Example sentences of "by making it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | By making it possible for a vivid and urgent desire for power to exist alongside a consciousness of being the legitimate and predestined possessor of it , they kept the edge on the governing classes . |
2 | Although such measures had been and were still attacked , by the COS for example , for discouraging parental responsibility , it was equally arguable that they strengthened such responsibilities by making it possible for poor families to carry them out . |
3 | The French would be content so long as the arrangement was for them to sell abroad ; there can , however , be no question of France permitting her massive investment in nuclear power to be undermined by making it possible for French consumers to buy in from abroad . |
4 | Thus could the very first and important step in the rise of god-worship have been initiated , by making it unnecessary for there to be an actual physical connection between the objects of faith and the believer . |
5 | If anything it will make their lives easier by making it impossible for American companies and citizens to keep anything confidential . ’ |
6 | Subsequently the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act brought almost all development under control by making it subject to planning permission . |
7 | The prediction is made more precise by making it equal to 1,290 days and then adding another 45 days ( 12.11–12 ) — to the despair of the modern interpreter , — but probably to the complete satisfaction of the contemporary reader who read the prophecy just when it had been fulfilled . |
8 | Microsoft is now trying to market Windows as a stepping stone to OS/2 , by making it easy for users of Windows and writers of programs for Windows to migrate to OS/2 eventually . |
9 | He started well by making it clear to a shocked and protesting Curzon that he could not again be Foreign Secretary . |
10 | The therapist should prepare the patient for termination by making it clear from the first interview that a relatively short period of treatment is planned . |
11 | As Dr David Owen says in his book Our NHS , by exploiting and accentuating the apparent weaknesses in the system , the media is at risk of endangering the survival of the whole service by making it unattractive to recruits of the right calibre and commitment : |
12 | Greenpeace says that farmers will thus be tied into an agricultural system dependent on chemicals by making it attractive for them to buy herbicides in tandem with resistant crops . |
13 | There is a lovely sandy beach which is in a sheltered by making it ideal for watersports and the sea here is beautifully warm . |
14 | Therefore , the argument goes , governments should try to manage the rationalisation by making it easier for companies to co-operate across borders . |
15 | DBRW chairman Glyn Davies says the programme would not only increase opportunities for young people , but also the effectiveness of employers by making it easier for them to recruit suitable employees . |