Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] make [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 2 | The effect of making them arrestable is that it gives the police certain powers of entry and search under section 17 and 18 while investigating the offences in question . |
| 3 | We are now 7 degrees within the tropics and if the trade winds in which we got off Madeira continue we may expect to cross the equator in a week or ten days , about which time our Captn. informs us that we may expect to fall in with some homeward bound vessels which will enable me as well as the rest of our passengers to forward letters to our friends … bad weather had the effect of making us all good sailors and now we are enjoying fine weather and a fair wind . |
| 4 | The hypothesis is that , when there is no formal communication structure to ensure that the symbols used trigger the same reaction everywhere , differentiations such as those above have the effect of making it probable that they will trigger quite different responses in different people . |
| 5 | The fences hold no fears for this big fellow and he has a marvellous chance according to his trainer of making it two in a row and thereby join a small but privileged group . |
| 6 | No harm in making it clear what her feelings were about the architect . |
| 7 | Hera punished Echo by making her unable to speak , except to always repeat the last words anybody said to her . |
| 8 | As he admits , the divisions are arbitrary , but they have the advantage of making it possible to refer easily to the level of grammatical complexity in a speech sample , and to group children on the basis of language complexity . |
| 9 | Scientific awards are n't handed out like Oscars — that is , they do n't have the same orchestrated ceremonial glitter , with tears choked hack and ‘ thanks to everyone back at the lab for making it possible ’ . |
| 10 | Erecting the fence in this way does have the practical benefit of making it difficult to climb into the property — the rails which give useful footholds , being on the inside . |
| 11 | I therefore inherited the dubious honour of making it available on loan to youth workers . |
| 12 | ‘ It was on the cards for ages , so it was really only a question of making it official , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | I am very grateful to Dounreay for making it all possible , to the Library for their help with my research and to my colleagues for their assistance . ’ |
| 14 | marks and just er sort of make them brighter looking and you know , just make them a s a standing point you know . |
| 15 | Sort of make them restless ? ’ |
| 16 | If somebody says you do n't wan na be rushed , right , that 's what you 've got ta say to them that 's just what that old dear was saying the other day , right you certainly understand that , right , you agree with them , first thing you do you always agree with them , right and then you 've just got the same sequence as I want to think about it , but just sort of make it clear , I mean what is it they actually , you know , frightened of being rushed into ? |
| 17 | It seem , I mean it does seem like a good way at the moment of making it easier for everyone to use the system , but I do n't know whether it 's vital . |
| 18 | But do n't worry , precious as Moorlake is to me , it would be taking things too far to marry you for the sake of making it whole again . " |
| 19 | This year the Treasury slashed the group 's core budget in half , with the aim of making it self financing . |
| 20 | He took over the health brief with a reputation as a social policy reformer , having previously reviewed the social security system with the aim of making it fairer . |
| 21 | For example , the decision in Paris v. Stepney BC , in which it was decided that the employer of a one-eyed motor mechanic had a special duty of care to provide him with goggles to protect his good eye , may have had the perhaps unexpected and certainly undesired consequence of making it harder for disabled workers to get jobs in which they need special protection . |
| 22 | Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house . |
| 23 | Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house . |
| 24 | what 's the point in making them worse . |
| 25 | He kept walking ; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps . |
| 26 | The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place . |
| 27 | She strongly approves of her brother 's attention to his second great house at Chawton , because he is ‘ proving & strengthening his attachment to the place by making it better ’ , even down to a ‘ solicitude ’ for the inadequate dimensions of a pantry door ; for an attention to domestic minutiae , if normally unstated , indicates a concern for other people , at least at one 's own level of society . |
| 28 | The purpose of psychoanalytic therapy , according to Freud , was to remove the power of the symptom by making it intelligible , by showing the sense that it had . |
| 29 | It has been loosely referred to as any mode of policing other than the rapid-response crime control type ; an alternative which specifically seeks to make constables part of the community by making them responsible for a geographical area , known as ‘ permanent ’ or ‘ home ’ beats ; a means of developing communication between the police and the local community ; and a process by which responsibility for crime control and prevention is shared with the community , both also known as ‘ community relations ’ ( Weatheritt 1983 : 4–5 ) . |
| 30 | the stating of the price without making it clear , if it is the case , that it applies only to cash customers or that it does not apply to part-exchange deals or applies only in certain circumstances or does not apply in certain other circumstances ; |