Example sentences of "be make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may motivate readers to dig more deeply or may be make a practical contribution to death education in the local schools . |
| 2 | ‘ But before Derry can be made a major European city it 's important that the people of that place are proud of themselves and their city and know what they want for the city . ’ |
| 3 | For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years . |
| 4 | If cycling is to be made a safer and more attractive mode of transport , it is , as Hudson 's classic book has advocated , essential that planning principles are established and followed . |
| 5 | Mr Randall said : ‘ In general terms , we do see room for hacking to be made a criminal offence . ’ |
| 6 | Domestic affairs shall be made a criminal offence . |
| 7 | ‘ … considered that a casual with a skilled trade may have his efficiency seriously impaired by being required to break stones and may , in order to avoid this task , feel compelled to sleep out or to commit some other offence against the law ; that it is impossible to expect the officer in charge of a casual ward to discriminate between men for whom the task would or would not be suitable , and that this would lay him open to accusations of favouritism or vindictiveness ; that the task could rarely be made a profitable one , and is repugnant to the class of workers most liable to unemployment , being looked upon by them as having penal associations and as entirely deterrent . ’ ) |
| 8 | Our working relationship , I am sure , would be made a great deal easier . ’ |
| 9 | As my hon. Friend knows , our fundamental position on reform is that the intervention system must be made a great deal less attractive . |
| 10 | It will be made a London-based company , Blue Heaven Productions , for the ITV network . |
| 11 | As regards the police , should the publication of racist statements like the unofficial communique be made a disciplinary offence , or would this merely strengthen rank-and-file resistance to the implementation of antiracist policies within the force ? |
| 12 | None the less , some statements by members of the Association reveal that the effacement required by this procedure was no more than a tactical ploy , since one of the dominant assumptions of moral education was " that morality was to be made a conscious aim of the teacher , but concealed from the pupils , who were to imbibe the influence from literature as habit or experience " . |
| 13 | Similarly , a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation . |
| 14 | We might speculate that we need to teach the next generation the principles of establishing the Lady of the Hearth , the ways in which an environment can be made a happy , welcoming place . |
| 15 | I feel that if I am not with her I will be making a great mistake , missing a real opportunity . |
| 16 | Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do . |
| 17 | Although I listened with interest to the case adduced by the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Committee which has made the recommendations , I still believe that the House would be making a great mistake to accept the motion , for it would add to the automatic nature , as it were , of debates and would play into the hands of the Government of the day , thereby strengthening their position over that of the House . |
| 18 | Bush stressed that he would not be making a final decision until he had heard the reports from Cheney and Powell . |
| 19 | The Communist Party , he told Mr Gysi , would be making a serious error if he went ahead and fought the planned May elections on a manifesto which simply warned reunification would be a victory for the right . |
| 20 | Sir Geraint was thought to be making a good recovery in hospital after suffering a minor heart attack at his home near Aberystwyth . |
| 21 | If anyone claims to be making a factual statement , then they ought to be able to state what observations would be relevant to determining the truth or falsity of that statement . |
| 22 | You will be making a personal and lasting contribution to the ORT work I have told you about . |
| 23 | Local MP Sir Wyn Roberts , the Minister of State for Wales , said he will be making a personal report to the Prime Minister this afternoon at the Welsh Tory conference at Llangollen . |
| 24 | When Gandalf says to Frodo of his wound on Weathertop , ‘ your heart was not touched , and only your shoulder was pierced ; and that was because you resisted to the last ’ , he may be making a moral statement ( Frodo was rewarded ) or a practical one ( he dodged , called out , struck back , put off the Ringwraith 's aim ) . |
| 25 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 26 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 27 | He would be making a terrible mistake to think they will just go away . |
| 28 | During that time , the artist has worked slowly but will be making a new sculpture , ‘ Colombo ’ , for this occasion . |
| 29 | It is not clear from the article to what extent it was Dutch society that he was basing his analysis on , but given that he appears to be making a general point about changes within Western Europe , it is important to point out that most of the literature on youth , adolescence and relations between the generations in Britain has tended to concentrate on , to use Elias ' term again , the changing balance of power between the generations within the working class . |
| 30 | In this manner , you will be making a real and positive contribution to the development of the advertising . |