Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And every human being has the right to fail ; it is what he or she makes of that failure which counts .
2 The difference between Anderson 's words and deeds here is a telling example of the emptiness of many pompous statements he makes in this scene .
3 If the law of life is struggle , the ‘ bottom line ’ in economic activity as with any other , is the contribution it makes to that struggle , and no sector can simply opt out of it , even if it can be shown by some other criteria that doing so would improve matters .
4 Pulling them together , we may see that in marriage in Britain today , while freedom of choice makes for great potential satisfaction in the marital relationship as such , at the same time it makes for some instability if the satisfactions are not up to expectations .
5 I think that is a , there is a need to look into this , it is an area where we have n't looked into at the moment , and when you consider the valuable work that our staff in the D S O organisation does , and the profit it makes for this county council , and the savings it makes for the county council , it would be sensible for us to also look into building maintenance as well .
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