Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] makes the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 ’ .
2 So you would need to look carefully at her stories and other writing , and see if she makes the same kind of mistake here .
3 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 .
4 It 's it 's they 're allergic to gluten and it makes the inner bowel inflamed so it gives him
5 If he makes the wrong decision , ’ continues Niki , ‘ he becomes my opponent …
6 If he makes the wrong decision minor problems can snowball into an injury which requires months of physiotherapy .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Economic analysis helps the doctor to select the right treatment because it makes the moral issues absolutely explicit . ’
12 When she makes the occasional mistake , he points it out discreetly and quietly .
13 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 .
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