Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] [noun] to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the Copyright Designs and Patents Act now contains a specific right to make a back-up copy if necessary to the lawful use of the program concerned , section 50A . |
| 2 | It has a solemn responsibility to make sure that its own house is put in order . |
| 3 | Headquarter 's has a key contribution to make in recruitment . |
| 4 | He will not talk at the committee unless he has a genuine contribution to make to the discussion . |
| 5 | Many sociologists feel that their body of knowledge has a central contribution to make towards such reconstruction . |
| 6 | I come from a learners ' perspective , a needs ' perspective , and I do n't believe that anybody has a God-given right to make those programmes with all these resources without thinking about it that way . |
| 7 | For the simpler tasks of cataloguing , none the less , the computer has a major contribution to make and is already making it . |
| 8 | When play is concerned with the exploration of ideas and language , then reading ( particularly the reading of stories and poetry ) has a further contribution to make . |
| 9 | Sexton , the security man at Gate 2 , will perform effectively if he believes he has a unique contribution to make . |
| 10 | Caricature has a unique capacity to make her happy : ‘ When I feel frustrated I find that drawing gets something out of my system that nothing else quite does . |
| 11 | However , the Commission believes strongly that music has a significant contribution to make to the Decade of Evangelism . |
| 12 | He will also discover that my desire — indeed , my absolute commitment — to ensuring that the House has a proper decision to make at any stage of development in the EC is at least equal to his . |
| 13 | In view of this recent move by the W.H.O. , the work of Martin Martin has a large contribution to make . |
| 14 | Each individual piece of equipment has a special contribution to make ; for example , a tape recorder can be equally effective in stimulating discussion as a film , but films or video tapes are more effective for the demonstration of practical skills where movement is essential . |
| 15 | The sturdy frame has a special protection to make it waterproof and the cushions are covered in a charming songbird design fabric . |
| 16 | It also has a residual power to make an appointment if the child has sufficient understanding to give instructions himself and wishes to do so or if it considers that it would be in the child 's best interests to be legally represented ( s41(3) ( 4 ) ( a ) and ( b ) ) . |
| 17 | Racing has a last chance to make sure it is not one of them . |
| 18 | This is a case of proxy decision making , since it authorizes a named person to make treatment decisions on the patient 's behalf , once the patient is adjudged incompetent . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Tadpole has picked up a second firm , Isometrics , to peddle the Sparcbook to the US government , and says a second strategy to make it easier for US government bodies to buy its technology will be revealed in a couple of weeks ( UX No 381 ) . |
| 20 | The CHA also plans a nationwide campaign to make its proposals an issue in the coming general election . |
| 21 | Sadly , there is no respite for parents ; this is the time that offers a brief opportunity to make an encouraging or acknowledging remark . |
| 22 | Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it . |
| 23 | Would you think it actually takes a hundred calls to make one appointment , but each sale is not gon na be worth a thousand pound though is it ? |
| 24 | It takes a slippery road to make the Volvo wag its tail ; over-exuberance with the throttle otherwise does nothing more than make the inside rear wheel spin the power away . |
| 25 | Hydrogen is also released as water is split , and photosynthesis employs a second process to make use of it . |
| 26 | It corresponds to Hobbes 's idea of civitas insofar as it entails a sovereign right to make law , an obligation on citizens to obey law , and views civil liberty as based essentially on the subject having the rights both to have the laws enforced and to act without restraint in situations governed by the ‘ circumstantial silence of the law ’ . |
| 27 | And he finds a little space to make conscious points : ‘ I want you to know that I 'm a skinhead now . ’ |
| 28 | Again , this seems a justifiable assumption to make because the experience of the UK and other countries confirms that imports rise when incomes rise . |
| 29 | This seems a fair point to make against some of Stevenson 's and Ayer 's contentions , but the attitudinist , as I have characterised him , in this chapter , would acknowledge Bambrough 's points , yet still think it important to insist on the fundamental difference between trying to decide what is the case and trying to decide what one would wish to be ( and will try to make ) the case and on associating ethical claims with the latter . |
| 30 | Nowhere is the siren song of conservation more difficult to resist than when it combines a sentimental appeal to make a restoration project out of every down-at-heel relic , with the coded suggestion that it might even be a retail money-spinner in its own right if properly marketed by a curator and a press officer with a gift shop and a T-shirt designer on hand . |