Example sentences of "[noun sg] and making it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alderman pulled his fur-lined bed robe around him , moving restlessly on the stone-flagged corridor and making it obvious the coroner should leave . |
| 2 | Clare 's solicitor explained to her that men often forced their wives to return by refusing to grant a divorce and making it difficult for them to obtain money — even when it was awarded by a court . |
| 3 | Grass and weeds are growing onto the footway and making it impossible for parents with pushchairs to use if . |
| 4 | Yoga classes are marvellous for stretching the body and making it supple ( see page 121 ) . |
| 5 | By creating a mode of Repertory Grid Technique specific to visual art and making it available through the personal computer , this area full of complexity and uncertainty might come to be both better understood and more widely valued . |
| 6 | transferring that knowledge and making it available in a symbolic form amenable to investigation ; |
| 7 | They use a colourless paste which has no effect on the skin but has the peculiar property of altering the molecular structure of a metal and making it malleable . |
| 8 | You have to remember that Americans only found this endemic American music in the '60s when they began listening to English groups , who were doing something really important , which was taking black music and making it louder . |
| 9 | ‘ Exercise is good for it , ’ he said , the familiarity of the Butts lost in the fog and making it necessary for him to still proceed carefully . |
| 10 | For many people in Britain , ethnic relations means immigration and the apparent belief that large numbers of people are pouring into the country and making it overcrowded . |
| 11 | The extension of the YTS into a two year scheme and making it compulsory for those not in education through removing entitlements to other benefits , means that in future there may be no such thing as a ‘ young worker ’ or a ‘ young unemployed ’ under the age of eighteen . |
| 12 | Porter Paints is relaunching its entire architectural colour system and making it available to sister Courtaulds Coatings companies in Brazil and Canada . |
| 13 | The government 's plan is that tax-dodging is suddenly to be made dramatically more difficult , by reorganising the tax-collecting system and making it easier for the taxman to spot the dodgers . |
| 14 | In bringing it up to date and making it profitable , he had to tread warily , for although it was made up of land and property , it was essentially about people . |
| 15 | That is why the IAEA approached France and the United Kingdom asking for assistance in removing the material and making it safe in specialised facilities . |
| 16 | If it is possible to use the same basic pattern for a number of guides , this has the advantage of both saving the librarian 's time and making it easier for the user to transfer search techniques from one discipline to another . |