Example sentences of "makes [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that women are to be adored for their naturalness , but because this makes them vulnerable and subject to extremes of temperament , they should also be under the control of their husbands . |
| 2 | It is their naivety , apparently , that makes them vulnerable , lending weight to the view that , in combating cuckoos , experience does count . |
| 3 | Although this is a powerful technique , which can crack someone 's skull open , exponents of it need to be aware that its very committed position makes them vulnerable to a sweeping counter-attack . |
| 4 | That , says the I O D , makes them vulnerable to economic down turns . |
| 5 | The cat has relatively large eyes , and their design makes them eight times more sensitive than our own , giving it superb nocturnal vision . |
| 6 | The fact that any extra emotional effort makes them anxious and exhausted is often too painful to admit , even to themselves , and their pride prevents them from beating a perfectly acceptable retreat to their own room for ‘ a rest ’ when visitors are expected . |
| 7 | I begin to suggest that sometimes it is n't useful for such ideas to come through pop stars : it makes them trendy and … |
| 8 | In fact , Henry can whistle one tune which makes them all want to follow him . |
| 9 | It makes them all sex-mad . |
| 10 | In this kind of house , in this kind of street , they soon collect a grey film that makes them all look much the same . |
| 11 | What , makes them all nasty and muscly ? |
| 12 | I do n't think there is an overall meaning to be got by the symbolism of hands , though they are used many times to mean different things with many characters though in some cases what makes them symbolic is because it is hands that are being referred to and not another part of the anatomy . |
| 13 | This in turn makes them cheaper and small enough to fit the average pocket in every sense . |
| 14 | This makes them cheaper and less time consuming ( academics ' time ) . |
| 15 | That makes them good value set against the sector leader Hays , trading on a ratio of 17 times earnings , with BDM at 10 times . |
| 16 | The reason for this is that the outflowing rivers provide the sand that makes them good beaches . |
| 17 | Some people are very spatially oriented which makes them good with their hands , but even that varies all the way from house building to brain surgery . |
| 18 | Imamu and Boo are not similar in the way that they are both the same age or the same colour , but what makes them similar and comparable is that they are both outsiders in society . |
| 19 | That makes them effective when the policies are right ; but to run a stable economy one needs not only strong character but the right ideas . |
| 20 | Detergents , as defined in this book , are characterised by three basic properties the combination of which in synthetic form makes them effective . |
| 21 | Bromine , the atom in halons which makes them effective fire fighters , also renders them three times more damaging to the ozone layer than the better known chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) , used in aerosols and refrigerators . |
| 22 | This makes them useful for destroying tumours while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed . |
| 23 | Because what I really want , after all , is to give them a true belief , and I know very well that , although I want my own beliefs to be true ( because that 's what makes them useful ) , we can all make mistakes . |
| 24 | The police makes them streetwise within no time at all , but they 're missing out on something ’ ( FN 9/8/87 , p. 3 ) . |
| 25 | That sort of episode makes them subject to public outrage . |
| 26 | They 're about , that that makes them nineteen points in the lead . |
| 27 | This makes them terrible foes in battle as an uncanny silence reigns as they fight , no war cries or screams rend the air as they wield their halberds with deadly intensity . |
| 28 | And it cuts up the grass in wee bits and instead of er making the roads better it makes them worse . |
| 29 | This very often happens in planning because some departments makes them vague in comparison . |
| 30 | Often those are n't at all the sort of clothes they wore while they were alive , but they think it makes them grander when they start saying " REVENGE ME ! " or " OH HORROR , HORROR ! " and things like that . |