Example sentences of "made it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were old traditions of Swiss independence , but the new cohesion given to the Confederation by constitutional changes in 1848 and 1874 almost made it a new nation . |
| 2 | It made it a cosy scene , an effect enhanced by the glow of several candles placed in tall sconces against the wall . |
| 3 | This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt 's engine to provide rotary motion . |
| 4 | Emeralds were sometimes used in their natural form as hexagonal crystals , but their comparative softness made it a simple matter to rub them smooth and set them en cabochon . |
| 5 | The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 made it a legal requirement for Police Authorities to maintain consultative arrangements on behalf of the local community . |
| 6 | In retrospect , Ceauşescu 's first important meeting with a Western head of state on equal terms took place in circumstances which made it a curious anticipation of his own downfall . |
| 7 | There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story . |
| 8 | The fact that a scheme could be contrived that made it a working possibility for the majority of the disabled to acquire a motor car of their choice and to finance the purchase , including insurance and repair , from the allowance , was a staggering revelation to economists and particularly to the socialists of the time who regarded private enterprise as the kiss of death . |
| 9 | The fertile soil made it a grain-surplus area , in contrast to Belorussia and the north-west in general . |
| 10 | Celtic pressed forward — and Collins made it a memorable night for them when he shot the third goal eleven minutes from time . |
| 11 | Boro 's magnificent performance , and the backing of their fans , made it a memorable night , on which they were also denied by the fingertips of Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel , who made a superb save from Willie Falconer in extra time . |
| 12 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 13 | Er they had a lock , made it a good lock and sent it to all the clients and this is what we can supply , and it used to meet the needs of clients and they 'd er they 'd erm buy it and it kept them in business , you see what I mean ? |
| 14 | Inflation made it a negligible amount , in any case . ’ |
| 15 | The Italians made it a central part of their defence arrangements because of its fine natural harbour , and erected barracks to house 20,000 soldiers . |
| 16 | Team mate Ricardo Patrese came in second , while Michael Schumacher of the Witney-based Benetton team made it a Central South hat-trick . |
| 17 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |
| 18 | It is necessary to examine the idea of coalitionism and the political forces that made it a powerful alternative before considering its direct impact on the Unionist party . |
| 19 | Sampson added that the gambling city 's ability to put on major events and Caesars ' commitment to the World Cup made it a logical choice over Orlando and Phoenix , the two other cities that had hoped to win . |
| 20 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 21 | This made it a no-go area for the Hong Kong police and it developed into a warren of opium dens and criminal hideouts . |
| 22 | Richards argued that the suburb 's slow accretion of detail made it a contemporary form of vernacular architecture , in the picturesque tradition . |
| 23 | My Lords , the code which first made it a criminal offence to drive a motor vehicle with an amount of alcohol in the body exceeding a fixed statutory limit ( introduced by the Road Safety Act 1967 and re-enacted in the consolidating Road Traffic Act 1972 ) was found in course of judicial construction to have been drafted in a way which afforded to many drunken drivers a variety of wholly unmeritorious avenues of escape from conviction . |
| 24 | The Boer War brought the first murmurs of coalitionism , a sense of national crisis brought the first attempt to form a coalition , and the advent of the First World War made it a practical possibility . |
| 25 | The section , introduced last July — less than two weeks before the accident — made it a specific offence for a driver to cause death by careless driving and while over the drink-drive limit . |
| 26 | Students from Camberwell made it a regular haunt . |
| 27 | ( Paul Du Noyer 21/1/84 — who made it a joint Single Of The Week along with Cyndi Lauper 's ‘ Girls Just Want To Have Fun ’ and Echo And The Bunnymen 's ‘ The Killing Moon ’ ) |
| 28 | That made it a perfect victim for the advance loans ' fraud . |
| 29 | The nationalization acts creating public corporations usually made it a statutory requirement for such machinery to be set up , although the form and details were left to the parties . |
| 30 | The slippery track made it a follow-the-leader procession in most of the 15 races with the visitors from Denmark 's Super League uncertain in the early stages and the Boro 's new look team sliding to defeat as they lost their grip in the final six heats . |