Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] makes the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ From her photograph she 's attractive and younger , so one makes the natural assumption … ’ |
| 2 | His version is identical with Bilbo 's first one , except that it makes the significant change , in line 5 , of ‘ weary feet ’ for ‘ eager feet ’ . |
| 3 | Is it not through his agency that anyone makes the Christian confession ‘ Jesus is Lord ’ ( 1 Cor. 12:3 ) and is born again ( John 3:5 ) ? |
| 4 | And they believe that what makes the current situation precarious is the continuing uncertainty over the outlook for sterling . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So you would need to look carefully at her stories and other writing , and see if she makes the same kind of mistake here . |
| 7 | I 've tried most of the guitar synths and stuff , but I just prefer my instrument : it 's very human and it makes the right noise . |
| 8 | It 's it 's they 're allergic to gluten and it makes the inner bowel inflamed so it gives him |
| 9 | ‘ If he makes the wrong decision , ’ continues Niki , ‘ he becomes my opponent … |
| 10 | If he makes the wrong decision minor problems can snowball into an injury which requires months of physiotherapy . |
| 11 | It is a pity that Michael Coe 's essay on Maya hieroglyphs is not illustrated , but he makes the interesting point that vessels appear to be labelled much as they were in the classical world of the Mediterranean . |
| 12 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
| 13 | I shall not read it out , because there is not time , but it makes the very point that , purely and simply for medium-term policies and commercial reasons , we shall sterilise billions of tonnes of coal . |
| 14 | The contrast may therefore serve to illustrate one major merit of Brooks 's criticism and of the New Criticism in general : their use of ideas such as irony may seem exaggerated and confusing , but it makes the important point that the meaning of poetry , though possibly analyzable , can not be expressed properly in the form of a conventional prosaic statement . |
| 15 | In the court case of June 1790 , Henry Cecil was awarded £1000 damages and a divorce , but what makes the whole story so remarkable is that by this time he was already secretly remarried . |
| 16 | Economic analysis helps the doctor to select the right treatment because it makes the moral issues absolutely explicit . ’ |
| 17 | When she makes the occasional mistake , he points it out discreetly and quietly . |
| 18 | Generally , a person organises a procession or an assembly when he makes the necessary arrangements for the conduct of the event by initiating it , planning the route or location , or assists in doing so . |
| 19 | Working out what floats and what does n't as well as what makes the biggest splash is all part of a pre-schooler 's early education . |