Example sentences of "what makes a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the pattern in the warp is the same as the one across , where the two colours cross you get a secondary colour , and that 's what makes a successful plaid . ’ |
| 2 | What makes a successful indie label ? |
| 3 | WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH CONSULTANT ? |
| 4 | So what makes a successful manager ? |
| 5 | What makes a professional person ? |
| 6 | What makes a casual worker " casual " ? |
| 7 | So many hon. Members have poured scorn , but what makes a political society work ? |
| 8 | Poetics , which ‘ deals primarily with the question , What makes a verbal message a work of art ? ’ , is an ‘ integral part of linguistics ’ , because the answer to this question is to be found entirely in the message 's verbal structure ( Sebeok 1971 : 350 ) . |
| 9 | Psychologists have studied the personalities of 50 players at three top clubs and discovered what every manager needs to know : what makes a great team player . |
| 10 | It could well be that I have prejudices about what makes a decent DTP system , but I tried to outline and then to justify them as part of the review . |
| 11 | A chance to see what makes a perfect ploughman . |
| 12 | What makes a perfect playground ? |
| 13 | Because you have your own ideas of what makes a perfect kitchen , our specialist furniture designers offer you almost limitless design options . |
| 14 | This is due not so much to positive resistance on the part of the incumbent civil servants , as to their preconceptions of what makes a suitable candidate for the higher Civil Service . |
| 15 | The pervasiveness of a version of religion as culturally cosmetic subtly does a lot of harm to people ; it can be very dismissive and hurtful , marginalizing what makes a religious person tick . |
| 16 | What makes a new action relevantly similar to an old one ? |
| 17 | In last week 's programme I talked to Steven Medcalfe about novels , and asked him what makes a good read . |
| 18 | Sandy Lyle says fairness is what makes a good course … it 's important to be able to see the dangers from the tee … he says that the new Oxfordshire club has everything to make it a success … a lovely club house … good parking … within easy reach of motorways and is built for big tournaments |
| 19 | They specify what makes a good person and a good teacher . |
| 20 | But what makes a good witch ? |
| 21 | What makes a good retailer |
| 22 | What makes a good reading ? |
| 23 | Have you ever taken the time to ask parents what makes a good school ? |
| 24 | I tell you what we have n't got onto at all yet , and it 's something I said we would try and talk about wh which is what what makes a good parent ? |
| 25 | Is it possible to define what makes a good parent ? |
| 26 | I am often asked what makes a good day for bolting rabbits , bearing in mind that on some occasions they will readily leave the ground regardless of surface conditions , whereas at other times — often under what appear to be favourable conditions — they just can not be budged . |
| 27 | She 's finding out what makes a good driver . |
| 28 | Who knows what makes a good nurse ? |
| 29 | You 've done a lot of the work for us , I 'm very appreciative to , of this , I 'm glad to say you have , in terms of sussing out what makes a good press release , if only because you 've found out what makes a bad press release . |
| 30 | Teenagers from local schools are joining the charity effort and helping organise the open days … they 're in no doubt what makes a good ice cream |