Example sentences of "make it a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some boards have made it a procedural requirement in their regulations that evidence of title to a property be produced in support of the application for permanent transfer , where the existing licence holder 's consent is not forthcoming , or where there are conflicting applications by prospective transferees . |
| 2 | It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 . |
| 3 | Only after that , and with a few facts from your GP , plus half a page on your stresses during the last five years — I had to overflow onto the back of my page and with a little encouragement could easily have made it a 100,000 words — can you go through the eye of the needle . |
| 4 | Another penny would have made it a tidy |
| 5 | The world shortage and price rises had made it a rare delicacy for ordinary citizens , but David Laing liked to sip and swig constantly . |
| 6 | Mr Browne said : ‘ The challenger being put up has made it a tighter fight and is endangering the seat . ’ |
| 7 | The since Terry took over the ground everything 's been refurbished and new crush rails put up you know , and he seems to have made it a good ground . |
| 8 | Ever since the aborted rebel Wallaby tour to South Africa in 1987 , French had made it a personal goal to see the Springboks return to the international stage . |
| 9 | It is largely self-sufficient in coal , chemicals , and fish , and the recent discovery and exploitation of oil in the North Sea has made it a net exporter of the substance . |
| 10 | This absorption gives the spectacular deep blue that has made it a popular material for ornaments since the Middle Ages . |
| 11 | Since the formation of the first such combine in 1968 , comprising six units of production with a total of around 6,000 individual members , the Mondragon planners have made it a recommended practice to group individual cooperatives into such units . |
| 12 | Austria 's central location has made it a natural corridor for East-West trade for many years . |
| 13 | ‘ Your father said you must have the handbag and the shoes as well , it would make it a real outfit . |
| 14 | The plain fact is that some elements of the social charter would run the risk — indeed , would make it a real possibility — of this country returning to some of the trade union practices that did so much damage during the 1970s . |
| 15 | Ca n't you make it a rounded fi , hundred and fifty ! |
| 16 | I think we ought to , if we could make it a certain day of the week , something to do with U V A. |
| 17 | Their proposed bill would make it a criminal offence to plant surveillance devices on private property to gain personal information , and an offence to take long-distance photos of people on private property — such as those of the Duchess of York topless with her ‘ financial adviser ’ , John Bryan , last year . |
| 18 | Well better make it a four then . |
| 19 | I hope that the fans who are travelling will make it a great day for the city , have fun and enjoy themselves , and behave . ’ |
| 20 | But better make it a small one — If I 'm driving . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We are the first England representative team to face the Springboks in 23 years and we must make it a memorable day , one the selectors can not ignore . ’ |
| 22 | That said , its very innovation will make it a poor choice in some cases , and it lacks good database links . |
| 23 | Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject . |
| 24 | And that does n't make it a good single . |
| 25 | ‘ Which would make it a good place to try to get in . ’ |
| 26 | But if you look at the next one you see the arches er all the the other arches are have been raised about er a metre , and that was done deliberately to get the extra height on the outside wall so that they could put erm a er er higher roof in for the the knave and for the the aisle so that they could ge make it a bigger space . |
| 27 | Home attendances are just above 14,000 , which does n't make it a viable working venue for Stan Flashman 's considerable ticket broking expertise . |
| 28 | ‘ We will make it a nice picnic , ’ she said , in the spirit of the penitent who intends to do the wicked thing she had first thought of but will also do something pleasant to make it slightly less reprehensible . |
| 29 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 30 | Just because it 's a Number One does n't make it a better record than anything else that 's out that week . |