Example sentences of "make [pers pn] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the IFL 's extremism , lack of resources , and failure to make any impact made it of marginal political significance , the Jewish community were worried about its potential . |
| 2 | Where the husband is unemployed , the UK 's national insurance laws make it of little financial advantage for a woman to take low-paid work . |
| 3 | The apothecary 's rose grows at Provins in France and has the property that it keeps its perfume even when the petals have been dried and powdered , thus making it of great use to add to medicinal compounds and ensuring that they are pleasant and soothing . |
| 4 | The offline manager must specify for each media item whether it is to be used for primary or secondary purposes , although there is no absolute requirement to make them of different media types . |
| 5 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 6 | Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people . |
| 7 | Discovered in 1953 by Hong Kong herpetologist John Romer , the frog 's exceedingly primitive nature makes it of special interest . |
| 8 | The Bill comes before the House by an accident of timing that , nevertheless , makes it of particular political relevance not only to the people of Scotland but to the people of the United Kingdom . |