Example sentences of "make [pron] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That disturbing thought made me even more glad to have dressed soberly and inconspicuously . |
| 32 | ‘ I missed out on the Olympics , but that made me even more determined to join the paid ranks . ’ |
| 33 | It made me even more determined to keep alive the memory of both Dawn and my wife . |
| 34 | ‘ It made me real hard — nothing shocks me now . |
| 35 | The two men struck a deal and subsequently Trevaskis took a 50 per cent partnership in a new company to import ‘ Laura Ashley ’ fabrics and make them up locally according to agreed patterns and styles . |
| 36 | Make them up beforehand and put them in a cool bag — or take boiled water in a sterile Thermos flask and mix feeds as you go . |
| 37 | For if it relates to the BBC per se then it conveniently overlooks its seedier and more questionable aspects , whilst if it relates to some imaginary institution it ignores the real pressures on institutions which make them somehow less ideal than one would desire . |
| 38 | These taxes are surely indefensible , because they are not only unproductive to the country , but actually put up the costs of producing our goods and make them less attractively priced for the overseas market . |
| 39 | In view of the understandable difficulty that this inelegant and complex piece of legislation presented to these people , one must stand in awe at what one Member , Sir Michael Havers , had the temerity to say at the Third Reading of the Bill : ‘ One of the great ambitions of successive Parliaments is to simplify the laws that they pass and make them more readily understood . ’ |
| 40 | Now that Norman Lamont has begun to adjust company car tax rules to remove these disincentives , the other economies of big diesels have make them significantly more popular among business buyers . |
| 41 | As we shall see in more detail in the next chapter , there are many features of such conditions that make them quite obviously inimical to the creative act . |
| 42 | Soon after that feud , von Frisch made his even more controversial discovery , of the dance language of the honeybee . |
| 43 | Later the gadget acquired a popular name — the safety pin — and made someone else very rich . |
| 44 | It was essential that we become more professional in our outlook and make ourselves more financially viable . |
| 45 | If you make him feel that he should be getting dressed , and he tries to do so before he is ready , in rehabilitation terms , he will certainly increase his spasticity and make himself even less capable of learning the movements . |
| 46 | No first night in America , no guest appearance on Wogan , no live appearance on the Royal Variety Show has ever made me quite so pathologically crazed as that little radio show . |
| 47 | Therapy has rocked the boat because it 's made me much more vulnerable . |
| 48 | Therapy has made me much more vulnerable . |
| 49 | Why , it would have made everyone else so sad . |
| 50 | And a steady relaxation of regulations and the increasing of the maximum investment have made them even more popular . |
| 51 | Johnson also enjoyed catching sight of ancient texts in Aberdeen — a Hebrew manuscript ‘ of exquisite penmanship ’ , and ‘ a Latin translation of Aristotle 's Politicks by Leonardus Aretinus , written in the Roman character with nicety and beauty , which , as the art of printing has made them no longer necessary , are not now to be found ’ . |
| 52 | Although in terms of quantity more pottery has survived , it is the combination of the quantity of coins together with the official inscriptions and designs they bear that have made them more precisely datable than any other common class of artefact . |
| 53 | Most modern houses have very little fortuitous ventilation because improved standards of insulation and draught-proofing have made them much more air-tight than they have ever been in the past . |
| 54 | In terms of reliability , solar panels have in the past had a poor reputation , but according to the manufacturers , technological development , especially by JPL , has now made them much more reliable . |
| 55 | The increased competitive pressure experienced by many US and UK companies as a result of the Japanese emphasis on reliability and the inclusion of ‘ extras ’ in basic models has made them much more aware of the need to pay attention to quality . |
| 56 | Certainly the tabular method of presenting results does not show them in the best light and the use of graphs would have made them much more accessible . |
| 57 | In practice , however , it cuts across a web of internationally-agreed tax rules at a time when growing co-operation among tax inspectors around the globe has made them ever more effective . |
| 58 | And when her maids had got her dressed and done her hair and she had breakfasted by her tall windows overlooking her manicured rose-garden and a green , daisy-starred meadow , she had nothing to alarm her throughout the day but the possibility of a visit from the formidable Mrs Covington-Pym or the awkwardness , as she took her carriage-exercise , of encountering the wife of her dear friend Mr Adolphus Moon who had made himself so very agreeable . |
| 59 | Well , where have you been that 's made you so late ? |
| 60 | It has made everything much more difficult . |