Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] make [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair .
2 The editor of the Church of England Newspaper remarked that the overzealousness of Ramsey 's friends did him a disservice by making him the representative of an intolerant school of thought and by inflating his reputation beyond what his record would endorse .
3 She did not thank this nun for making her the centre of attention .
4 " The extension of majority voting will be examined … together with the possibility of making it the general rule with a limited number of exceptions . "
5 To enhance the standing of a particular religion or religious tradition by making it the mother of science may be short-sighted in at least two other respects .
6 Then she went on with the lovely task of making herself the most important lady in Tollemarche .
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