Example sentences of "[pron] makes the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique explained in this chapter , resistant line fitting , produces a line which makes the absolute value of the deviations in the Y direction as small as possible ( rule 3 ) . |
| 2 | By harnessing similar reactions to those which make glow-worms glow and fireflies flash , the scientists have produced a technique for examining patients ' blood samples which makes the early detection of diseases quicker , safer and cheaper . |
| 3 | Could they liaise more with external agencies to develop a co-ordinated programme which makes the best use of their respective strengths ? |
| 4 | Central to this ‘ new consensus , was a concern with the complex and multi-layered nature of organizations which makes the very possibility of rational decision-making problematic . |
| 5 | It is this fact , above all , which makes the patronal definition of any public body , deriving its authority and resources from the supposed general will of the society , at best controversial , at worst quite inapplicable . |
| 6 | Topic sentence ( which makes the main claim of the paragraph ) : ( 1 ) In Chapter 2 Fitzgerald introduces one of the most important patterns of the novel : the " waste land motif " . |
| 7 | Any vibration which makes the surrounding molecules of air vibrate can cause sound . |
| 8 | Reduced to its minimum , the Latin American idea of a ‘ party ’ comes down to a group of friends , which makes the Leninist concept of a totally committed , exclusive vanguard very difficult to accept or implement . |
| 9 | The bright gold and green foliage which makes the crowning glory of the winter border has to become a backdrop for the summer garden . |
| 10 | That said , there is a playful yet authoritative personality here , which makes the quasi-erotic experience of pressing down the plunger ( an action that the semiotician of coffee Pierre Beaudidlez has described as having an ‘ ecstatic rightness ’ ) especially piquant . |
| 11 | It is this which makes the next section of Simmel 's work so difficult to accept , in that it appears to work so deeply against the grain of modern consciousness . |
| 12 | It 's important for the foreign traveller to accumulate lots of useless gadgetry and ephemera that they 'd never dream of buying normally , and which makes the whole process of travelling so much more cumbersome and awkward for others . |
| 13 | So you would need to look carefully at her stories and other writing , and see if she makes the same kind of mistake here . |
| 14 | ( He makes the half-hearted suggestion of Lothar 's having studied notarial arts . ) |
| 15 | It makes the actual work of ferreting uncomfortable and those days when the rainfall is persistent are neither comfortable nor the most sporting . |
| 16 | What makes the new round of work potentially so profitable is the scope it offers for experiment . |