Example sentences of "[prep] make it a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About the party — I 'd thought of making it a triple celebration : my engagement to Heather , Ma 's homecoming , and a kind of — gesture of thanks to Luke . ’ |
| 2 | The developers , Calera , have priced FAXgrabber at £99 with the aim of making it a mass market product . |
| 3 | I poured my heart , soul and a couple of vats from Nettles brewery into making it a cohesive , disciplined goal-scoring machine , only to see my dream sabotaged by soccer-illiterate shopkeepers and eleven Lego-legged , sloth-brained idiots in vaguely matching shorts . |
| 4 | The Blackrock Club never put a foot wrong and the host association — the Bowling League of Ireland — ‘ also ’ played their part in making it a worthwhile championship . |
| 5 | If Napoleon III and Haussmann failed to make Paris an entirely sweet-smelling city , they certainly succeeded in making it a brighter and safer one . |
| 6 | Thirty two individuals took part in making it a large competition where endurance was required as much as playing skill . |
| 7 | IT is no use on its own : the attitudes and energy of tutors and learners are very relevant to making it a valued and effective resource . |
| 8 | But the establishment of these facts is only one step on the way to a consideration of whether , in all the circumstances , the situation created by the delay is such as to make it an unfair employment of the powers of the court any longer to hold the defendant to account . |
| 9 | As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles … |
| 10 | It was also agreed in principle to strengthen the European Parliament by making it an elected body . |