Example sentences of "[adv] make [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It follows that we can not make up a square matrix X of eigenvectors to satisfy ( 8 ) ; for this reason the matrix B is said to be defective .
2 However , it does not make just a single prediction for the universe .
3 Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell .
4 Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable .
5 The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks .
6 Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat .
7 Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon .
8 It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print .
9 As he gazed out , down the enormous length of the ship , he could just make out the dark outline against the lighter sea , and the rectangular shapes of the deck-covered containers .
10 Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table .
11 Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them .
12 He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them .
13 To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase .
14 By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane .
15 Yes , through the gloom she could just make out the dried-up fountain in the middle of it , and , straight ahead , the huge studded doors of a church .
16 He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth .
17 Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard .
18 It was clear enough for Gareth to just make out the gaunt shapes of the drilling platforms on the north-eastern horizon .
19 I took a few cautious steps forward to where , by craning , I could just make out the ghostly crescent of the beach opposite the pier .
20 He could still make out the huge man-shape , lying face down , its outline glowing from the residual embers of the phosphorus , like a blackened , smoking tree trunk .
21 Now that his eyes had adjusted to the light , Patrick could just about make out the vague shape of the young woman before him , her face a dim grey against the paler shape of her nightdress .
22 In the dim upper reaches of the roof , she could now make out a cylindrical object with a dulled metallic glint .
23 The light gradually faded , allowing a clearer view of the craft — Bash could now make out a thin outline , a panel or … a door !
24 To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in .
25 They should be reminded too that canned baked beans in tomato sauce are highly nutritious and can be a quick and convenient addition to many main meals or can even make quite a good meal on their own if they are served on buttered toast .
26 Therefore what is now called corporate this other income is the erm basically head office cost , there 's things like profits on from our captive insurance er dividends which we did n't have it in fact last year we did the year before from Blackpool land , small profits from the sale of some shares at Fair and other odds and ends which I erm really do n't make up a great deal .
27 Could n't make out a damn thing from either one of them .
28 Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides .
29 But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee …
30 We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel .
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