Example sentences of "this [noun sg] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Club took this opportunity to make several course alterations which were opened for play in August 1922 . |
| 2 | Could I also take this opportunity to make another appeal for all types of books and used magazines ( not necessarily AMNESTY ) to be sent to death row prisoners in the Caribbean . |
| 3 | This self-censorship makes effective consultation and accountability impossible . |
| 4 | This inability to make explicit symmetry judgements contrasts dramatically with the preserved effect of symmetry on figure-ground segretation . |
| 5 | In recent years M.P.s have made use of this privilege to make defamatory allegations . |
| 6 | The introduction to this chapter made specific reference to the need for school management to plan the school 's path through the changing environment . |
| 7 | This chapter makes heartening reading , as does the entire book . |
| 8 | They flung each other off and stared for an instant , each of them aware that he was known , each conscious that this recognition made many things plain . |
| 9 | This act made working-class males a majority of the electorate in the country at large . |
| 10 | This contrast in rhyming helps to emphasise important points in each stanza as this difference makes these lines stand out . |
| 11 | If this picture makes some sense to you , then you need not read the rest of this paragraph . |
| 12 | The relatively short life cycle of an annual publication of this sort makes early action by both copyright holder and the law essential . ’ |
| 13 | For capitalism the land was a factor of production and a commodity peculiar only by its immobility and limited quantity , though , as it happens , the great opening of new lands at this period made these limitations appear relatively insignificant for the time being . |
| 14 | From a practical standpoint , however , this distinction makes little difference . |
| 15 | The excess of boys in this group makes these differences more remarkable . |
| 16 | Just as the deputy head had made certain assumptions about the absence of a wedding ring on the candidate 's hand , so this teacher made certain assumptions about the symbolic value of the wedding ring and the way it would be perceived by Catholic governors . |
| 17 | The report from this investigation made detailed recommendations for the organisation and curriculum of secondary education in Wales under the 1944 Education Act , and its relationship with primary and further education . |
| 18 | No such ‘ dictionary ’ exists in the case of Linear A and Linear B. However , a brilliant young British scholar , Michael Ventris ( 1922–56 ) , recognized in 1952 that Linear B was the written version of a language akin to Greek , and thanks to this inspiration made swift progress in deciphering it . |
| 19 | In the eleventh century this notion made great strides . |
| 20 | I do n't think this argument made any impression upon the brothers . |
| 21 | Three referees of this paper made shrewd comments that have led to improvement . |
| 22 | This style makes easy reading and might form the basis of a ‘ live performance ’ as it has the feel of a radio script . |
| 23 | A newspaper account of this incident makes fascinating reading , written as it is in the florid , expansive style of the day to extract every ounce of drama . |
| 24 | ‘ Does anybody know , ’ he says , ‘ how many different products this firm made last year ? ’ |
| 25 | In the West , such a suggestion would have barely attracted the attention of the press , but in Turkey this call made national headlines . |
| 26 | This world makes that world seem so real , so living , so beautiful . |
| 27 | Scores of anecdotes in this book make these figures look highly unlikely . |
| 28 | This discrepancy makes any assessment of the extent of dislocation caused by the barbarian invasions extremely difficult . |
| 29 | The divergence is important , perhaps crucial , because Pound and Eliot , American expatriates of roughly the same generation , in the London of the second decade of this century made common cause and thereafter — despite ever wider ideological disagreements — remained friends , mutually respectful and mutually supporting , until Eliot 's death in 1965 . |
| 30 | He argues that this structure makes false assumptions about the nature of learning , and disregards the diversity of learners . |