Example sentences of "to make [pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But , under threat , my Creator has agreed to make me this Eve with whom you interfere , uncovering her nakedness .
2 This is a broad , vocationally-biased course which is designed to develop problem-solving skills , to give students a knowledge of relevant mathematical and statistical models , and to make them proficient users of appropriate computer software .
3 Their personal responsibility for decision-making seemed to elevate them above the social struggle , to make them neutral arbiters between the competing interests of nobles , townsmen , and peasants .
4 Th th the the advancement on the exercise is to make them one sentence by using , yes , you could use a conjunction if you were going to make it into one sentence .
5 A contrary view is that ‘ Marx united Romantic and working-class protest with the Jewish Messianic tradition to make them powerful elements in his ‘ scientific ’ socialism' .
6 I am not going to make my usual complaint about words not in my dictionary , for this novel seems to demand ‘ hard ’ words .
7 ‘ Tomorrow morning , ’ he said , ‘ I have to make my closing speech in defence of a man who is on a murder charge , and whom I know for certain to be innocent .
8 Before long I was posted and had sadly to make my reluctant goodbyes to Yolande .
9 ‘ From now on I want to make my own way in the world , be independent . ’
10 The principles on which recovery and success have been based are those which , like so many others , I first began to understand for myself when I was growing up and trying to make my own way in the world .
11 Then I decided I was going to make my own choices from now on .
12 But I 'd eluded them before and I could again , I told myself , almost jauntily , as I ambled into the bar that I decided to make my last stop for the night .
13 With time , and the development of physical and mental abilities , babies are able to make their first moves towards independence .
14 ‘ If anyone decided to make their political statement by shooting at an English cricketer , after Gower at the toss , I was the next Englishman to be involved on the field .
15 Then we waited , as the ships ahead of us lifted off one at a time to make their laborious way through the Valve 's exit security process .
16 Meridian fell apart on the penalties and Woodmill went through to make their fourth appearance in the final .
17 According to the government , clearly agreed local arrangements should enable individual general practitioners to make their full contribution to the new system of community care without getting involved in extra bureaucracy .
18 The research design distinguishes between teachers ' perceptions of their formal obligations and constraints , both within the institution and more broadly within the education system , their self-imposed ‘ moral ’ responsibility and the extent to which they feel free to make their own decisions as autonomous professionals .
19 People could be left to make their own decisions with no greater subsidy than is available to farming in general .
20 17.58 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 9 should be encouraged to make their own decisions about the appropriate length for a piece of work and to recognise that there can be merit in brevity .
21 It is much more satisfactory , as the Annan Committee on the Future of Television pointed out , for the IBA to leave television stations to make their own decisions about transmission , and to criticise them subsequently if their decisions are mistaken .
22 We have been asked to boycott 16 frozen fish lines but we believe customers have the right to make their own decisions about the products they buy .
23 The law might be seen to seek a balance between paternalism and liberation , accepting that whilst advancement of the autonomy interests of children to make their own decisions in respect of their own lives is an appropriate aim of the law , some restrictions are necessary to enable children to progress safely to maturity .
24 With the border opening looking increasingly doubtful in the week preceding Aug. 13 , members of several South Korean dissident groups attempted to make their own way to Panmunjom but were turned back at police roadblocks .
25 Both students , they had been well equipped and managed to make their own way off the mountain .
26 Two hundred to make their own way in the world .
27 The money from the sale of the products is put into a trust fund , so that when the youngsters leave at the age of sixteen to make their own way in the world they have the means to purchase a flock of sheep or a horse and cart , giving them a vital start in whatever activity they take up .
28 The anti-hunt lobby , likening the pastime to murder … the pro-hunt supporters demanding the freedom to deal with vermin … and tenant farmers who rent their land from the council and want to make their own decision about any ban .
29 And students are expected to make their own responses to what is put in their way .
30 This problem of balance can be alleviated if students are left to make their own choice of what to take from orientation , by giving them access to self-instructional media like self-guided tours , self-instructional tape-slides and audio-tapes etc .
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