Example sentences of "make [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |
| 2 | The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity . |
| 3 | ‘ Grey ’ issues of money occur whenever enterprises that are short of funds to pay their obligations insist that the banks should make them the necessary advances to restore their ‘ liquidity ’ . |
| 4 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 5 | Durkin soon made himself the principal object of attraction . |
| 6 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 7 | Such altered viruses can transduce non-replicating cells , including differentiated epithelial cells of the respiratory tract and elsewhere , and this has made them the chosen vectors for genetic therapy of cystic fibrosis . |
| 8 | He had also made himself the leading authority on fossil fish , taking over Cuvier 's work . |
| 9 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 10 | It was on this basis of this rationality , embodied in modern science and technology , that cette vielle Europe had triumphed throughout the world , had made itself the universal point of reference . |
| 11 | It takes far less time than full-scale autobiography , for we are looking for a profile of the significant events that have made you the distinctive person that you are ( warts and all , as they say ) . |
| 12 | A long , indented coastline , with many harbours on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , gave her easy access to the oceans and had made her the economic centre of the world . |
| 13 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 14 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 15 | This has been the practice in many countries internationally , but our sudden realisation of its effectiveness in creating bilingualism has made it the major discovery in language acquisition . |
| 16 | Its elasticity would have made it the ideal candidate for a trampoline-cover . |
| 17 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 18 | In Soho , hell-bent on a good time , her tremendous vitality made her the female counterpart of Minton . |
| 19 | Her population , geographical position , army and industrial strength made her the leading continental nation . |
| 20 | His father had been right for once : she would make him the perfect match . |
| 21 | Robson 's influence has been legendary within United — but manager Alex Ferguson believes Ince is showing the qualities which will make him the new Red leader . |
| 22 | Walker 's ball skills could make him the ideal link between Tim Horan , who switched from centre to fly-half when Lynagh damaged his shoulder against Ireland , and Little . |
| 23 | That made him the perfect fling . |
| 24 | So his political background and other skills made him the logical candidate ’ . |
| 25 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 26 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 27 | The State made him the ecclesiastical head of the Church of England by trampling on the opinions of the relevant ecclesiastical authority . |
| 28 | This made him the intellectual heir of John Hunter , whose Essays and Observations he published with due filial piety in 1861 . |
| 29 | The king 's favour made him the special target of the reforming Ordainers , who in 1311 called for the exclusion from court of both Henry and Isabella , the resumption of his grants from the king , and the transference of the custody of Man to ‘ a good Englishman ’ ( a phrase which reveals one reason for his unpopularity ) . |
| 30 | This made him the ideal choice to fly this naval fighter . |