Example sentences of "is [pron] makes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandie , who met Freddie when she was an 18-year-old dancer on his show , smiled broadly as he quipped : ‘ The real reason I 'm leaving my wife is she makes lousy coffee . ’ |
| 2 | For my life I can not understand , what is it makes this man now so lame , so hesitant , so crippled , who was wont to be hale and prompt enough . |
| 3 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 4 | GRAVITY : This is not properly understood , but it is what makes small things , like nomes , stick to big things , like planets . |
| 5 | This diversity is what makes arid lovers such and interesting and worthwhile range of plants to grow . |
| 6 | Restricted choice is what makes most diets boring — so any new range that increases choice is always welcome . |
| 7 | The impotence of the two parties to the wage bargain to bring about a reduction in the real wage rate is what makes Keynesian unemployment involuntary . |
| 8 | But obviously the past is what makes any person . |
| 9 | The random part is what makes genetic algorithms slow . |
| 10 | And that in general is what makes direct observations good . |
| 11 | This is what makes ductile metals so safe and tough and so popular . |
| 12 | This is what makes this type of exercise ( like jogging and cycling ) aerobic . |