Example sentences of "to make the [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until you have worked out your long-term plans , you have no option but to make the best of existing buildings which may or may not suit your immediate requirements . |
| 2 | This at least allows you to make the best of poor job ; a package which only works at the screen resolution could be a fifth the quality , or worse . |
| 3 | In complete contrast on windless days it is a case of using your ingenuity to make the best of favourable currents and limited sail capacity . |
| 4 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 5 | A good varied diet and suitable water conditions are essential to make the best of this beautiful fish . |
| 6 | To make the most of beneficial planetary influences had been a principal object of Marsilio Ficino ( 1433–99 ) , one of the first scholars to give the practice of magic the semblance of respectability . |
| 7 | Here , ants and fungi race to make the most of good , organic matter and the rotting trunks themselves play host to an assortment of bright green epiphytes . |
| 8 | REPLY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF ALL THE PRIZE-WINNING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED YOU ! |
| 9 | Reply NOW to make the most of all the opportunities offered to you ! |
| 10 | Okay , well I did try to motivate them , motivate them to make the most of each person 's individual skills . |
| 11 | To make the most of fragrant flowers such as these sweetly scented golden and white freesias and white lilies , display them by massing the flowers closely together in side-by-side containers . |
| 12 | The vicar fiddled with one of the knobs and the church was deafened with ‘ How to make the most of Tinned Foods ’ , before it was hurriedly turned off . |
| 13 | For years British families have revelled in fleeting visits to the Continental sea-ports to make the most of cheap supplies . |
| 14 | In this essay I have tried to make the most of one such region — in which the connection between one 's everyday experience of bodily sensations and one 's conception of the relation of body and mind seems fairly plain : to accept the James-type account , and the general conceptual background of which it is a symptom , is to deny one 's everyday experience of the difference between a pain in one 's foot and a pain in one 's stomach . |
| 15 | Thus the imperatives for Europe are and will remain , to lower oil dependence , to achieve a better balanced diversity of supplies , to make the most of indigenous supplies where they are economical and to continue the drive to greater energy efficiency . |
| 16 | When I left and went to teach in war-torn London , I knew I had been right to make the most of those precious two years . |
| 17 | It is also wise to make the most of any planned concessions by using them to achieve a notable reduction in tension , thereby making it more likely that the seller will reciprocate . |
| 18 | The British , however , were determined to make the most of any argument or " agreement " to protect their " independent " deterrent , especially as Macmillan — quite apart from any strategic calculation — insisted that his own political position and that of his government would be put at risk if Britain were deprived of this great-power symbol . |
| 19 | We expect you to make the most of these opportunities which exist within the Ministry of Defence , the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Transport . |
| 20 | This makes it very difficult for predators to multiply their numbers in order to make the most of these periodic gluts . |
| 21 | As military obligations were the only visible tie between Rome and the allies , Rome had to make the most of these obligations lest they became meaningless or , worse , lest the allied armies turn against Rome . |
| 22 | To make the most of overlapping , then , the following metamorphoses are essential : |
| 23 | Finally , to make the most of this tour , groups will never be larger than twenty people , or smaller than twelve people . |
| 24 | Apply today to make the most of this special offer . |
| 25 | Speaking about the deal , Senseless Things manager Adrian Boss told NME : ‘ We want to make the most of this deal and maximise the opportunities that come along with having a worldwide deal . |
| 26 | Clarke said : ‘ Joining Bath has changed my career and I aim to make the most of this chance . ’ |
| 27 | The first characteristic of any mammal that seeks to make the most of this abundant harvest is sufficient lightness to climb and move about among the slenderest and highest branches . |
| 28 | The duty officer was DC Holman , a local man , young enough to be ambitious and anxious to make the most of this chance to work with the crime squad . |
| 29 | So he 'll be anxious to make the most of this unexpected opportunity . |
| 30 | By l , 227,000 votes to l , 083,000 he was allowed to speak , but by general agreement failed to make the most of this opportunity . |