Example sentences of "making [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incentive for making as accurate a calculation as possible of the likely final liability is therefore clear . |
| 2 | Our worries about the continuing control , however , are real , which is why we are making as positive a contribution as we can to help tackle that problem urgently . |
| 3 | His uncle , the Duke of Albany , was content to act as Regent after Robert III 's death without making too strenuous an effort to liberate the rightful king . |
| 4 | This similarity should caution against making too firm a distinction between the three ; for example one might have sought to make distinctions in terms of being instances of either ‘ new ’ or ‘ old ’ racism , especially on the grounds that new racists , unlike old racists , will justify their position by citing non-racial general principles ( Sniderman and Tetlock , 1986a , 1986b ; see also Potter and Wetherell , 1987 , for arguments against deducing ‘ true ’ attitudes from discourse ) . |
| 5 | making too heavy a contact with the opponent , either through loss of temper or misjudgement of distance ; and |