Example sentences of "of [pron] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 2 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
| 3 | Many of them make regular trips to the filmset where it was all put together , at Portmeirion in Wales . |
| 4 | It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being . |
| 5 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 6 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 7 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 8 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 9 | Hugh with his hair wet , carrying Jacqueline and leading his two other daughters , all of them making wet footmarks on the stone floor , came in from the terrace . |
| 10 | Everything and something and nothing are all logically interlinked and none of them makes clear sense without the others . |
| 11 | None of them fit together , none of them makes any sense . |
| 12 | However , neither of them makes any reference to her husband , or to the dynamics of her marriage relationship in these comments , though Norma Larkin makes some ( implicit ) observations about marriage in general . |
| 13 | They lived the lives of the folk among whom they worked ; and this may have helped many of them to make real contact with their parishioners . |
| 14 | These are the potters , the females of which make small jars in which they deposit an egg together with a paralysed spider or caterpillar to provide the hatching grub with its first meal of meat . |
| 15 | Reference may also be made to the relevant Domesday texts and the published volumes of the curia regis and other rolls , some of which make useful contributions to local knowledge . |
| 16 | There are other differences too — for example , aquatic leaves have fewer stomata — all of which make feathery leaves better underwater and stouter ones better in air . |
| 17 | Hellen and I attended several of the society 's Sunday afternoon showings of ‘ classics ’ of foreign films , two of which made lasting impressions : one was the famous Italian masterpiece ‘ The Cabinet of Dr Caligari ’ and the other was that delightful French film entitled ‘ Generals Sans Boutons ’ . |
| 18 | But in 1990 Toyota 's financial profit lengthened its lead over Honda and Nissan , both of which made financial losses . |
| 19 | Three wells were drilled in the area in the 1980's — all of which made small gas discoveries — although two are excluded from this award . |
| 20 | By 1907 , the CUB , acting on a plan initiated by W. H. Beveridge , was busy opening exchanges in every London borough , each of which made special provision for women and juveniles , and provided vocational guidance for school-leavers through working in co-operation with the ASEA and the Education Department of the LCC . |
| 21 | Mr and Mrs Singh kept most of their official correspondence between the pages of their telephone directory and on my weekly visits we sorted out the milk tokens , rates demands , post office giros , all of which made linguistic demands which were beyond the level of their competence . |
| 22 | Try to have your progress reviewed regularly with your nurse manager , so that neither of you makes misleading assumptions about your ability to cope or happiness in the job . |
| 23 | That child labour not only existed in the pre-factory economy but was strongly approved of does not of itself make blinkered sentimentalists of those who reacted so strongly to the " dark , satanic mills " . |
| 24 | Moreover , since postnominal position is not a device for marking emphasis as such , a mere desire for emphasis does not of itself make postnominal position possible . |
| 25 | Not one word of it made any sense at all to him . |
| 26 | None of it made any sense . |
| 27 | None of it made any sense ! |
| 28 | But none of it made any difference . |
| 29 | In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end . |
| 30 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |