Example sentences of "made it [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this has been a costly process and the fall in house prices since 1989 has made it impossible to earn adequate returns from these investments in the short-term . |
| 2 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 3 | Rice production had fallen , however , by 29 per cent ( to 29,300 tonnes ) , because rehabilitation work on the Massingir dam in Gaza province had made it impossible to supply sufficient water to irrigated land normally planted with rice in the Limpopo valley . |
| 4 | That dispute has made it impossible to produce audited accounts . ’ |
| 5 | I apologize for the fact that delays in obtaining some of the necessary information have made it impossible to produce detailed cost estimates , but the considerations listed below should enable us to determine whether such a change would be worthwhile . |
| 6 | The rule , combined with the rule against hearsay which prevents criminal courts admitting evidence of a child 's interviews with social workers or psychiatrists , has made it impossible to prosecute many alleged child abusers . |
| 7 | In addition to such single-industry , cross-country studies the recent availability of quantitative survey data in Britain and the United States has now made it possible to test some explanatory hypotheses of bargaining structures more systematically across a much broader cross-section of industries . |
| 8 | Since the 1970s , developments in the understanding of genetic processes and the manipulation and culture of cells have made it possible to create living organisms that are tailored to meet specific human needs . |
| 9 | Although the curvature and track geometry precludes speeds much in excess of 100mph ( except by upgrading at unacceptable costs ) the power : weight ratio , acceleration and braking of the HSTs immediately demonstrated their worth and have made it possible to introduce some very useful cuts in journey times . |
| 10 | On the other hand , through the development of container transport , telecommunications and the division of production into simpler , semi-skilled tasks , technology has made it possible to transfer these tasks to new factories in Third World markets . |
| 11 | Recent advances in methods aimed at mapping chromosomal regions and isolating novel genes , have made it possible to develop comprehensive strategies for the positional cloning of human disease genes . |
| 12 | Recent advances in gene manipulation have made it possible to express foreign genes in heterologous systems . |
| 13 | Second , technological advances have made it possible to provide many more , and different , broadcasting facilities . |
| 14 | Norse raids down the west coast had already made it necessary to move sacred relics from St Columba 's isle of Iona to relative safety at Dunkeld in Perthshire , which became the ecclesiastical centre of the Scottish realm , though kings continued to be buried on Iona , as did several Viking chieftains . |
| 15 | The combination in recent years of a floating pound and a weak balance of payments on current account had made it necessary to attract short term funds on capital account by maintaining high interest rates . |
| 16 | By the end of the 1950s , however , the failure of autarchy as an economic programme had made it necessary to seek other options , and these implied at least the modification of the existing political framework . |
| 17 | In Danzig and Pomerania , where the substantial Polish minority might have made it difficult to implement such a policy , there was a special dispensation . |
| 18 | The twelve-hour shift pattern was also an obstacle to change in that it would have made it difficult to recruit new staff for hospital development . |
| 19 | This gave it a weird , lop-sided look and might have made it unstable had that not been compensated for by putting the hold forward . |