Example sentences of "to make the [adj] [noun] " 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 | Do you find that you are only able to make the minimum payments on your credit cards ? |
| 3 | The Unionist government would try to make the minimum concessions and strong pressure would have to be put on it : |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There are two kinds of Scotch Whisky : malt whisky , used as an essential ingredient in the creation of blended whiskies , or bottled as single malt ; and grain whisky , combined with malt whisky to make the famous blends . |
| 6 | Some expert clauses seek to make the appointing authority ( or its president ) responsible for ensuring the expert has suitable qualifications . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Every cake has a large full-colour photograph and helpful step-by-step illustrations to make the various recipe stages even clearer . |
| 10 | Sharpe shouted in his best Sergeant 's voice , and the sight and sound of his anger was enough to make the elegant couples shrink away from him . |
| 11 | Any hits scored will automatically wound , there is no need to make the usual strength against toughness roll . |
| 12 | And Maastricht promises to make the Europe-machine turn still faster because it pre-emptively convokes the next set of constitutional talks for 1996 . |
| 13 | They 're the sort of women who are needed to make the real changes . |
| 14 | Real people making real pledges to make the real difference in their own lives . |
| 15 | Then on a Tuesday , they used to make the black puddings , the plonney the scratchings , the potted meat , and they used to come on sale . |
| 16 | Enraged , drunk , freezing and unutterably miserable I left to make the 200 mile trip home . |
| 17 | To make the weak interactions ‘ look ’ the same , they introduced new particles W + and W - . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Moreover , these often troublesome missions did little to make the Russian government better informed about the countries to which they went . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Within the proviso therefore , that short-term visitors only may be offered to individual area secretaries , I would like to make the following proposals for which I am indebted to area staff colleagues for their help : |
| 22 | You will be prompted to make the following selections : |
| 23 | You will be prompted to make the following selections : |
| 24 | You will be prompted to make the following selections : |
| 25 | To make the following quotations more suitable for delivery in a speech I have updated those using old-fashioned language . |
| 26 | South Milford Parish Council whilst being totally opposed to the scheme decided in the best interests of their residents to make the following observations to County , and that is where they 've built in the safeguards but they are totally opposed to the scheme . |
| 27 | The statement before us on the Labour Party and the trade union links sets aside various recommendations on how we are going to cast our block vote at this year 's Labour Party Conference on this issue the options open to us are listed in this paper and I 'd like to make the following observations . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ( a ) Powers of a single justice A single justice may exercise the jurisdiction of the family proceedings court : ( 1 ) To make the following orders on an ex parte application : ( i ) a prohibited steps or specific issue order ( s10 ) ; ( ii ) an emergency protection order ( s44(1) ) ; ( iii ) a warrant for police assistance in the execution of an emergency protection order ( s48(9) ) ; ( iv ) a recovery order ( s50(1) ) ; ( v ) cancellation of registration or variation of requirement imposed on person providing day care ( s75(1) ) ; ( vi ) a warrant for police assistance to search for children or inspect premises in circumstances specified in s102(6). ( 2 ) To grant leave to commence proceedings : ( i ) to a child wishing to apply for the discharge of a parental responsibility order ( s4(3) ( b ) ) ; ( ii ) to a person not otherwise entitled to apply for contact with a child in care ( s34(1) ( b ) ) ; ( iii ) to anyone wishing to apply for a child assessment order , the substitution of supervision order for a care order or the discharge of a care order , supervision order , or education supervision order within six months of a previous application ( s91(15) ) ; ( iv ) to anyone wishing to make a further application for a contact order under s34 ( contact with a child in care ) within six months of refusal of a previous application ( s91(17) ) ; ( v ) to a child wishing to apply for discharge of an existing custody or access order under the transitional provisions ( Sched 4 , para 11(4) ) . |