Example sentences of "make a conscious [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not all the people involved have made a conscious choice to create this unit . |
| 2 | As she revealed to writer Sherwood Anderson , she had made a conscious decision to limit the type of image she believed had been most susceptible to critical misreadings in 1923 : |
| 3 | This was the line of reasoning adopted in the Takeover Panel case : the government had apparently made a conscious decision to encourage the setting up of a self-regulatory body , and the Panel operated against the background of a network of statutory provisions relevant to its activities . |
| 4 | Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby and felt that it was important to keep healthy by eating well and exercising during her pregnancy . |
| 5 | It was n't that she had ever made a conscious decision to play the helpless female ; she just always looked as though she was in constant need of care and attention , and over the years she had found that it was far easier to allow people to think what they liked , because whenever she tried to be assertive , or explain that she was really quite competent , no one ever believed her . |
| 6 | Donaldson side-stepped to avoid two solicitors in conversation , youngish men who seemed to have made a conscious effort to propel themselves into a facsimile of late middle-age . |
| 7 | There have been frequent and major set-backs ; and it may be that we are now on the threshold of a new era , in which , for the first time , leaders in society will make a conscious decision to allow the flood-waters in some areas to rise again . |
| 8 | It would be hypocritical to describe myself as this new creature as I did no make a conscious effort to share our son on a 50/50 basis . |
| 9 | He made a conscious choice to put transatlantic links above relations with Western Europe . |
| 10 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 11 | During three weeks ' leave in England he resigned his Trinity scholarship and made a conscious decision to return to Spain for the duration of the war . |
| 12 | ‘ I made a conscious decision to go out as much as possible when I had the baby , ’ she says , ‘ because I knew the walls would close in on me if I did n't . |
| 13 | Leith only just managed to stop her jaw from dropping at the astuteness of the man when he continued , ‘ Having left Ardis and applied for a job here , you then made a conscious decision to dress down your looks and conceal your figure , though not because of any sexual hang-up ? |
| 14 | This group , all known to each other , were daily injectors of ‘ speed ’ and made a conscious decision to change to what they thought was a ‘ less dangerous drug ’ . |
| 15 | Anger was getting close to being out of control , Briant suddenly realized , and he made a conscious effort to push it down . |
| 16 | Commentators noted that , throughout the negotiations , the USA made a conscious effort to distance itself from the proceedings . |
| 17 | Marie made a conscious effort to close her mouth , which she knew was hanging open . |
| 18 | The priest found his eyes drawn towards it and made a conscious effort to stop staring at it . |
| 19 | He started to protest , but then he seemed to remember his promise and made a conscious effort to stop himself . |
| 20 | Her body still clenched by the tension which had gripped her since the overwhelming surprise of Luke 's reference to Elise , Merrill made a conscious effort to loosen up . |
| 21 | From about the mid-1870s the YMCA made a conscious effort to recruit more adolescent and working-class members , and extended its interests to include additional recreational and sporting facilities . |
| 22 | Michael Bentley suggests that the actions of the Conservative leaders were deliberate for the , ‘ Conservatives made a conscious attempt to eradicate all traces of policy in order to appear stolid and silhouette Lloyd George as a very dangerous thing . ’ |
| 23 | Today , however , we make a conscious attempt to identify and measure social needs and to evaluate the services that try to meet them . |
| 24 | It is n't until you make a conscious effort to listen , you realise how much noise you are subject to in this modern world , do you really , it 's true . |
| 25 | It is not that academic critics make a conscious effort to imitate their colleagues in the sciences , it is that they have come to adopt their concept of knowledge , and its professional servicing and supportive structures . |
| 26 | We either have them or we do not , although we can at times make a conscious effort to put certain feelings out of our minds . |
| 27 | Make a conscious effort to speed up activity in this way . |
| 28 | Make a conscious effort to drink less tea and coffee — about one or two cups per day . |
| 29 | Be aware of the category you fall into before you go for the interview and make a conscious effort to avoid the pitfalls . |
| 30 | At the time my feeling was that David was making a conscious decision to become big .. |