Example sentences of "made the whole " in BNC.
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1 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
2 | When we could n't revive it , it made the whole thing worse for them . |
3 | Editors often cut a vital sentence , too , and made the whole thing unbalanced . |
4 | The fact that we had definite goals on each trek , such as reaching a summit by sunrise , made the whole thing feel like an expedition . |
5 | IT IS more than 20 years since the novelist C P Snow delivered his Rede Lecture , The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution , and 20 since F R Leavis delivered his swingeing assault on Snow , which made the whole thing a subject of violent controversy , adding somewhat to the gaiety of that small part of the nation interested in academic ding-dong . |
6 | But the rise of the PLO made the whole issue more dangerous and complex , partly because it became unclear whether the majority of people in the West Bank wanted either Jordan or the PLO back , and partly because Jordan 's East Bank population was 40 per cent Palestinian . |
7 | The ravages of time had caused pieces to break away here and there , so that newer patches of different grey made the whole affair appear shabbier than ever . |
8 | I made the whole thing up from the start |
9 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
10 | Her interesting talk and demonstration made the whole operation look so easy that members were inspired to go home and make their own . |
11 | What made the whole case so remarkable was his confession to five other murders , his bizarre method of removing the evidence — by dissolving the bodies in acid — and his claims that he indulged in vampirism . |
12 | ‘ Whoever it was that took her never spoke a word the whole time , which made the whole experience worse . |
13 | He said : ‘ I 'm desperate to regain a Cup place , and that made the whole episode even worse . ’ |
14 | Lorentz might have been very aware that he was an actor , but for Hollywood and its audiences it was Muni 's acting that made the whole ‘ job ’ permissible , acceptable , intelligible , bearable , and successful . |
15 | If these fears were likely to prolong the discussions over its future , the socio-political context of its development made the whole affair even more complex . |
16 | Those best placed to influence government policy were also most dependent on state patronage to further their military and civil careers , while the police and tax functions delegated to serf-owners made the whole class in one sense a part of the machinery of government . |
17 | Many ‘ systemised ’ tanks combine all three ( as do external filters if you choose to load them that way ) but now in the BioLife unit Hagen have put together what is virtually the filter unit from a small systemised tank , complete with self-contained heaterstat , added the sort of wet-and-dry trickle filtration usually only available in under the tank units , and made the whole thing suitable for a three foot tank . |
18 | Most of them , though , were sympathetic and some , like Jeremy Paxman on Breakfast Time , made the whole thing that much less of an ordeal . |
19 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
20 | They rained down like small coal from a sack , filling the air with choking dust which settled grimily over everything and made the whole world smell grey . |
21 | Connie held that it was a simple matter to forgive your enemies because , if you had the sense you were born with , you did n't see much of them , whereas with the way society was constituted , you spent most of your time with your nearest and dearest , and the things they could do to annoy you made the whole concept of forgiveness extremely difficult to entertain . |
22 | ‘ Are you saying Nicola made the whole thing up ? ’ |
23 | Each time he was about to embark on a new affair , he bought Jessica an expensive present — as if that made the whole thing right . |
24 | When occasionally they asked her what was the marketing strategy or the business plan and she said , openly , that there never had been one , her patent naturalness and honesty made the whole thing appear even more of a fairy story . |
25 | Two hours of sipping Bell 's and listening to the quacks of the local Scampi and Mateus Rosé crowd made the whole issue seem much simpler . |
26 | By doing that you made the whole crime worthless . |
27 | She longed to say : you 're lying , you made the whole thing up so you would n't get scolded for breaking the dish . |
28 | That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult , not easier . |
29 | She quickly began to sketch , and at the same time tried to imprint on her mind the combination of colours that made the whole scene so eerily effective . |
30 | His sudden talk of alibis made the whole thing sound serious . |