Example sentences of "which make the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an attitude like this which made the individual transfer to community relations in the first place , as all those in Easton 's Community Relations Unit did , one even from the Traffic Branch . |
| 2 | Even in western Europe it was normal for boundaries between states to be overlain by a mass of traditional rights , claims to exercise jurisdiction or to collect dues and taxes of various kinds , which made the modern idea of a frontier scarcely applicable . |
| 3 | In the saleroom was a crush of the fashionable of Amsterdam , faces straight out of the portraits of Ochterveldt and Rembrandt , echoing the 17th century prosperity which made the Dutch bourgeoisie the richest in Europe . |
| 4 | Averaging of this kind was first done at the National Hospital in London in the 1940s by George Dawson , initially using a technique of photographic superimposition and then later a system of addition using banks of condensers , but it was the electronic processing and computing power of the 1960s and 1970s which made the accurate timing of these averaged potentials possible , resulting in a rapid expansion in ERP research . |
| 5 | Long hours of sedentary work were linked to the consumption which made the poor tailor the " wretched emblem of death " . |
| 6 | Although Libyans recognized that many members of tribes were ‘ written ’ , or attached in other ways , the central notion was that the loyalties and obligations which made the stateless system work were part of a person 's equipment at birth . |
| 7 | Watson also deserves credit for lifting the veil from Braidwood 's secret teaching methods by publishing after Braidwood 's death in 1806 a book entitled The Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb : or a theoretical and practical view of the means by which they are taught to speak and understand a language , which made the early technique of such teaching in this country public knowledge . |
| 8 | A respondent from a large practice took the pragmatic view that it was only a matter of time before a computer fraud took place on a scale which made the current level of claims pale into insignificance , making the introduction of a cap imperative . |
| 9 | Eustace said Philips was ‘ about two-thirds dependent on Europe ’ which made the continent-wide recession a potentially serious drag on results . |
| 10 | ‘ Whoever it was that took her never spoke a word the whole time , which made the whole experience worse . |
| 11 | IT IS more than 20 years since the novelist C P Snow delivered his Rede Lecture , The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution , and 20 since F R Leavis delivered his swingeing assault on Snow , which made the whole thing a subject of violent controversy , adding somewhat to the gaiety of that small part of the nation interested in academic ding-dong . |
| 12 | He snorted through his nose instead of laughing , and emitted a curious whistling sound , reminding her of his snoring at night , which made the whole room vibrate and set ornaments rattling . |
| 13 | That night , as she waited for the band to strike up her opening music , Rory felt none of the usual tingle of anticipation which made the whole business of singing so pleasurable . |
| 14 | Better Schools , which made the definitive statement on this general review , discussed teacher appraisal in the context of the management of the teaching force . |
| 15 | The different budgets maintained by health and local authorities which made the desired shift in resources from health to social services difficult to organize . |
| 16 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 17 | I just let out a giggle of disbelief which made the old gecko who ran the class flutter his ruff at me in disapproval ; I calmed him with a quip and continued the negotiations with my round and financially tenacious new chum . |
| 18 | The film sticks to the same ‘ kid beats dumb robbers ’ formula which made the original Home Alone the third-highest grossing movie of all time and top comedy with takings of over £330 million worldwide . |
| 19 | ( c ) Variation and discharge of orders An application to extend , vary or discharge an existing order must be made to the court which made the original order . |
| 20 | Application must be made on form CHA 28 to the court which made the original order . |
| 21 | An application for variation or discharge must be made to the court which made the original order . |
| 22 | Application for extension must be made on form CHA 49 to the court which made the original order . |
| 23 | Application must be made on form CHA 28 to the court which made the original order . |
| 24 | Application must be made on form CHA 55 to the court which made the original order . |
| 25 | With his precision of line , careful musicality and swift little steps close to the ground , Shaw , in ballets like Les Rendezvous , embodied everything that was best about Ashton 's choreography and which made the Royal Ballet unique . |
| 26 | The diatom analysis was sensitive enough to pick up land use changes : lake records detected pollen change , showing variation in vegetation , but it was the coincidence of the onset of acidification with the industrial revolution , its rapid acceleration after the Second World War when the consumption of fossil fuels leapt up , and the appearance of industrial metals , which made the conclusive link . |
| 27 | This year 's blow to the NBA came in July : the EC Court of First Instance rejected the Publishers Association 's appeal against the 1988 decision , which made the interstate application of the NBA illegal . |
| 28 | The economic and political complexities of European history which made the brutal exploitation of native South American Indians so attractive to Spain need not be gone into here , but in the silver mines Rose of Lima saw , at first hand , one of the most squalid examples of materialism and petty colonialism , and also one of the most defeated and culturally mutilated people that history offers us . |
| 29 | They are accustomed to presentations that are professionally , even slickly , performed , and which make the average class lesson seem amateur , especially in the use of communication aids such as graphics , film clips and animated cartoons . |
| 30 | For the time being let us remove two other misunderstandings which make the above conclusion appear paradoxical . |