Example sentences of "it make [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did it make inessential demands on the teacher ? 12 . |
| 2 | Also , it made extra work for the cook . |
| 3 | At the meeting the SOC finally ceased its efforts to amend the UN draft plan so that it made explicit mention of " genocide " , in reference to the appalling human rights record of the Khmer Rouge government of the late 1970s . |
| 4 | The creation of the autonomous region had been opposed by the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNFL ) , the largest of the separatist guerrilla organizations , on the grounds that it made insufficient concessions to Moslem autonomy and failed to meet the terms of the 1976 Tripoli Accord [ see p. 28440 ] . |
| 5 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 6 | It made pre-tax profits of 95.3 billion roubles in the year ending on January 1st 1993 ( $141m , at the average exchange rate for 1992 ) . |
| 7 | In 1992 it made pre-tax profits of £4.6m on sales of £80m . |
| 8 | Brewin was sold to management by Scandinavian Bank for about £6 million last year , when it made pre-tax profits of £1.4 million on turnover of £14.4 million . |
| 9 | However , I 'm not sure it had much choice in the matter , given that it made great efforts in the 70s and 80s to change its image from an ineffective amateur body into a responsible and professional organisation . |
| 10 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 11 | It made brilliant use of a difficult site and united station and thoroughfare in a most satisfying way . |
| 12 | It made good use of two colours and presented a clear financial summary showing how each pound of income was used . |
| 13 | It made short work of our Windows performance tests , WinTach , clocking up an impressive index of over 9.3 . |
| 14 | The Commission 's report was perhaps the turning point , for while it paid respect to the management it found ‘ to be totally dedicated to the railway with a high degree of pride in the service which came before financial reward in importance ’ , it made thought-provoking recommendations about management style and the need to set clearer financial objectives . |
| 15 | When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed Protocols 2 and 3 to the Nuclear Free Zone Treaty , it made interpretive statements of its commitments . |
| 16 | The natural habitat is the coastal waters of West Africa between the Rivers Senegal and Congo , where it makes occasional excursions into freshwater . |
| 17 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
| 18 | It makes superb cheese on toast because it melts very easily . |
| 19 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 20 | In the case of cathedrals , it makes increasing demands upon their resources , and the cost of their music is very high . |
| 21 | A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world . |
| 22 | It makes specific points under the section on schools : |
| 23 | It makes extensive use of CLI commands . |
| 24 | That argument has to rest on the principle that it makes other owners of Utterly Dependables feel better if everyone has one ! |
| 25 | It is least successful when it makes stereotypical assumptions about women : that they behave in certain ways because they are mothers , or because they do n't work outside the home , for example . |
| 26 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |
| 27 | It makes good sense for housing associations to buy several houses in adjoining streets for ease of monitoring and staff support . |
| 28 | This need not be a problem , especially as each will have a different approach to the same material , but it makes obvious sense on many counts if the teachers are each prepared for this by consultation . ) |
| 29 | It generates paper in sickening profusion ; it makes unconscionable demands on the heroes of the piece , the thirteen or fourteen hundred volunteers drawn mainly from ‘ that two-handed engine ’ we pompously call the binary system of higher education … but with all its faults the system works . |
| 30 | But it makes commercial sense for them to respond to pressure . |