Example sentences of "make [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 What is the smallest amount she can not make using these coins ?
2 They are certainly effective , and make using high-power binoculars much easier .
3 In fact , it could be argued that the only significant finding on association cortex , made using non-human animals up to 1950 , was the memory impairment in monkeys lacking frontal cortex described by Jacobson ( in Gross and Weiskrantz 1964 ) .
4 Causality is Granger causality , which is based on the idea that , if past values of the variable × improve predictions of the current value of variable Y , relative to predictions made using just the past values of Y , while past values of Y can not improve on the predictions of the current value of X made using past values of X , X ‘ causes ’ Y , in the special sense that X leads Y .
5 If liability is not in dispute , the action can simply be stood out by agreement or an application made to the judge of the lists , or to the judge on circuit , for a standing-out order , or possibly an application made to claim provisional damages ; but if liability is still in dispute the action must be tried and ought to be heard as soon as possible , irrespective of the uncertainties on quantum .
6 The choice they make has all kinds of consequences — whether they 'll be up or down , whether they 'll be fit to drive or fit to live , and whether they are risking a criminal record .
7 If the coins were associated with the temple while it was still functioning , it must have survived the effect of any efforts made to destroy pagan sites .
8 Sometimes , it is true , they must have been little more than what Marc Bloch described as ‘ l'endroit où on passe ’ ; but one may presume that efforts were made to drain long-distance roads and keep them clear of obstruction ; and kings and princes in several countries regarded the main roads as their roads .
9 One bistable is needed for each bit — thus , a 4-bit counter ( able to count up to 1111 or 15 in decimal ) could be made using 4 flip-flops ( or 2 off 4013 's ) .
10 9 Find the area of the largest square that could be made using 64 metres of fencing .
11 Some measurements were made using older plants over a short time period , just three hours .
12 Full assessment and nursing diagnoses are made using special tools and recording equipment , such as ultrasonography .
13 Designed by the internationally famous Peter Lynn of New Zealand ( whose Octopus appears on the cover of this book ) , it is popularly known as the Peter Lynn Tri-D and it can be made using square cells based on 90-degree Isosceles triangles as Pat has drawn , or with equilateral triangles .
14 Since the population of adult males in Britain is many million , there are obvious savings to be made using these techniques .
15 In addition the computer itself can readily be made to perform certain checks .
16 While provision was made to treat first offenders leniently , other legislation was passed to ensure that ‘ habitual criminals ’ received harsher punishment .
17 Indeed between 1512 and 1519 some attempts were made to sink new mines , presumably to meet demand , but this expansion was followed by contraction during the general European crisis of 1521–26 .
18 It was all a big mystery to me , we were made to wear blue ties , white shirts and blue trousers .
19 Some authors have suggested that the clicks are made to alert other cats to the presence of the prey .
20 Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them .
21 When I had finished , I was made to wait two hours before being called back into the office for questioning .
22 However , the cost of painting so many large plates proved too expensive so plans were made to issue five sections : trees and shrubs , greenhouse plants , exotics , flowers and fruits ; all with plates of the most unusual varieties .
23 However , valiant attempts were made to conduct massive trials in which as much information as possible could be included .
24 Attempts have been made to compare various tests and to examine their reliability and validity .
25 Many attempts have been made to classify British cattle breeds on the basis of ancestry and these categories are often based on obvious physical characteristics such as horns and coat colour .
26 Efforts were also made to launch private prosecutions against Mrs Thatcher for the alleged crime of threatening to kill under section 16 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 .
27 While the rising tide of the elderly population indicated that the need for inpatient care would not diminish , plans had already been made to establish local units for people with dementia at Tiverton and Exmouth .
28 Indeed , he states quite unequivocally , ‘ in such dwellings every labourer ought to live , and any nobleman might live ’ In the following decade , Pugin also enquires why the middle-class dwelling should be regarded as a scaling down of the houses of the great , for ‘ the smaller detached houses which the present state of society has generated , should possess a peculiar character : they are only objectionable when made to appear diminutive representations of larger structures ’ .
29 In France , efforts are being made to train more women for the job .
30 He was made to work long hours as a farm labourer and , like thousands of others , he was classed as ‘ Untermensch ’ ( subhuman ) by the soldiers .
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