Example sentences of "[prep] make the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if Nicu was intended to be their ultimate successor , he was not allowed to appear as dauphin , particularly not after making the critical remarks to his father about the economic problems and social conditions in Sibiu . |
| 2 | The first defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the deputy judge had been wrong in law in holding that for the substituted section 9 ( b ) of the Wills Act 1837 to be satisfied the testator had to make his signature after making the dispositive provisions ; and ( 2 ) there was no sufficient evidence upon which the deputy judge could have found that the testator had not been of testamentary capacity at the time he had made and signed the alleged codicil on 18 April 1986 . |
| 3 | This mood might question the suitability of making the radical alterations to the aisle roof and the almost equally severe remodelling of the south slope of the nave roof which were implemented here ( Plates 24 and 25 ) . |
| 4 | But they now have little chance of making the Anglo-Italian semi-finals . |
| 5 | Distribution is the process of making the right materials available at the right time , in the right quantities and in a condition in which they can be used . |
| 6 | I argued the advantages of establishing a Unit based on the principle of the fullest exploitation of surprise and of making the minimum demands on man-power and equipment . |
| 7 | A semantic relation may be set up either within a sentence or between sentences with the consequence that , when it crosses a sentence boundary , it has the effect of making the two sentences cohere with one another ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 ) . |
| 8 | I have always believed — I make no apology for it — that any system of financing local government must contain a way of making the local authorities more accountable to those who live within the local area . |
| 9 | One certain way of making the old forms sound ‘ modern ’ was to introduce a greater degree of dissonance and to avoid the euphony of the original conventional harmony . |
| 10 | But they are now in with a chance of making the Olympic Games at Atlanta where the sport is being included as a demonstration event . |
| 11 | In the election campaign , the Conservatives had made much of ‘ setting the people free ’ of the planners , and of making the nationalised industries more ‘ businesslike ’ and ‘ commercial ’ , but the reality of controls remained for some years , as indeed was inevitable given the physical limits of a national cake whose size was fixed in the short term . |
| 12 | Michael Powell noticed the development of a ‘ civil service ’ mentality within Rank at the time of making The Red Shoes , but his argument that ‘ there is something after all to be said for lavishness , improvisation and a certain amount of waste ’ was not likely to make much headway with John Davis , managing director of Rank from 1948 , who disliked creative people , considering them extravagant and unreliable . |
| 13 | That , perhaps , is one reason why Mr Clinton has dwelt particularly upon ‘ symbolic ’ politics : like making the armed forces accept gays or staffing his administration with an eye to ethnic ‘ balance ’ . |
| 14 | Future events were to prove just how right Stirling had been in making the latter observations and how his basic principles were to be constantly watered down by interference from outside bodies trying to get their hands on the SAS Regiment , which achieved its greatest successes when left to its own devices . |
| 15 | By the middle of the twelfth century , John 's French readers would have had no difficulty in making the necessary identifications : castellans and viscounts , baillis and prévôts , household officers , the clerks , knights , and chamberlains of princely courts abounded . |
| 16 | We should have broken up before but there is every prospect of a late and long hopping in which case we should have difficulty in making the necessary attendances . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The moments we shared in making the nude paintings were best of all , and put a smile on my face . |
| 18 | Colleagues , do n't be fooled by the anti-Europe brigade who believe that the Treaty is about and hopelessness which feeds the Front Nationale in making the existing institutions more democratic . |
| 19 | Though only the exporter will be able to judge the persons with whom he should do business , help in making the initial contacts is available through the banks by way of : — |
| 20 | I can give a commitment to the hon. Gentleman that we shall consider Edinburgh 's bid with great care before making the final allocations to local authorities . |
| 21 | Flush through the pipe before making the final connections and fit insulation to all exposed pipes afterwards . |
| 22 | The second shift arrives at 3pm to serve tea and Christmas cake before making the final preparations for the grand supper at 6pm . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) Allowing the appeal , that before making the prohibited steps orders the justices should have informed the parties of their intention and given them an opportunity to make submissions as to whether such orders were appropriate ; that the justices had had no jurisdiction to make an order prohibiting the parents from having contact with each other because such contact was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibility towards his child and thus was outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; that , on the evidence they accepted , the justices had been plainly wrong to refuse to make the interim care orders ; and that , accordingly , the court would substitute interim care orders relating to both children ( post , pp. 271B–D , H — 272A , F , H — 273A ) . |
| 24 | We shall , of course , take these matters into account before making the provisional allocations in December . |
| 25 | We did not shrink from making the necessary changes then and I will not shrink from making them today . |
| 26 | The other importance of this marriage is their offspring , the mirror image of Pip and someone that Pip is determined to bring up with his hard earned wisdom and experience in order to stop Pip II from making the same mistakes . |
| 27 | The giants are experts on working the crowd up into ‘ He 's behind you ! ’ pantomime scenarios and on making the physical manoeuvres look and sound bruising . |
| 28 | During development , Microsoft put a lot of effort into researching how people actually use their spreadsheets , and concentrated on making the common tasks easier . |
| 29 | Staff are to be congratulated for the way they accepted the move , and on their commitment to making the new arrangements work . |
| 30 | The benefits offered to members are excellent , giving practical help and advice on all aspects of self-promotion from presentation of art work , legal rights , gallery space competitions and exhibitions , to making the right contacts and indeed making friends , through the Regional Groups of AOI members who regularly organise both social and professional activities to stimulate interest and support for the profession . |