Example sentences of "making [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Allow and permit , in contrast , represent permission as a prior condition — often in the form of the illocutionary act of giving permission — making the infinitive event 's accomplishment licit .
2 But even in highly compressed gases , the time between collisions far exceeds the duration of the collisions themselves , making the interaction details hard to discern .
3 Once we have agreed the contents with him we will be in a position to drawn up a Phase 1 contract in which we intend to concentrate on making the sanctuary wind and watertight that will allow us to begin work on the interior alterations .
4 In making the award , the adjudicating panel will take into account the age of the nominees and the work published by them during the past five years .
5 It should be possible to cover the syllabus within a one-term or two-week course , making the award an ideal scheme for introducing Medau to new groups in schools , youth clubs or private classes .
6 Further , to argue , as Gandhi does , that progress towards ahi sā must have taken place otherwise the human race would have become extinct by now , in the same way as lower species of animal life have become extinct , is to ignore the principle of natural selection , and the fact that more sophisticated weapons of hi sā are now at man 's disposal making the possibility of his self-destruction and extinction more real today than at any time in the past .
7 In West Germany the leader of the opposition , Kurt Schumacher , and his Social Democrat Party rejected entry on nationalist grounds , arguing that by binding the country so closely to western states which were also members of a military alliance led by the United States , Adenauer was making the possibility of German reunification even more difficult and remote .
8 C–125 48–634 ( painted as ‘ 8620 ’ ) crashed en route to Wright Patterson on delivery in June 1988 , making the possibility of another too good to miss .
9 In fact she 'd had a brief nap on the flight over and the adrenalin was racing round her body , making the possibility of sleep unlikely , but anything was better than sitting like a frightened child beside him , hoping against hope that he would finally melt and utter the sort of words she had once yearned to hear .
10 The region 's conservation officer , Jim Souness , said that new parts would be needed if the equipment were to fall into disrepair , making the possibility of someone taking it over even more remote .
11 By making the flow of information between people or machines more effective or by automating a production process ( for instance by making possible a computerised technique in a factory ) IT can increase the efficiency or simply the flexibility of many organisations .
12 Other evidence shows that , as the level of Depo in the body falls , conception may occur , making the fetus susceptible to the drug 's effects .
13 An example showing that such categorizations and generalizations are perhaps unwise is that of Inga vera var spuria ( Leguminosae ) , which is first visited by moths and humming birds ( high sucrose ) , but 4 hours later produces a sour odour attractive to bats , perhaps due to fermentation by micro-organisms , the resultant diminution of sucrose making the ratio suitable for the bats .
14 In these circumstances , equations ( 7.19 ) and ( 7.20 ) reduce to and Thus balance can be achieved by making the ratio permanently equal to two and then adjusting the ganged resistances for balance .
15 He made his debut a week or two after joining us and soon settled down at left-half , making the berth his own , but he was not seen at his best until Palace manager Tom Bromilow signed Les Lievesley from Torquay .
16 In an effort to stabilize the economy and foster growth , the House of Deputies approved an urgent government bill on March 27 , making the austral freely convertible against the US dollar .
17 ‘ We started from the point of making the mass as low as possible , ’ Wortmann says , ‘ We found that by avoiding the turbulence of two rotors , we were able to achieve a rotor speed of 450 kilometres per hour at the tip — the fastest in the world . ’
18 ‘ At about the time we finished making The Knack , ’ said Richard Lester , ‘ I bought the book of How I Won the War , by Patrick Ryan , and started work with Charles Wood on a screenplay , with Michael in mind as the lead .
19 IT IS POSSIBLE to reduce the amount of salt people consume by making the hole in the salt shaker smaller and placing the shaker out of reach .
20 And she kept pulling it and making the hole go .
21 As the Right Honourable Gentleman is aware , our top priority is to get inflation down , and I would also hope that he would be aware that the aim of doing that in the longer term has to be by making the price of money more expensive .
22 In the last resort the council has powers to send in workmen to carry out emergency repairs with or without the owner 's agreement , preventing further decay and making the building wind- and water-tight .
23 They er , are making the building available to , to Rio .
24 More than twenty four hours after the incident , firemen are still making the building safe , but they 've denied suggestions that the chemicals involved were a serious potential hazard.Julie Dolphin reports .
25 Accidents of history , as much as of geography , had played their part in making the village .
26 In fact the volume of traffic on Scotland 's mountains is making the sighting of anything more exotic than a slug increasingly difficult .
27 In December 1970 Victoria led the world in making the wearing of seat belts , where fitted , compulsory .
28 Britain now has the best road safety record in the European Community — helped by Conservative legislation , including making the wearing of seat belts compulsory .
29 This task will be easier if the plaintiff has been convicted of an offence under the Motor Vehicles ( Wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulations 1982 or the 1991 Regulations making the wearing of seat belts in rear seats by adults compulsory because that conviction will throw the onus on to the plaintiff who will have to show it was erroneous or irrelevant to discharge it .
30 This is often explained in terms of making the element in question more prominent or emphasizing it , an explanation which some may find confusing .
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