Example sentences of "to make [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combined effect of these ‘ taxes ’ was to make the stamped press an expensive commodity , thereby restricting its circulation , and to make the ‘ unstamped ’ press , i.e. those newspapers which refused to pay the duties , illegal and so subject to punitive measures . |
| 2 | John Smith 's always made clear that he wanted to make the minimum number of changes to his shadow cabinet and with the exception of John Prescot 's move , he 's shown his determination to do that by making the minimum number of changes . |
| 3 | Some expert clauses seek to make the appointing authority ( or its president ) responsible for ensuring the expert has suitable qualifications . |
| 4 | There are swift pinnaces and hefty red-sailed fishing-boats , merchant sailing ships with bulging , round prows , the astonishing variety of barge , skiff and rowing-boat , each with its own long-hallowed design , each with its own name , which even within living memory used to make the Grand Canal a perpetual exhibition of traditional ship-building . |
| 5 | His Highnesse the Prince of Orange ( whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious Instrument of delivering this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power ) Did ( by the advice of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and divers principall persons of the Commons ) Cause Letters to be written to the Lords Spirituall and Temporall being Protestants and other Letters to the several Count yes Citties Universities Burroughs and Cinqe Ports for the chuseing of such persons to represent them as were of right to be sent to Parliament to meet and sitt at Westminster upon the two and twentieth day of January in this Year 1688 in order to such an establishment as that their Religion Lawes and Libertyes might not againe be in danger of being subverted . |
| 6 | Every cake has a large full-colour photograph and helpful step-by-step illustrations to make the various recipe stages even clearer . |
| 7 | Any hits scored will automatically wound , there is no need to make the usual strength against toughness roll . |
| 8 | And Maastricht promises to make the Europe-machine turn still faster because it pre-emptively convokes the next set of constitutional talks for 1996 . |
| 9 | Real people making real pledges to make the real difference in their own lives . |
| 10 | Enraged , drunk , freezing and unutterably miserable I left to make the 200 mile trip home . |
| 11 | With all the crowding work , and a little pleasure , too , I would have written to you yesterday , only I partly feared to , because I had a proposal to make , which it would have been unseemly to make the apparent cause of my haste . |
| 12 | Moreover , these often troublesome missions did little to make the Russian government better informed about the countries to which they went . |
| 13 | Black Wolf he was called , and there was nothing he would not do to make the Russian Empire the greatest the world had ever known . |
| 14 | Following various letters and telephone conversations with yourself and with Mr Clegg from your department , I should now like to make the following request from Wyre Borough Council Leisure Services Committee . |
| 15 | Following various letters and telephone conversations with yourself and with Mr Clegg from your department , I should now like to make the following request from Wyre Borough Council Leisure Services . |
| 16 | We shall not consider this topic here except to make the following point . |
| 17 | In the Cox Report we repeated the first sentence quoted above from Kingman and went on to make the following recommendation : |
| 18 | It was : ’ I am asking the Table Office to make the necessary transfer arrangements to the Chancellor of the Exchequer . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Instead it can , for example , be based on the argument that any particular agent 's capacity to absorb information is finite , and that broadly therefore the smaller the unit to be controlled the greater the likelihood of competence sufficient to make the necessary judgement . |
| 20 | Firstly , section 6(3) ( a ) : if compliance with all parental preferences would result in overcrowding then the governors may apply any reasonable criteria to make the necessary reduction in numbers . |
| 21 | Such companies are unable to use analytical SEM , due to a lack of technical expertise and inability to make the necessary capital investment . |
| 22 | Mr. Langley submitted that , under the plain terms of the statute , it was the Bank and the Bank alone who were empowered to make the necessary judgment , with no interposition ( as in some other statutes ) of a judicial officer e.g. a commissioner in relation to certain statutory powers of the revenue . |
| 23 | Home-made compost is wonderful , but you will need a lot of space to make the necessary amount . |
| 24 | It is interesting to see how a law has so rapidly effected a dramatic and important change in people 's behaviour concerning safety while travelling where even aggressive publicity campaigns apparently failed to make the necessary impact . |
| 25 | Whilst the user companies can not be expected to make the necessary investment for themselves , this approach and its great benefits will remain unrealized . |
| 26 | If high speed trains are to continue to run on it , then £800m needs to be spent on upgrading this route , but the Government is refusing to make the necessary investment . |
| 27 | At a later date I bought the place and built on wings to make the necessary accommodation . |
| 28 | I also remember leaving about 5 mins before the end to make the 5 mile walk to the station , only to hear the Leeds goal … or was it that I thought the noise was Leeds making it 3–2 ? ? ? |
| 29 | No one will now make the mistake of thinking that industrial employment is ‘ impossible side by side with crofting ’ , but it is still possible to make the contrary mistake of thinking that agricultural improvements by themselves can make a significant contribution towards a permanent solution of the crofting problem . |
| 30 | That is needed where possible to make the strategic analysis more rigorous before final approvals are given . |