Example sentences of "to make it a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The unstoppable pair of Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are doubling up to make it a foursome for the race from Mortlake to Putney tomorrow . |
2 | Russia 's anti-reformist central bank , which is Sberbank 's largest shareholder , tried to make it a subsidiary earlier this year — accusing its management , paradoxically , of being too profit-conscious . |
3 | But the site team is determined to make it a winner in another way — as one of the safest sites in operation . |
4 | It 's difficult to tell which wines will win , and easy to say when wine is good , but it takes that little bit extra to make it a winner . |
5 | Fortunately , Tumbleweed are redeemed by the remaining songs : ‘ Carousel ’ which all but abandons their rockist bluster in favour of a gentler , almost poppy sound ; ‘ Stoned ’ , a brilliantly dumb dope-tribute , and ‘ Millenium ’ , which is a little too heavy on masturbatory muso-isms , but manages to retain enough hyperactive charm to make it a success . |
6 | It will be the first grand event after the Christmas and New Year celebrations , and I am determined to make it a success . |
7 | And the new operators , who 're all local businessmen , have been given 5 years on a new lease to make it a success . |
8 | Sandy Lyle says fairness is what makes a good course … it 's important to be able to see the dangers from the tee … he says that the new Oxfordshire club has everything to make it a success … a lovely club house … good parking … within easy reach of motorways and is built for big tournaments |
9 | Determined to make it a home from home , he moved brother Carl and best pal Jimmy ‘ Five Bellies ’ Gardner out with him . |
10 | The NRA are doing their utmost to make it a home from home . |
11 | Let's say it starts of with just to make it a bit easier for you so it does n't come like this let's say it starts with fifteen engines on , and what 's its weight with fifteen engines on ? |
12 | If we know what to do we can all look at our own houses and decide how we can alter them in not too expensive ways to make it a bit harder for the criminal . |
13 | And in the middle of that , they thought that perhaps an ornamental lighting column with sort of , with lights coming out from the top of it just to make it a bit more fancy . |
14 | You 're probably very proud of your masterpiece , and erm , there 's ot there 's the temptation to keep making minor improvements , just to make it a bit better . |
15 | But er yeah , it 's , it 's I find it loses er , a little bit of interest fairly quickly erm because it 's , the main subject , the chap jumping down , I think the road was nicely shown , but perhaps if you could have just had a , a longer lens just to make it a bit more important in the picture . |
16 | ‘ It 's our bicentenary here at Grindlewood and we want to make it a year to remember , ’ she said , measuring the floor with her brogues . |
17 | Erm I wonder how substantially it 's going to re-written , first , in order to make it a response rather than an issue raising paper and ah , secondly , in the light of what we 've all had to say this evening and , if it is to be re-written I wonder erm who is going to actually see it and approve it before it goes off in time to get to the health authority by the day after tomorrow ? |
18 | This will be the first museum of contemporary art in the former DDR and the director-designate , Klaus Werner intends to make it a showcase of international art . |
19 | The way to make sense of the 17 keV neutrino is to make it a mixture of an electron neutrino and a third-generation ‘ tau neutrino ’ — with the mass provided by the tau neutrino . |
20 | I did my best to make it a 12-pounder . |
21 | In a Christian country , this book would be banned altogether instead of which so-called poverty-stricken Merseysiders have the wherewithal to make it a sell-out . |
22 | And they head into the 1993 campaign looking good enough to make it a re-match . |
23 | And they head into the 1993 campaign looking good enough to make it a re-match . |
24 | The Payment of Wages Act allows employers to make it a condition of employment that new employees should be paid through a bank , but prohibits them from doing this with existing employees ( though of course individual existing employees can agree voluntarily to accept bank-account payment ) . |
25 | It would not be appropriate to make it a condition of sale , as is required by new clause 4 , that new companies should participate in the existing pension scheme . |
26 | It has been held , however , that the licensing board is not entitled to make it a condition of the renewal of a licence that the applicant use his premises in a particular way , as , for example , by keeping a door locked : Smith v. Portsmouth JJ. [ 1906 ] 2 K.B . |
27 | And however desirable it may be to achieve unanimity , at least on basic values and the general directions to be pursued by a society , it is unwise , in any diverse society , to make it a rule or a requirement . |
28 | Tutors regard entry into the competition as a serious part of the students ' general training and there is a growing trend to make it a set part of the final year 's curriculum . |
29 | Aschmann in his house , all dressed up for a festive occasion , the most glamorous lady in the theatre , was going to make it a party like no other . |
30 | Or failing the gift of a sum in cash , I am asking you to make it a business transaction , to buy what you clearly must need and what we can no longer afford to keep . |