Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [vb infin] make the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the additional money is spent on training nurses , it is important that every effort be made to retain their services over a much longer period , which may involve making the terms and conditions more flexible for women returning to work . |
| 2 | Wittgenstein uses another illustration which may help to make the point clearer , the familiar ‘ duck-rabbit ’ . |
| 3 | Once the film has stopped I want you to think of things which could occur to make the situation dangerous to you as the driver of the car . |
| 4 | While Elisabeth concentrated unswervingly on chewing , regretting the absence of a serrated steak-knife , which would have made the cutting of the meat into very small slices so much easier , Mitzi was intent upon communication . |
| 5 | The artillery officer wondered why no one had thought to blow up the bridge which crossed the River Sambre in the centre of the town , but he supposed there must be fords close to Charleroi which would have made the destruction of the fine stone bridge into a futile and even petulant gesture . |
| 6 | Warner had added with casual precision which would have made the Gestapo rage in frustration if they had intercepted it : ‘ The bomb landed at deep mid-on , bowling from the Nursery end . ’ |
| 7 | The Select Committee , packed by the government with its own supporters , was now expected by Huskisson , President of the Board of Trade , to approve a Bill drafted by the shipowning interest which would have made the organising of trade unions , and even friendly societies , virtually impossible . |
| 8 | Thirteen would have been unable to cope with the elimination regimen for social reasons or because of poor understanding , eight had tight small intestinal strictures , and eight were on high dose steroids ( both of which would have made the results difficult to interpret ) , four refused , two were treated for postoperative fistulas , two were pregnant , and one was treated for extensive pyoderma gangrenosum and had no gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 9 | When looking at a narrative design , the possibilities of obtaining different perspectives are especially significant : it is precisely the lack of a wide border which would have made the story of the Dido and Aeneas mosaic , from Low Ham , Som. , so hard to follow . |
| 10 | Engineers , whose prime objective had been to maximise net revenue , originally had put forward four proposals for the upgrading of the junction , all of which would have made the head-on collision of two trains on a single-track section of line outside the station impossible . |