Example sentences of "making him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pond snail in monteray pine David Morgan ( or Ned ) is one of the rate sorts of person who always appears to be happy and cheerful , making him the natural leader of the Devon branch of the British Woodcarvers Association . |
| 2 | The editor of the Church of England Newspaper remarked that the overzealousness of Ramsey 's friends did him a disservice by making him the representative of an intolerant school of thought and by inflating his reputation beyond what his record would endorse . |
| 3 | Formby 's films , with their straightforward plots and repressed naughtiness , were first-class family entertainment , making him the top box-office attraction of the late 1930s . |
| 4 | In February it was unanimously agreed that Sir Denys should continue as boss until he reached the retirement age of 62 , making him the longest-serving chairman since Sir Paul Chambers , who ran — and dominated — the company from 1960 to 1968 . |
| 5 | Mr Noir 's popularity rating has jumped 12 points since his resignation , making him the person on the right whom the French would ‘ most like to see playing an important role in the future ’ . |
| 6 | The wing 's 16 tries in Catania — making him the top try-scorer — mean Namibia get their first chance to meet the ‘ Big Four ’ at Murrayfield . |
| 7 | The former England Under-21 international , 23 last Tuesday , has been intrumental in the Norfolk club 's surprise position at the top of the table with his 12 goals , arguably making him the buy of the season . |
| 8 | This was precisely the situation in which Charles and Elizabeth found themselves in 1772 ; and we may surmise that they did what brother John was to do later — in the absence of Thomas the Calvinist , who had died just over a year previously , they honoured Charles 's elder brother William by making him the godfather and giving the child his Christian name . |
| 9 | For that Macaulay reportedly earned £62,000 but his fee has soared to more than £2 million , making him the highest paid child star of all time . |
| 10 | He long jumped for a while before concentrating solely on sprinting 200 metres : he clocked 22.8 seconds in his first year and reduced this to 21. 13 seconds , his personal best , making him the club 's number one until the rise in form of Mike MacFarlane . |
| 11 | This argument would deny Shakespeare any powers of invention , making him the creature of his profession , another version of the biographical fallacy . |
| 12 | This netting of his assets doubtless conceals the fact that , like any businessman , he in turn had extensive liabilities , making him the centre of a complex web of credit , the effects of which had to be reckoned with . |
| 13 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 14 | Elfman used to boast to anyone who would listen that he was able to auto-fellate with the minimum of effort , making him the envy of every young buck who had tried it for himself and only succeeded in collapsing with a racking backache . |
| 15 | In 1166 Peter 's great-grandfather , Thurstin de Montfort II , had held ten fees from the earl of Warwick , making him the second greatest of his tenants . |
| 16 | His reward came in July 1655 when Carvajal and his two sons were endenizened , thus making him the first English Jew , at least since the expulsion in 1290 . |
| 17 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 18 | Gerrit Viljoen , hitherto Minister of Constitutional Development , was appointed to the newly created post of Minister of State Affairs , effectively making him the State President 's deputy . |
| 19 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 20 | It would have been better if the programmer 's skill was recognized making him the author or joint author of " computer-generated " works . |
| 21 | Venables raised £2.5m for a 23pc stake , making him the first man to play for , manage , and part-own a major English soccer club . |