Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] makes [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And who makes that decision where we should go ? |
| 2 | And who makes that decision ? |
| 3 | He stands alone — as Kenneth Clarke or David Ennals will confirm — and he makes few friends . |
| 4 | There is a sense in which standing is a preliminary question , separate from that of the substance and merits of the applicant 's case : standing rules determine entitlement to raise and argue the issue of illegality , and it makes little sense to say that entitlement to argue the merits of the case depends on whether one has a good case on the merits . |
| 5 | A person may belong to several different families during his life , and it makes little sense to regard him as changing identity on leaving or entering a nuclear family . |
| 6 | What is different about the pied flycatcher , and what makes this species so interesting , is that the male achieves his bigamy by deceit . |
| 7 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 8 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 9 | But what makes this machine really special is that it offers you the chance to create an unlimited range of embroidery designs . |
| 10 | But what makes this book really good , is the style . |