Example sentences of "that make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dogs followed hard on their heels up the deep-treaded , creaking staircase that made a gradual ascent to the first floor . |
| 2 | In chapter four below , there will be an examination of her poetry to demonstrate what sorts of books Leapor read , and especially those that made a strong impact on her work . |
| 3 | Damp , fragrant veils that made a cool tent around the central space of heat where Rose began to ply the heavy iron . |
| 4 | There was something about this part of France that made a powerful appeal to her imagination and emotions . |
| 5 | Somewhere among the crags of limestone that made a broad shelf along part of the foin 's lowest slopes . |
| 6 | There was a spaciousness and simplicity of line that made a perfect foil for the few touches of vibrant colour that drew the eye , and yet the whole effect was completely uncontrived , as if it had all come together naturally . |
| 7 | Carson liked her because she seemed to display the ideal mix of warmth and distance that made a good neighbour . |
| 8 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 9 | The main proof Van Laue offers for this argument is the polarisation of society between global conflict and a backward society that made a liberal constitution impossible . |
| 10 | The air was fresh and sweet , the river swept along on its way , swelled by the backwash that made a tiny waterfall further along . |
| 11 | And he was the only lecturer who would admit that he 'd changed his mind about something since the last lecture , and that made a great impression on me . |
| 12 | And that made a big difference to my life . |
| 13 | There was something about the expression on his face as he unclipped his seatbelt and turned towards her that made a sudden flurry of alarm run through her , and she backed as far away as the close confines of the car would allow . |
| 14 | Powered by roller skates , many of these locomotive dancers were whirling corrugated plastic tubes that made a wooo-wooo sound . |
| 15 | As she hurried over the rough track that made a short cut between her aunt 's cottage and the farmhouse where Angela lived , Cheryl 's eye was caught by a splash of colour on the far side of the field . |
| 16 | The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence . |
| 17 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 18 | The new calendar , now known as the ‘ Young-Avestan calendar ’ appears to have been adopted in the reign of Cambyses ' great successor Darius I. The most thorough and plausible investigation of the date of its introduction is that made a few years ago by the distinguished historian of ancient astronomy the late Willy Hartner of Frankfurt University . |
| 19 | Eaux-Bonnes is mainly built around an oval public garden with bandstand , and of solid , four or five-storey Second Empire buildings that make a strange contrast with the thickly wooded hillsides behind them . |
| 20 | Western countries should be prepared to open themselves far wider to East European countries that make a real move to democracy and free markets : let the shameful visa queues at western embassies disappear , welcome Gastarbeiter from these countries , open up to any exports deserving East Europeans are capable of selling in the West 's competitive markets . |
| 21 | Unlike the American computer industry , which is characterised by firms that make a narrow range of goods , all six of the top Japanese electronics firms make semiconductors and telecommunications equipment as well as computers . |
| 22 | The erm , importance of monitoring procedures can not be over-stressed because enable , to enable us to actually find out if these er , arrangements are working properly we do have to monitor the arrangements that are in place , and we have to provide details of monitor important for the members ' benefit , er , explaining how the budget is er , is being spent , and also bringing in information about the number of assessments , the levels of assessments , and all the other aspects that er , that make a new system work . |
| 23 | We will review the charitable status of independent schools with the intention of ensuring that the benefits of charitable status are only awarded to those institutions that make a genuine contribution to the wider community . |
| 24 | Walking back to the club that night and recalling old Martin 's letter , I began to understand some of the qualities that make a successful courtier . |
| 25 | Mr. Denford added that the results of this survey accord with earlier 3i research into the factors that make a successful buy-in . |
| 26 | The things that make a modern killer PC , such as swift video performance , are irrelevant for network servers — so mundane is their existence that they can do without a screen or a keyboard . |
| 27 | As we shall see , however , there are significant dissimilarities : dissimilarities that make a comparative exercise useful . |
| 28 | According to Honey it 's these little touches that make a big difference . |
| 29 | The skulls of an elephant and of a man are different shapes , but this is not because the molecules which fit together to make an elephant 's skull are a different shape from those that make a human skull . |
| 30 | ‘ Charlie was one of the sort that make a little go a long way . |