Example sentences of "[prep] making [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After making unsuccessful enquiries to find the driver in the immediate area , these facts can be used to prove the unattended element . |
| 2 | After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench . |
| 3 | They 've also got a song called ‘ Creep ’ ( the next single , natch ) , which has a habit of making innocent bystanders go , ‘ Jeez , what the f— is THAT ? ’ |
| 4 | He had the enviable but potentially inconvenient gift of making each visitor feel that he was the person Montini had been waiting all his life to talk to . |
| 5 | Back in the 1930s two doctors by the names of Morin and Bachrach discovered to their surprise that the note of E of the fourth octave had the effect of making young cats defecate and adult ones become sexually excited . |
| 6 | Devise your method and then tell your story , which inevitably will make the mystery seem rather better than it has to be , because all locked rooms are variants of a small number of simple devices , most of which are ways of making such rooms unlocked all along . |
| 7 | As time passed , and the cost of making new recordings has increased , so that prophesy of about 1953 has been proved right . |
| 8 | The alternative , says Johansson , is to plan your power supply in terms of the services you need , considering the possibility of making existing energy go further , as well as simply generating more power . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you in the habit of making that world shaking announcement ? ’ |
| 10 | Here are some other ways of making festive gifts pay dividends : SMALL SUMS : The best deal in bank or building society accounts is Halifax , which pays at least 4.5 per cent gross and gives you a money-box . |
| 11 | John Taylor , 31 , of Headingley Crescent , Darlington , was yesterday fined a total of £300 and ordered to pay £50 costs after pleading guilty by letter to three charges of making false representation to obtain benefit . |
| 12 | This has had the effect of making local authority housing even more subject to central scrutiny , and the current system of central government constraints has severely limited new council house provision in rural areas since 1980 , particularly as the new proposals may see more expensive building in rural areas as inappropriate . |
| 13 | I was still trying hard not to rock the boat , not to upset either the FO or WTN , and was desperate to find a way of making uncontroversial remarks sound interesting . |
| 14 | In an acquisition , where the seller is represented by management or advisers acting as negotiators , it can be beneficial to identify ways of making these negotiators lose sight of the vendor company 's true interests . |
| 15 | When one adds to that the immense variation in the capacities and abilities of the old people concerned , the possibility of making valid generalisations seems remote . |
| 16 | One manager who tried out the forms says ‘ They helped us attend to the little things that parents do without thinking , like making sure children have had their immunisations and following them up if they 're missed . |
| 17 | Disabled people find that they have to put a great deal of effort into making various authorities meet their ordinary everyday needs . |
| 18 | 35 years of Disney magic , imagination and expertise have gone into making this self contained world of fun and fantasy by far the greatest and most dazzling amusement centre in Europe . |
| 19 | Karen Noddings , 18 , of Emley Moor Road , Darlington , appeared before town magistrates yesterday charged with making false representation to obtain social security benefit . |
| 20 | There is a superficial choice between abandoning many DRAs or in making new investments to exploit their potentials . |
| 21 | The resources on which they call in making this decision include the above typifications , as well as local knowledge of the area and its crime , and contextual and time variables . |
| 22 | Please could you also ensure that the delay in making this request does not mean that the work is excessively held back . |
| 23 | This first set of questions is interrelated and confused by the fact that both the courts and Parliament have , at times , claimed exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a particular privilege exists , and the criteria which they have applied in making this determination have differed . |
| 24 | I 'm I 'm interested in making this job last as long as possible but I do n't think I want to go to retirement . |
| 25 | It is useful in making preliminary plans showing the relationship of the parts , the sequence of assembly and which groups of parts make up subassemblies . |
| 26 | It is useful in making preliminary plans showing the relationship of the parts , the sequence of assembly and which groups of parts make up subassemblies . |
| 27 | Coincidentally , he said , there has been a missing element in making these applications work easily : a proper operating system . |
| 28 | Any conclusions based on data collected in such a small number of schools , from just three LEAs , are bound to have limited application and , clearly , there are dangers in making sweeping statements based on this research . |
| 29 | A SENIOR education officer sent letters to leading county council figures before making two attempts to kill himself , it has been revealed . |
| 30 | For example it is not known if landlords will be prevented from making unfair rent rises to cover what they claim is the cost of the Council Tax . |