Example sentences of "of [pers pn] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I am not a member of his Church , it would be improper of me to make any theological observations . |
| 2 | Many of them make regular trips to the filmset where it was all put together , at Portmeirion in Wales . |
| 3 | It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being . |
| 4 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 5 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 6 | They did n't believe in things like that any more , but neither of them made any move to get out of the car . |
| 7 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 8 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 9 | 4 ] All of them made clear the extent to which poverty persisted even in households headed by a male working long hours , and when wives and children contributed to family income in all ways possible . |
| 10 | At Banford Quarry , the evergreen pair of Stu Bolton and Sebastian Grieve had their Big Excellent Adventure on the obvious arete at E5 6b , before moving across to Staffordshire for more excellent adventures on Never Never Land , pair of them making 2nd and 3rd ascents of this nasty E6 6b . |
| 11 | Hugh with his hair wet , carrying Jacqueline and leading his two other daughters , all of them making wet footmarks on the stone floor , came in from the terrace . |
| 12 | A recent study of them makes melancholy if instructive reading . |
| 13 | Everything and something and nothing are all logically interlinked and none of them makes clear sense without the others . |
| 14 | None of them fit together , none of them makes any sense . |
| 15 | However , neither of them makes any reference to her husband , or to the dynamics of her marriage relationship in these comments , though Norma Larkin makes some ( implicit ) observations about marriage in general . |
| 16 | would of done it she would of got rid of them to make sure she she stayed there . |
| 17 | Furthermore , under subsection ( 3 ) if the directors fail to make good the default within 14 days after the service of a notice requiring compliance , the court , on the application of the Registrar or any member or creditor of the company , may make an order directing the directors or any of them to make good the default within such time as may be specified and may order them to pay the costs of and incidental to the application . |
| 18 | They lived the lives of the folk among whom they worked ; and this may have helped many of them to make real contact with their parishioners . |
| 19 | Try to have your progress reviewed regularly with your nurse manager , so that neither of you makes misleading assumptions about your ability to cope or happiness in the job . |
| 20 | How uncommonly civil of him to make such a co-operative and hospitable offer ! |
| 21 | In the relatively affluent days of the 70s and early 80s leisure centres , squash courts and swimming pools sprang up all over the place , much of it made available through international funds . |
| 22 | Not one word of it made any sense at all to him . |
| 23 | None of it made any sense . |
| 24 | But none of it made any difference . |
| 25 | None of it made any sense ! |
| 26 | In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end . |
| 27 | I want to read all of it to make sure that it appears in Hansard . |
| 28 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |
| 29 | We were so confident of each other 's love that should one of us make that final , selfish decision the other would feel his friend 's sense of loss even more keenly than his own . |
| 30 | When we hear the word ‘ power ’ some of us make strong associations with fear , deprivation and a loss of control . |