Example sentences of "make it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instances and their relations are subject to a degree of variation which would make it anachronistic even to posit a universal phenomenon called ‘ the state ’ . |
| 2 | Better make it fifty , he thought , seeing himself distributing them like Christmas cards . |
| 3 | All the same , he thought , better make it fifty . |
| 4 | Proliferation of such schemes will make it essential both to try to avoid consumer confusion , and also to ensure that gaps and overlap are guarded against , but they are all to be welcomed as a recognition that a proper complaints and redress system is necessary if justice is to be done . |
| 5 | The Smoke Detectors Act 1991 has recently been added to the list of statutes which will make it compulsory for builders to fit a smoke detector ( or detectors ) in all new dwellings . |
| 6 | I emphasise ‘ encourage ’ because the leadership did not make it compulsory . |
| 7 | The National Consumer Council ( NCC ) is pressing for legislation that would make it compulsory for home-sellers to reveal property faults and potential problems to buyers , and make estate agents liable for the accuracy of the details they publish . |
| 8 | Why , then , do we make it compulsory to be educated ? |
| 9 | Whether we can make it compulsory for cars to be fitted with such devices is a matter for the European Commission . |
| 10 | Conservative MP Peter Ainsworth has introduced a bill which would make it compulsory for farmers to notify the planning authority of any plans to destroy hedgerows . |
| 11 | The German Environment Minister , Klaus Töpfer , has presented draft regulations which will make it compulsory for car manufacturers to take back their old cars for recycling or disposal . |
| 12 | They can either admit they 've made a mistake , or they can make it compulsory . |
| 13 | So it 's more likely that they 'll make it compulsory . |
| 14 | Euro-American society is already suffering from a bad self-esteem problem , and I expect that an uncritical belief in the moral supremacy of nature will make it worse . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't make it worse , ’ Rab said . |
| 16 | If you have fractured a bone or fallen and damaged your back , do not move at all , you could make it worse . |
| 17 | That would make it worse . ’ |
| 18 | Then Carrie jumped aside as a passing bus threw up some slush from the gutter , and as she brushed her hands down over the bottom of her coat , she said , ‘ You 'd think they did it on purpose , ’ and as he went to assist her she stayed his hands , saying , ‘ It 'll only make it worse . |
| 19 | ‘ Avoiding the problem will make it worse I know I can face it ’ . |
| 20 | So it 's caused by foetal position and there 's something that can make it worse , you know the mother erm inside erm the womb there 's a bag of fluid that the baby floats in |
| 21 | Extreme care should therefore be taken in prescribing them at all : if the recipient has addictive disease these drugs will make it worse . |
| 22 | But I knew I was going to East Kilbride I thought , This is stupid , it 's only gon na make it worse . |
| 23 | Oh it 'll make it worse . |
| 24 | Not worrying about it too much because that 'll just make it worse . |
| 25 | It does make it worse and if you 've got a lot of things that you 're supposed to be doing , you just think well I ca n't do all of them . |
| 26 | Did it make it worse when you knew the victim ? |
| 27 | Courses do not always help to get rid of this feeling and can even make it worse . |
| 28 | Movement will make it worse . ’ |
| 29 | Do n't scratch — you know it will only make it worse ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll just make it worse . |