Example sentences of "be [adj] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , though the only currently practicable approach to identifying rural deprivation was an area based one and although it has been possible to make some sense of census data for rural areas , they still concluded , in line with Knox and Cottam , that it would be far better if the analysis could be performed at the individual level . |
| 2 | But cancer may take decades to develop , and we know that if we are prepared to make certain changes in how we live , we can help to protect ourselves . |
| 3 | But there are many teachers in many schools who feel the need to break out of the cycle of crisis management and low morale so keenly that they are prepared to make those commitments . |
| 4 | An experienced accident investigator working for many years in many countries soon gets to know which States are prepared to make considerable efforts to find the true cause of an accident and thereby acquires substantial knowledge of the problems and pitfalls that can be encountered . |
| 5 | ‘ I am free to make some phone calls , am I ? |
| 6 | The second part of the festival , which resulted in the final performance , raised vital questions about the way women relate to one another when they are free to make real choices . |
| 7 | In a partnership the partners are free to make any arrangement they like which would be lawful between private persons . |
| 8 | ‘ the parties are free to make any arrangements which they like dealing with the subject matter of costs ; and it seems to me to make no difference whether that agreement is made before or after the court takes the matter into its consideration . |
| 9 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 10 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 11 | ‘ I need to feel that you are willing to make some effort . ’ |
| 12 | With Tony it had been easy to make facile decisions about ‘ waiting for marriage ’ . |
| 13 | But we 're likely to make more money at it than perhaps the sweat shops do . |
| 14 | As John Lennon sang ‘ Life is what happens to you while you 're busy making other plans ’ . |
| 15 | And he quoted John Lennon by saying : ‘ Life is what happens to you while you 're busy making other plans . ’ |
| 16 | While opposition parties are happy to comfort those hit by defence cuts they 're loath to make specific promises about who they might reprieve . |
| 17 | If Christmas or the Summer holidays are approaching and people are likely to make bigger cash withdrawals , banks may decide to hold more liquid assets . |
| 18 | Marc Renault of Fimagest , a French fund manager , reckons 1993 's privatisations will also be aided by the fact that few French companies are likely to make big rights issues in the middle of a recession . |
| 19 | Colts and stallions are likely to make this face after smelling urine , but other horses occasionally do it too . |
| 20 | You should also note that when we talk about scale uses , this does not mean merely running up and down the scales like a machine ; scales are there to show you which notes to use , the idea being that you are supposed to make melodic phrases or lines from them . |
| 21 | However , when the regulations are published , even good schemes become a nightmare of complexity for those of us who are supposed to make sensible policy and for those to whom the schemes are supposed to apply . |
| 22 | The changeability of political concerns and priorities means that governments are unwilling to make long-term commitments to compensate enterprises for carrying out public service objectives ( NEDO 1976 : 28 , 43 ) . |
| 23 | However , such committees , at the national level , are unlikely to make individual teachers feel involved . |
| 24 | But they are unlikely to make real progress unless they are helped to formulate their own ideas explicitly and then look for evidence and compare their views to those of others . |
| 25 | Moreover , they would have been unlikely to make any connection between what was happening in their adult relationships and what had happened during childhood . |
| 26 | At its most extreme ‘ I can not change ’ can describe a sense of complete impotence — ‘ I am unable to make any difference to my own or anybody else 's life . ’ |
| 27 | A minority are unable to make any attachments at all and may need time in a therapeutic community ’ , Elliffe said . |
| 28 | Personnel staff are able to conduct ‘ instant ’ interviews and applicants are able to make immediate contact with a large number of employers . |
| 29 | The first sift has to be based on the written application , hence the need for a good form and experienced people who are able to make suitable assessments of candidates ' experience , and strengths and weaknesses against the requirements of the job . |
| 30 | If you are able to make any responses by 11 December , this would be most welcome . |