Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] makes [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mira herself makes several appearances , both in the first and the third persons , before also discovering that her name is on the list as the delegate from Amalgamemnon , whereupon she too ‘ dies ’ .
2 But , as several dealers told The Art Newspaper , waiving exhibition fees is a concession which makes little difference if a gallery can not make sufficient sales to recoup costs estimated at £10,000–40,000 for taking stock and staff to Madrid .
3 It is seen by the government as a measure which makes more people pay directly for local services and which will increase local accountability .
4 Indeed , as we shall see later , a rise in total output accompanied by a change in the distribution of income which makes some people better off and others worse off can not necessarily be interpreted as an improvement in the country 's living standards .
5 The very flexibility which makes these machines attractive provides a danger to a profession which relies on unalterable evidence .
6 I can remember one unfortunate teacher , faced with a whole class engaged in this feat , saying with a very red face , ‘ Any girl who makes that noise will have an order mark ! ’
7 And its the sorting which makes all money .
8 But it is the sad worldliness of the backstage banter which makes this play so interesting .
9 But within the fields of the subtle tattwas comprising the inner energetic format , matrix or tapestry which makes each creature what it is , each one also possesses subtle perceptive abilities , just as we do .
10 Bains believed ‘ that the advice of officers must be available wherever the effective decisions are taken and if it is the party group which makes those decisions then a way must be found of making the officers ’ advice available ’ ( Bains 1972 : 18 — 19 ) .
11 For all that , Garb feels that Britain has an unparalleled intellectual community which makes these hardships easier to bear .
12 On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality .
13 From examination of family life and some of the needs of children at home , the next writer , Nigel Parton , moves to the tragic issue of child abuse , a form of adult behaviour which makes some children 's home life a nightmare and which social workers find is one of the most difficult problems they have to address .
14 Perhaps Sawallisch should be persuaded to record the work now , though I very much doubt whether he would be able to recapture the real sense of occasion which makes this disc such a compelling experience .
15 The pragmatist who makes this argument tries to build political responsibility out of ordinary , nonpolitical principles of morality .
16 I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late .
17 However , Sharp have a highly restrictive policy which makes such development difficult .
18 Not for professional historians so much as for people who really did want to have a version of England 's past which makes some sense sort of sense now .
19 Though he was an adequate mariner , he was by no means an expert fisherman , being the sort of man who makes more conversation than profit from his catches ; but after a trip across to Plymouth early in the new year , he returned looking exceedingly pleased with himself , dressed in finer clothes than were often seen on the Polruan side of the Fowey , and full of the news that he intended to commission John Knollys to build him a bark of a hundred tons .
20 But one thing which makes this product stand out from the crowd is its ability to address the needs of work group computing .
21 We assess our assistant stewardesses for promotion to other areas of work aboard the cruise ship which makes this job a very good entry level for those who wish to make a career in the industry and we also run a training scheme for our housekeeping department .
22 It is the movement of the verse which makes this sonnet come alive , as was brilliantly demonstrated by F. R. Leavis at some length ( Scrutiny vol. xiii , pp. 119–34 , especially pp. 125 ff ) .
23 He answers that first God should be loved with the humility and strength which makes all labour light so that no shame or anguish can destabilise the delight ( 111 – 12.99 – 137 ) .
24 If the number of children varies , then the branching ratio n can be taken to be the number which makes this sum give the right answer .
25 And the G M B demands that when the good committee report it makes such behaviour illegal .
26 Until the slightly contrasting tendencies become more manifest in the later-second century ( with the trend to fully centralised designs etc. ) it is this characteristic which makes these designs complementary .
27 An example of terms routinely implied in contracts of sale is that where goods are ordered from a manufacturer who makes such goods , it is implied that the goods are the manufacturer 's own make and supplied under his normal label for the brand ( see Johnson v Raylton ( 1881 ) 7 QBD 438 ; Scaliaris v E Ofverberg and Co ( 1921 ) 37 TLR 307 ) .
28 We can guess at the relative dating of the units , but unit one makes most sense as a secondary feature , since it seems to be butted on to unit two , with banks overlaid south of the mill .
29 WELL over 100 members and students gathered again at Keele this year to benefit once more from the lectures , demonstrations and social gathering which makes this Convention unique .
30 The delay in his transfer over his sports shop confirmed Chapman 's estimation of him , for he admired players who sought to protect their own interests : ‘ This is an indication to me that the player who makes this demand has intelligence . ’
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