Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This helps them assess the effects of changing those structures by allowing them make such changes directly through the virtual reality interface . |
| 2 | Again , the behaviour of predators may affect the pollinating activities of animals such as bats , encouraging them to make short visits repeatedly , rather than long ones . |
| 3 | The sources from which the children could find information enabling them to make fullest use of the church study were not confined to what they saw in the booklet nor what they could see and think out for themselves ; a number of people , both inside and outside the school , were enthusiastic and available for consultation . |
| 4 | The baroque carvers in Germany and France made extensive use of this type of gouge in the drapery of their ecclesiastical figures , enabling them to make difficult pipes and folds against the grain , whilst keeping a smooth flow . |
| 5 | But modern westerners ( and those inspired by European culture ) combine this way of looking at the world with advanced technology , enabling them to make huge changes , quickly . |
| 6 | Again , the Conservative government tried to encourage such activity by enabling them to make one-off tax deductible donations of up to 3 per cent of annual dividends . |
| 7 | Young Donald — his eyes were clear black-brown , like a lochan stained with peat , his hair was curly like a bull 's poll , and he had been a lovely lad until his father went away , clever with his hands , whittling pieces of wood and glueing them to make little windmills and watermills . |
| 8 | Staying so close to the palace will enhance your enjoyment , enabling you to make many mini-trips in between reading about the extraordinary life of its court . |
| 9 | Each of the predictions of our aerodynamic analysis is therefore supported by the comparative data , enabling us to make two suggestions about the selective pressures driving tail elongation in birds . |
| 10 | Such clear-cut options rarely exist in practical politics , but the intractability of many rural problems and the growing cost of meeting them make clear-cut decisions necessary . |
| 11 | But one official told TODAY : ‘ The Press has been wanting us to make some statement on the marriage and Morton 's book for some time . |
| 12 | But whether or not the contract has anything to say on this subject , an employer should at least explore the possible alternatives to dismissal , such as allowing you to make other transport arrangements or seeing if you can be fitted in elsewhere within the organisation . |
| 13 | The first is the elimination of cold down-draughts near windows , allowing you to make better use of your living space in winter . |
| 14 | Anderson attempts a show of strength by using the IFID , " I demand " five times and " I insist " once , but his insecurity is indicated by the fact that he has to support his demands by asserting that he has the status permitting him to make these speech acts . |
| 15 | The next stage will be to put that ‘ judgemental ability ’ into a computer , teaching it to make intelligent guesses about events on the battlefield . |
| 16 | Recently the Friends contacted hospital staff asking them to make regular payments to the charity , with the money funding schemes such as a creche and health care bursaries . |
| 17 | What we 're doing is showing them the colour of light , the hydrogen spectrum that 's given off and asking them to make some measurements on it which give a clue to the nature of what is happening in hydrogen . |
| 18 | The results supported his view that in recall people make an ‘ effort after meaning ’ and in so doing they make characteristic changes to their recall . |
| 19 | In practice , unless you have a 486DX — it does not work quite like that because whenever the program is converting it makes such demands on the whole system that everything else is slowed up . |
| 20 | Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions . |
| 21 | Producing it makes considerable demands on an animal 's bodily resources and although the silk moth , encouraged by man 's selective breeding , extrudes it in large quantities , most insects are rather more sparing in their use of it . |
| 22 | It 's quite funny watching them make complete fools of themselves . |
| 23 | Of course , this is not even really a realistic option , because you 'd still have the impossible communication problem of getting the information out to the individuals involved in the first place , and then getting the answers back again and coordinating them to make some sort of over-all sense . |
| 24 | They have also worked wonders in the hall areas and we have now been able to bring these areas into use for the Learning Together groups on Sundays and the Beacon Centre on Thursday evenings , allowing us to make early use of the premises and demonstrate to the Community around us the church is in business again . |
| 25 | As I understand it , MacAlpine is likely to withdraw the planning application for limited working it made last year and concentrate on pursuing its Interim Development Order application with Dyfed County Council . |