Example sentences of "made [pron] [adj] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the assembly 's system of apportioning positions on committees and on the 26 standing delegations to foreign parliaments , mathematical logic made it inevitable that far-right members would receive a few sensitive posts . |
| 2 | The timing made it inevitable that corporal punishment , nowhere mentioned in the Bill , should dominate the debates , and it did . |
| 3 | My tapestries and books were turning into pitch-thick smoke , and the heat , from which I had hitherto been protected , it seems , by the initial surge of adrenalin through my body , now made it plain that this was the last window of opportunity for effecting a dignified , if empty-handed , exit . |
| 4 | Betty 's classroom practice changed whilst she worked with the advisory teacher , but the lack of congruence between her beliefs about mathematics and about how children learn and those behind the innovation , made it unlikely that such changes would be sustained once he left . |
| 5 | Mr Cameron said the Home Secretary appeared ‘ mystified ’ about the pay formula but made it clear that 1.5 per cent was the maximum rise available . |
| 6 | In July Kaifu made it clear that Japanese aid to the Soviet Union would not be forthcoming while the dispute remained outstanding . |
| 7 | The judgment on the News International ban made it clear that political censorship , at least , could be fought effectively , and the basis for the defence against censorship was the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 . |
| 8 | Than Tun continued to call for a national government but made it clear that armed struggle was , for the present , not envisaged . |
| 9 | Israel made it clear that such development would be primarily in social and welfare spheres , and would not include any kind of economic development which ran contrary to its interests . |
| 10 | When my hon. Friend the Minister made it clear that such a student would be invisible , that a student returning for the summer holidays would not affect that household , I was not sure whether the hon. Lady was pleased or angry . |
| 11 | The Russian law on citizenship , adopted in November 1991 , extended that privilege not only to the population of the Russian Federation but also to those living in other republics who requested it , and the Russian defence minister , Pavel Grachev , made it clear that fellow nationals would be defended ‘ wherever they live ’ ; Vice-President Rutskoi called more directly for recognition of the Dnestr republic , and the Foreign Ministry intervened when it appeared that the civil rights of Russian speakers in the newly independent Baltic republics were being infringed . |
| 12 | Her owner died , and she was living rough , so when she bounced into our kitchen and made it clear that that was where she wanted to stay in it was hard to turn her out , even though Fizzy finds a young and very playful cat rather a trial . |
| 13 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that , although the definition of ‘ family proceedings ’ in section 8 of the Children Act 1989 did not specifically refer to the provisions in Part III of the Act , the section was to be read with section 92(2) of the Act which made it clear that all applications to the justices under the Act were family proceedings ; that , accordingly , the application to the justices for a secure accommodation order under section 25 in Part III of the Act were family proceedings ; and that , therefore , the statements of evidence and the psychiatrist 's report should have been admitted in evidence in accordance with the provisions of the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 ( post , pp. 91E–G , H — 92A ) . |
| 14 | It will accelerate moves towards quality labelling and higher standards , and despite the sensationalising of what is in fact a minor problem , Watchdog emphasised the good points of fishkeeping , showed an attractive tank and made it clear that one family at least had not been put off fishkeeping by their mishap . |
| 15 | The Eleventh Plenum of the Comintern , early in 1931 , made it clear that social democracy was to be regarded as the main enemy . |
| 16 | The receiver has gone in at only the parent company , and Sharp yesterday made it clear that seven of its 15 operating subsidiaries were going concerns . |
| 17 | He also made it clear that any thoughts of topping the 221 mark are being put firmly on the back burner , with the fastest 100 , set last year in mid-December , his next target . |
| 18 | His expression made it clear that any man or boy unlucky enough not to find another situation need not expect any sympathy : his place would have been filled . |
| 19 | Brezhnev himself , addressing the Polish party congress in November 1968 , made it clear that any threat to the socialist order in a given country would be considered ‘ not only a problem of the people of the country in question , but a general problem and concern of all the socialist countries ’ . |
| 20 | He questioned the whole process of " throwaway " non-binding Senate resolutions , and made it clear that any further resolutions on the Middle East and Jerusalem would be subject to serious examination . |
| 21 | It was eager to play down its close links with Israel in order not to alienate potential Arab supporters , and made it clear that any Israeli military involvement in the crisis would cause a radical shift in the already unstable Arab ranks , possibly leading a number of those currently allied to the USA to side with Iraq . |
| 22 | His tone made it clear that further interruptions would be neither welcome nor wise . |
| 23 | The only area health board which provided a written policy statement on health education in schools made it clear that direct pupil contact was not part of its role . |
| 24 | The Native people acknowledged the apology , but made it clear that cultural oppression still prevails in many parts of North America . |
| 25 | Regrettably , a House of Lords decision in the early years of this century made it clear that wrongful dismissal compensation will not cover either : |
| 26 | At the start of my current relationship , I made it clear that sexual exclusivity was important to me . |
| 27 | She also made it clear that Conductive Education is not the only method , and admitted that other methods are used with success . |
| 28 | In the slow introduction Tennstedt made it clear that this was to be a reading of high , dramatic contrasts , and that led to an account of the Vivace which with its sprung rhythms kept relaxing into pastoral moments without loss of pace or power . |
| 29 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 30 | Although he talked about how ‘ we , as communists , essentially intend to work in harmony with nature ’ , he made it clear that this meant ‘ understanding and controlling the laws of nature … to place them at man 's service ’ . |