Example sentences of "make the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she went to the sink and filled it with lukewarm water and made the water frothy with soap-powder . |
| 2 | Er had they got their way every time we put a cheque in or took one out or moved money from one account to another it would have cost us eighty pence , which meant that had anybody paid their their fees to the er and made the cheque payable to us directly , we would have had to bank that cheque and then reissue another cheque er to the appropriate department and that would have cost us one pound sixty , for which we 'd have got nothing . |
| 3 | It is said that the blood of the dragon flowed out and made the hill-top sterile . |
| 4 | He found that the circumstances which had arisen were not foreseeable at the time of the contract but he still decided to take into account supervening events : this made the contract unenforceable and unreasonable . |
| 5 | ‘ Had the contract been simply for so many tons of potatoes of a particular quality then , although each party might have had in his mind when he made the contract this particular crop of potatoes , if they had all perished , the defendant would still have been bound to deliver the quantity contracted for . ’ |
| 6 | The example of the bewildered , middle-aged lady accused of shoplifting was mentioned more than once in the interviews as the sort of person who needed help and made the scheme worthwhile . |
| 7 | This deviation from Beveridge 's plan made the scheme expensive to general taxation , and probably tended to prevent the adoption of benefit levels sufficient to provide subsistence incomes to those with no other resources and to inhibit subsequent increases to keep up with the cost of living . |
| 8 | For the rest , the only changes were ones that made the scheme easier to introduce . |
| 9 | Using sections of two routes made the journey longer but minimized the distance between wells . |
| 10 | It is , as far as can be remembered , the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike — the very core of the working class who made the revolution possible . |
| 11 | The hot summer and low water levels made the problem worse but it is Britain 's farming and sewage practices that are the key to the problem . |
| 12 | The condemnation of the large hospitals for the mentally disordered has been well founded and well meant , but it has , to some extent , made the problem worse . |
| 13 | Alter the war , The Miami Herald invested heavily in the system , at one point transmitting five editions daily , but the advent of television soon made the concept redundant and fax reverted , once and for all , to its previous role as a utilitarian communications medium . |
| 14 | And , since the King had played some part in securing the formation of the National Government in August , the election would , in a sense , validate the King 's action as well , ‘ Of course you are going to vote , ’ the King said to Sir Maurice Hankey , the Cabinet Secretary , on 2 October , before the Cabinet had alighted upon the doctor 's mandate formula which made the election possible . |
| 15 | Under Hanna 's chairmanship , Midnight Special ( Channel 4 ) almost made the election bearable . |
| 16 | Shell holes made the scene one of pitted lunar desolation , with rotting corpses and mangled abandoned weapons littering the ground . |
| 17 | Plastic pots of bright flowers were less ugly than the tombs , made the cemetery messy , even cheerful . |
| 18 | Although it was the end of March , a swift late fall of snow made the theatre icy . |
| 19 | I knew it would fall flat ; but it was n't the bad script which made the film unsuccessful . |
| 20 | Raybestos made the factory available for reopening the following Monday , and , though no pickets were placed , the workers did not come into work . |
| 21 | If this analysis is accepted , then it is clear that the attempt over a long period of time to protect the position of those living in privately rented accommodation has failed and has , in fact , made the position worse . |
| 22 | Garrett Fitzgerald wrote to Brian Flannery : ‘ As far as the offer of money from the mining companies was concerned , I made the position clear . |
| 23 | And who provided the support that made the idea victorious in many countries ? |
| 24 | Cunningham and Aghredien , together with the local rugby factotum — Dan Qeqe , a legend in his own lifetime — made the venture possible . |
| 25 | Others made commitments to offer their " casuals " a minimum level of work , which made the relationship inconsistent with one based upon an absence of obligation . |
| 26 | When Gypsy made the Dance Top Ten , the ‘ video ’ shown was simply a bizarre still photo of what appeared to be a bespectacled school-kid . |
| 27 | I shall quote only his conclusion , which is that ‘ the intangible rewards of warmth , friendship , and purposefulness through working collectively for such a vital , shared cause , made the experience worthwhile ’ . |
| 28 | When the thaw came to Munding it came as rain , a wind-driven chilling rain that flooded the water-meadows and made the ford impassable . |
| 29 | At Woking , snow heaped on the banks of the Wey made the river unfishable for the Open . |
| 30 | The parish expressed their appreciation to the National Trust for the use of the Coniston Hall and also to all those who made the occasion such a happy family affair . |