Example sentences of "[adv] making it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leguminous green manures , such as clover and beans , fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil by means of their root nodules , so making it available to plants later in the growing season . |
| 2 | Puzzle number two is that other changes in financial markets were meanwhile making it easier for such principles to apply . |
| 3 | Within a short time , his former employers ordered 100 tons of the new material , thus making it worthwhile for ICI to build a production plant . |
| 4 | Many of the hazards were approached 1 blind because of the acute undulations , thus making it one of the most severe circuits on the racing calendar . |
| 5 | I understand also that Scorton Tennis Club will be contacting you direct concerning financial aid towards tarmacing the present grass court and thus making it suitable for all weather use both by members of the club , visitors to the village and pupils of the village school . |
| 6 | By a process of ‘ abstraction ’ , moreover , it was possible for these general notions to be ‘ impressed ’ on our minds or intellects , thus making it possible for us to think in terms of them . |
| 7 | Self-help schemes relieve the state of the immediate necessity of providing housing and offer a cheap source of shelter , thus making it possible for the poor to survive on very low incomes ( Burgess 1978 ) . |
| 8 | They succeeded , thus making it possible for me to make predictions which could afterwards be verified . |
| 9 | In factories and workshops , advances in machine technology had deskilled numerous working-class jobs , thus making it possible for employers to replace skilled men with successive relays of unskilled boys , and at lower wages . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's friendly ! ’ he shouted over the engine noise , and he pointed through the windscreen at the concrete airstrip which not only had the yellow cross painted huge at its western end , but also had two trucks parked in its centre line , thus making it impossible for any plane to land . |
| 11 | On a similar matter a local resident mentioned that the owners of the property known as Rivendell have , in effect , extended their garden by planting shrubs etc on the grass verge thus making it impossible for either vehicles or pedestrians to use this as a refuge in an emergency . |
| 12 | Fortunately for the defenders of the American alliance the Chinese rejected proposals for a cease-fire , thus making it easier for the British government to support the UN 's condemnation of Chinese aggression on 1 February 1951 . |
| 13 | Such policies have an impact on new , emergent industrial nations as export markets and revenues are curtailed thus making it difficult for LDCs to service external debts . |
| 14 | If the teeth are allowed to become sharp , the cheek then becomes bruised and cut , causing pain thus making it difficult for the horse to chew properly . |
| 15 | Of course that 's just making it easier for manufacturers is n't it really the car |
| 16 | It has been such a success within the company over recent months that JT Design Build are now making it available throughout the construction industry and to the industry 's clients . |
| 17 | And it was this same movement that was now making it difficult for the distant beetles to get back to the professor . |
| 18 | From the moment he had come to power , Napoleon III had made it plain that for him the problem of Paris was not simply one of creating prosperity for its inhabitants ; rather it was one of transforming and embellishing the city in such a way as to make life better for its inhabitants while simultaneously making it worthy of the new France . |
| 19 | Often the skirt was frilled as well making it impossible for the audience to see where the skirt ended and the knickers began . |
| 20 | The Democratic caucus in the House decided in 1971 that members should be limited to one sub-committee chairmanship thereby making it possible for many more congressmen to hold these coveted posts . |
| 21 | In Chapter 10 we saw that existing oligopolists would have an incentive to advertise too much , not because advertising provides additional consumer information about the product , but because it raises the fixed cost of being in the industry , thereby making it harder for new firms to enter the industry . |
| 22 | Through collecting up-to-the-minute information on what is selling and what is n't , and then making it available to suppliers via EDI , it becomes possible to achieve a stock replenishment process that is highly responsive to customer demand . |