Example sentences of "make [pron] [adj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not yet understand it , but although I was once a keen and proud European , there are things in it that would now make me one of the most sceptical . |
| 2 | I drink everything I earn , which does n't make me much of a drunk I might tell you . ’ |
| 3 | With one doctor , one nurse made me one of the doctors told me to get up . |
| 4 | The international action made me aware of the necessity for international co-operation in the fight for the fundamental rights of man and reassured me that human compassion is still alive in this world . |
| 5 | Certainly , their scraping teen reveries and gleefully shambolic trashings of the likes of ‘ Fight For Your Right ’ and Barry Manilow 's ‘ Mandy ’ make them one of the most entertaining and , occasionally , promising prospects around , regardless of insularity . |
| 6 | We make them aware of the pitfalls . |
| 7 | A different direction is taken by projects such as DASI ( Developing Anti-Sexist Initiatives ) where the aim is ‘ to give girls a positive self-image , and make them aware of the way society controls them rather than to direct them into ‘ male ’ areas of study or work' ( Whyld 1983 , p. 303 ) . |
| 8 | My close friendship with Pearn had made me aware of the work that he had put into that assistance . |
| 9 | It 's also made me aware of the responsibilities involved in leading other people in bad situations — but I will tackle mountains again and I will go to camp again . |
| 10 | The anti-smoking campaigns in the media in the last few years have made everyone aware of the risks we run if we continue to smoke . |
| 11 | By mixing Redgra with shale , Oxford 's neighbours Swindon have made theirs one of the best tracks in the country . |
| 12 | It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest paid people on British TV . |
| 13 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
| 14 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 15 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
| 16 | His amusing analysis of human frailty has made him one of the folk world 's more unlikely heroes — a bard who takes the knocks but never shows the bruising . |
| 17 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 18 | A hugely impressive return of eight goals from just 11 games is a true reflection of his amazing turnaround and it has already made him one of the buys of the season , even at that sizeable price tag . |
| 19 | Televised Saturday successes in the Golden Spurs Handicap Chase at Doncaster , Sandown 's Scilly Isles Novices ' Chase and the Arlington Final at Newbury have made him one of the most popular finds of the season among the nation 's punters . |
| 20 | Even Crump himself might be better meeting his Judgement now , after a life of useful business , than later when the disturbances of retirement — already foreshadowed — would most likely have made him less of a man than he was now , less happy , less useful , perhaps even diminished , by turbulent pettiness , in the very qualities which might now ensure his redemption . |
| 21 | About the time this match took place , Tonks was in the IRB meeting room alongside the French delegate and was not impressed that they had not made him aware of the game — if they in fact knew about it . |
| 22 | She has made him more of an Expressionist than he really was but she has realised an essential truth : that Heartbreak House is a deeply poetic play about the death of liberal hopes and the cracking-apart of a civilisation . |
| 23 | This would indeed have made it one of the greatest empires in Europe . |
| 24 | It was run by two balding , bespectacled men in their late thirties , neither of whom was called Largo , whose extensive knowledge of antiques had made it one of the most popular and profitable shops of its kind in the whole canton . |
| 25 | In Alexandria armies of monks sacked the Serapeum , the great temple to Osiris , and destroyed the library which had made it one of the world 's chief centres of learning . |
| 26 | The company 's current order book demonstrates why its diverse skills and expertise have made it one of the country 's most sought after building , civil engineering and mechanical and electrical engineering contractors in recent years . |
| 27 | Assuming Dr Powell 's right , the people of Venice will be able to continue living their lives in the manner and surroundings which have made it one of the world 's greatest cities . |
| 28 | After all , when you decided to buy a Toyota , you recognised the attributes that have made us one of the worlds foremost manufacturers and our cars such good quality and value . |
| 29 | But it has made us aware of the crusted , jewel-bright variety of Latin America behind things that more often lump its nations together . |
| 30 | To be able to fly one around in a circuit made you one of the top flyers in the world . |