Example sentences of "make [adv] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , its calculatedly oblique and enigmatic avoiding of a direct statement — a withholding made all the more tantalizing in that it includes no less than eighteen declarative verb forms — could have a remarkably powerful effect if we imagine it being read by the person whose unnatural behaviour it describes . |
| 2 | Housework is defended as ‘ real ’ and ‘ hard ’ work , a defence made all the more necessary because of the low status and value conventionally accorded to it . |
| 3 | The result was a stunning , white lace dress — an impressive feat made all the more amazing by the fact that Sherine was only eight years old ! |
| 4 | Faustina looked up from her saucer , her dark face made all the more reproachful by its beard of milk . |
| 5 | Easter Monday saw both Leaders Of The New School and the Pete Rock & CL Smooth partnership playing debut UK gigs at different London venues , a situation made all the more frustrating when they 're on the same label . |
| 6 | Five of his friends thought the article referred to him — an identification made all the more far-fetched by the fact that the fictitious character was described as a Peckham Church Warden . |
| 7 | A fine , well-kept establishment , three storeys high , made all the more welcoming by horn-glazed windows , the beams smartly painted and the white plaster glowing like freshly laid snow . |
| 8 | Ace made love to her in a silence made all the more potent when her roving caresses forced him to respond with a groan of pleasure as they touched each other intimately . |
| 9 | Thus marriage in his eyes was primarily the discharge of an obligation to his family and the nation , a task made all the more difficult by the immutable nature of the contract . |
| 10 | The two main actors create a reflective , needy relationship together made all the more poignant by the airman 's total lack of English and Jones 's zilch German so that they communicate haltingly and stiltedly , mirroring the route of their hesitant trust . |
| 11 | ‘ The financing of small , growth businesses has always been an important national issue , made all the more important by the effects of economic recession , ’ said . |
| 12 | But the very fact that the French were the most intransigent as regards releasing Germany from the cruelties of the Versailles treaty made all the more imperative the need to bring to the gathering at Darlington Hall at least one French gentleman with unambiguous influence over his country 's foreign policy . |
| 13 | A very fine light green velvet — almost eau-de-Nil — was seen on a child 's coffin in the vaults at St Paul 's , Shadwell , and made all the more attractive with its gilt furniture . |
| 14 | A day made all the more wonderful by the confirmation that SCUM had been beaten by Chelsea . |
| 15 | But as around 1,000 mourners shivered through a ceremony made all the more moving by its simplicity and brevity , there was little bitterness evident — only bewilderment . |
| 16 | Food served at the Beach Terrace Bar and Restaurant is excellent and made all the more enjoyable by our visitors at breakfast . |
| 17 | The wall is not as steep as it looks and a pleasing sequence of stretches and foot-changes , made all the more enjoyable by more excellent protection , leads to a stopping place just short of the arête . |
| 18 | He suggested that cattle grazing in the ideal landscape should be any other colour than black and white , ‘ which make together the most inharmonious of all mixtures ’ . |
| 19 | India has made perhaps the most dramatic move of all the shifting land masses . |
| 20 | It is made all the more aggravating when people living inside the city know how little it costs the authorities outside the city to do precisely the same job . |
| 21 | This task is made all the more necessary by the fact that opponents of absolute holism often find it strongly counter-intuitive , not to say absurd ; although they can grasp it at a very general level , they have difficulty in imagining either how it could be developed , or what would make it plausible . |
| 22 | It was a very sunny day and it was made all the more complete by Albert being on duty on the return journey . |
| 23 | Such allegations paved the way for justification of the German occupation of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 — justification made all the more credible by the appearance , at almost exactly the same time as the German navy , of British warships in Norwegian waters and of British troop landings at Narvik and Trondheim . |
| 24 | While his crimes , he said , were not the ‘ worst form of indecent assault ’ they were made all the more serious because of his position . |
| 25 | The incident was made all the more galling by the fact that neither climber had broken an axe of crampon in 27 years of combined mountaineering experience ! |
| 26 | ‘ The day 's events are made all the more hectic by the many telephone calls and queries I receive from members of the public , fellow officers and councillors . |
| 27 | The contrast is made all the more poignant by the ‘ Lithium ’ promo vid and its scenes of psyched-up mayhem from last year 's Reading . |
| 28 | It was made all the more intense because it was directed inwards . |
| 29 | However , the task of a new nanny was made all the more difficult because the children , bewildered and unhappy , felt that they had come to take the place of their mother . |
| 30 | And it 's been made all the more interesting by brightly coloured accessories — many from Julie 's home town in Trinidad . |