Example sentences of "to make it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I try to make it a therapeutic education process for the abductees as well .
2 It is only when you take the courage to look at yourself and your life — without judgement , without prejudice — that you can decide to make it a new life .
3 The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year .
4 Although ComputerEasy Draw is more basic than the more expensive packages , you wo n't be paying for a lot of functions that you will rarely or never use , and it 's certainly rich enough in features to make it a worthwhile investment for most everyday drawing requirements .
5 His parents ' cottage was restored to make it a suitable birthplace for such a great man .
6 Team captain Murphy grabbed a first half hat-trick and added a fourth 15 minutes from the end to make it a great day for the Derry boys .
7 He can be assured , if that is so , that even those who disagreed with his decision will work together to make it a great success .
8 In the period after 1986 , many of those guesses were in the form of leveraged buy-outs , the use of debt finance to buy a firm from its existing shareholders and to make it a private company .
9 Projects include : expanding the Museum to make it a live wartime HQ with ‘ operational briefings ’ being given to visitors ; Bomb aimer 's simulator ; air gunner 's simulator ; intelligence room ; crash recovery room ; building a memorial garden which will be dedicated to Canada ; refurbishing and fitting-out the Great North Road 's most famous landmark , the Grand Old Duke of York 's ‘ Temple ’ , as a memorial chapel to those who died serving in 6 Group .
10 The kid comes out hard , apparently wanting to make it a real fight .
11 And while his mother may have forgotten Dublin and his father , who had given his life to make it a better place for his children to live in , Patrick had not .
12 This project aims to analyse the business and social composition of London at that crucial stage of its development , and so to make it a substantial contribution towards our understanding of the emergence of the modern British state and its economy .
13 Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) .
14 Ace Barton , world champion and on present form looking likely to make it a second time .
15 TWO schoolboy boxers , Joe Ainscough and Tony Maguire , helped to make it a successful night for Kirkdale ABC by outpointing their opponents , J.Addison ( Tuebrook ) and A.Khaliq ( Bradford ) respectively , at their club 's final show of the season at The Mons , Bootle .
16 Joyce Hitchcock and Doreen Hunt , who both teach in this Boro , thank the team and class members who took part , helping to make it a successful evening .
17 They have softened the room with cushions and tartan throws , to make it a cosy base for the family over Christmas .
18 ‘ If the EC decides to make it a vulnerable zone under the directive the Department of Agriculture will be required to do something about it , ’ he said .
19 For example , if we have strings of four 6-bit characters : Show how the above translate instruction could process this result string to make it a digit-by.digit sum to a non-binary base .
20 Its heyday was round about the 1930s and not all that many pure examples of it are being published today , though there are enough to make it a possible type of book to write if you are strongly inclined this way .
21 It is prone to shrinking and should be pre-shrunk during the manufacture to make it a good buy .
22 Fortunately there was enough left to make it a good movie .
23 Mr. Sturge in his argument has maintained that such a lease would be valid , and that , even if the term is uncertain at its beginning when the lease takes effect , the fact that at some future time it will be rendered certain is sufficient to make it a good lease .
24 We do not know what the consultants originally said when they first produced a draft for the promoter , and what they were then asked to add afterwards to make it a little more toothsome for the promoters , to make it a safer version of the environmental impact assessment .
25 It seems to have been invented by Exekias , and there are a few late black figure and early red-figure examples , but Euphronios is the first to make it a regular vehicle for major work .
26 They are suggesting that you put country sports with child abuse and drink driving , to make it a criminal offence .
27 It 's now proposing to make it a criminal offence to park a caravan on land without consent .
28 The National Association of the Self-employed and Small Businesses wants to make it a criminal offence to issue cheques that are returned unpaid because no funds are available in the drawer 's account .
29 The Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill seeks to make it a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any wild animal and , in particular , to outlaw all hunting with dogs and the use of all snares .
30 Midwives at delivery of a baby for adoption need to think about how to make it a positive event , and this may be achieved by liaising with the adoption agency and possibly offering the mother a cuddle with her baby or a photo .
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