Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] make the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one then thinks of cross-tabulations of the users by sex , age , marital status , social class and so on , the proliferation of possible data makes the mind boggle . |
| 2 | The system of direct democracy made the Soviet immediately responsive to the mood of rank-and-file workers . |
| 3 | Be that as it may , millions of old people make the necessary adjustment . |
| 4 | The ravages of time had caused pieces to break away here and there , so that newer patches of different grey made the whole affair appear shabbier than ever . |
| 5 | The logic of individual rationality makes the arms race game theoretically stable , even though it makes no sense as a joint choice by the two players . |
| 6 | Perhaps the remarkable technological fertility of the physics of mechanical model-building made the illusion of finality more tempting . |
| 7 | A series of limited interests makes the alienation of the land very difficult , and , if skilfully done , impossible . |
| 8 | German seems to be generally more conjunctive than English The use of explicit conjunction makes the structure of the text more transparent . |
| 9 | The research aims to show how the requirements of mass social and economic mobilisation associated with the Five Year Plan and the epoch of socialist construction made the need for political control more urgent . |
| 10 | An array of permanent magnets of alternating polarity makes the electron beam wiggle in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field ( ie horizontal in Fig. 1 ) . |
| 11 | Their manipulation of parliamentary elections made the Galician constituencies among the most easily manageable in liberal Spain . |
| 12 | Dining out The character and wide range of flavours of Scotch Whiskies make the perfect companion to a meal , taken as an aperitif — either straight , or with water or soda , or with a variety of mixers , with or without ice … taken during a meal … and taken as the perfect after-dinner drink . |
| 13 | Apart from the attractiveness of the flowers , the fleshy , leathery , circular or oval leaves of diverse coloration make the water-lily a favourite plant to be kept in the heated and unheated aquarium . |
| 14 | But within the first interpretation of the term , many authors have emphasized how the increase in the number of legal statutes makes the law impractical to apply in every case , so that Sheehe has calculated that only one offence in every 7,600 is detected ( see Dix and Layzell 1983 : 7 ) . |
| 15 | This mental health orientation leads to a more pessimistic outlook on patient needs — they not only require treatment , but it is assumed that it must be compulsory — and there is a tendency towards a ‘ presumption of risk ’ — that the presence of mental illness makes the situation inherently risky . |
| 16 | Mr Major , leading a group of Prime Ministers to make the announcement , was aware of the need to engage France rather than antagonize it . |
| 17 | Family planning practice as made possible by an operation such as vasectomy or tubeligation , or the use of physical contraceptives makes the prevention of birth explicit and deliberate . |
| 18 | Note how stylistically important they are : the background of informal approximation makes the speaker 's point really stand out , when he wants to be precise , as in all 92 , and 22 games . |
| 19 | I am not arguing that the lack of feminist analysis makes the accounts unsatisfactory , but rather that indisputable facts are actually withheld and half of society is virtually ignored . |
| 20 | He was the first son of Northern Dancer to make the grade on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 21 | The field-grey of the Wehrmacht and a new generation of military heroes made the brown-shirted Party functionaries stand out in even more unattractive light than before the war . |
| 22 | He ran 1m 49.87s on Saturday and improved by more than two seconds in the heat of final competition to make the medal podium in 1m 47.53s in a race won by Yorkshire 's Martin Steele . |
| 23 | In the absence of other voices making the same moral argument sufficiently loudly , we should perhaps be grateful to hear it from the very heart of the establishment . |
| 24 | Pericles also led an expedition to the Black Sea ( early 430s ? ) , a display of Athenian power to make the corn-route safer ( p. 41 ) . |
| 25 | The chapter focuses on the effect on this pattern of recent efforts to make the enterprises more ‘ commercially oriented ’ . |
| 26 | Although I had had a substantial measure of success , it was a back-breaking activity : it involved the pouring of oceans of hypocritical praise on the undeserving ; attributing powers of discernment and discrimination to the ignorant and myopic ; and only occasionally striking gold in the form of sufficient understanding to make the toil of persuasion unnecessary . |
| 27 | The West and the Soviet Union have for years , with the enthusiastic help of local rulers made the entire region one of catastrophically high expenditure on arms . |
| 28 | Appointments to these posts were in the gift of the monarch on either side , but the power of local lords made the choice a foregone conclusion in most instances if the said lords wished to serve , which was not always the case . |
| 29 | Notice that the presence of positive feedback makes the speed of switching independent of the rate of change of the input potential . |