Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] makes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the driver does not respond , a back-up system automatically applies the brakes or makes less engine power available . |
| 2 | The couple 's company designs and makes decorative glassware and soft furnishings as well as offering a full design and decorating service . |
| 3 | International Metrology Systems ( Scotland ) is to invest £750,000 in a new research-based engineering plant at Livingston which designs and makes high precision measuring machines for the automotive , aerospace , defence and general engineering sectors . |
| 4 | The Rawlplug Rapid 34 Staple Gun uses two-pronged staples and makes easy work of fixing upholstery , carpets , etc . |
| 5 | Unless a deal is done which reduces subsidies and makes agricultural trade subject to normal GATT rules , they say they will block progress on freeing trade in services and rewriting international rules governing intellectual property . |
| 6 | Stable differentiation is the normal state of affairs , and the existence of this variation is one of the things that makes linguistic change possible , in that the different variants can be latched on to by different groups and for different social functions : thus , the patterns of consensus can change in the course of time . |
| 7 | Rhodes ' analysis , too , suggests a rather less dramatic set of changes and makes fewer claims to the essential democracy of local government . |
| 8 | Dr Hemingway and colleagues , who developed the tests , have also found one of the genes that makes malaria-transmitting mosquitoes resistant to pesticides such as DDT . |
| 9 | Chairman : controls and makes best use of the team , is able to balance contributions towards an objective ; stable and dominant . |
| 10 | THE former Soviet republic of Belarus is hedging its bets on economic reform with a mixture of market moves and old-style administrative measures that makes Western analysts sceptical . |
| 11 | It 's a car that builds on the 25 's strong points and makes huge advances in refinement , build quality and styling in its own right . |
| 12 | She said there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called … bromeliads , I think , and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and once you know the world is full of things like that your life is never the same . ’ |
| 13 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 14 | Everyone eats coca leaves and makes good prayers — oraciones — for one hour . ’ |
| 15 | Agathist , a good looking winner of National Hunt races for Gavin Pritchard-Gordon and David Nicholson is prone to leg injuries and makes few race course appearances but is hard to beat when he gets there all in one piece . |
| 16 | The program only runs on VGA screens but makes excellent use of VGA 256 colour mode . |
| 17 | Rhubarb is perfect with rich meats and makes superb jams , jellies , puddings and pies . |