Example sentences of "of [noun] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This group of comics makes depressing reading indeed , because there is very little interest shown in scientific/technological reality . |
| 2 | Disabled people 's main aim may be just to create art , but for many the current scale of discrimination makes that goal unreachable . |
| 3 | However , he does indicate that he would not approve of attempts to make ethical debate entirely a rational affair even to the extent that that is possible . |
| 4 | The history of the poor law between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries was one of attempts to make this formula work — for local initiative with broad guidelines laid down centrally — despite social changes . |
| 5 | New ways of printing make unforeseen demands upon an old face , while at the same time giving the typographer scope to design problems away . |
| 6 | By the 1660s all the islands were committed to sugar and the white planters were taking drastic steps to prevent their white employees from leaving the islands and tilting the population balance still further towards the black slaves , but this of course made white employees all the more determined to avoid going to the West Indies . |
| 7 | A third party may of course make diplomatic representations or bring pressure to bear upon a State to perform what it perceives to be that State 's treaty obligations with another State , although such action is likely to be resented as unwarranted interference in external affairs . |
| 8 | We must of course make full allowance for the disappearance of the most important historical sources of the third century B.C. Hieronymus of Cardia is likely to have given a precise account of the Celtic events of 280–275 B.C. Later Phylarchus continued the story . |
| 9 | The merger has been on the cards for some time and of course makes perfect sense . |
| 10 | Under the presidential ruling , industry would no longer be required to give public notice of plans to make minor changes to plant operations which might result in an increase of polluting emissions . |
| 11 | Adjustment for risk factors known before the start of labour made little difference to perinatal mortality rates , but such differences that occurred were in the expected direction . |
| 12 | The low cost of living makes such evenings a real pleasure . |
| 13 | The incredibly low cost of living makes such evenings a real pleasure . |
| 14 | That the Board of Review made this assumption appears also from the reference in their first determination to the profits accruing to the taxpayer from the fees derived from the sub-licencing being sourced in the countries to which the sub-licences related . |
| 15 | If such statutory clauses were ever intended to reflect the common law ( and this is not clear ) , the dichotomy drawn within them between the two heads of review makes little sense in light of the expansion of non-statutory review . |
| 16 | The whole process of review makes considerable demands ( Bell 1988:231 ) : the aim is to produce internal school development rather than to provide a mechanism for external accountability . |
| 17 | Unfortunately the statement of Balassa made some years ago still remains true , " there exists no wholly satisfactory way of measuring the effect of a customs union or free trade area on trade flows . |
| 18 | Only Swimmer of Lakes made any sound , a restless snorting , an anxious pawing at the ground . |
| 19 | The Immigration Acts with their strict control of entry made frequent trips to and from Britain impossible . |
| 20 | Armed with sticks and bottles and bare fists the sturdy folk of Sinkport made short work of their opponents , and Aunt Clarabel herself ended the contest by knocking Cut-throat Jake senseless with a rolling-pin . |
| 21 | Only a fraction of readers make regular use of the reservation service . |
| 22 | That old-fashioned , risky art-historical game of influences makes more sense than usual here . |
| 23 | Moreover , as counsel for the respondent pointed out , in my view correctly , the law of defamation makes adequate provision by the principle adopted in respect of fair comment to protect those who make legitimate critical comments on matters of public interest . |
| 24 | There is a permanent element of uncertainty built into the situation , which undermines the willingness of administrators to make long-range commitments or plan for flexibility . |
| 25 | Last month the Law Society of Scotland made six staff redundant and yesterday its secretary , Ken Pritchard , said that it was concerned about the impact of the economic slump on the profession . |
| 26 | Equally , one could accuse the Scottish Office of not having sufficient knowledge of Scotland to make correct decisions . |
| 27 | It is the purpose of premises to make sense of something and the purpose of evidences to make solid sense of it . |
| 28 | It was a curious affair — the takeover offer was not from another shipping company , but from the Ingard property group , a network of companies making speculative deals in land , controlled by the financier Desmond Ingard . |
| 29 | Be a bit wary of companies making wonderful promises in their ads which they do n't look capable of fulfiling . |
| 30 | Different patterns of work made different demands on the family . |