proposed fibril given by It is therefore possible to make estimates of the distribution of stress using this theory although it is not justifiable to place too much weight on such estimates . |
| 27 | Rather than seeing responses to questions as simple indicators of factual properties , these theorists saw them as data from which it was possible to make inferences about the dispositional and motivational character of social actors ' behaviours . |
| 28 | It is possible to make assumptions about the inter-relationships between the data , but it is obviously better to base these assumptions on thorough analysis . |
| 29 | Two long-term injury absentees are due to make comebacks in the Edinburgh Academicals v Selkirk encounter at Raeburn Place . |
| 30 | They were a jolly bunch of chaps , eager to make friends with the locals , learn about the mysteries of turf cutting , and of course sample our local beverages . |