Example sentences of "making it [adj] that [det] " in BNC.

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1 Examining patients with and without uraemia enabled us to look at the gastric mucosal damage over a very wide range ( 43 fold ) of in vivo ammonia production making it unlikely that any association was missed .
2 The marketing blitz has raged at full tilt for some time now , making it likely that this blockbuster will live up to its imperial ambitions .
3 The result might have been different if there had been a notice attached to the goods making it clear that these goods had nothing to do with the defendant 's business as a dealer in second-hand goods but had come from his home and that the sale of the goods was to be a private transaction .
4 If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company .
5 Robert had still not been able to discover the headmaster 's first name , although on occasions Malik had asked to be addressed as Abdul , while making it clear that this was not his name .
6 Thus it is clear that ( a ) affirms the footballer ; ( b ) also affirms the footballer because the speaker has made it clear that it is a personal reaction of liking or disliking which has nothing to do with appreciation of football 's being a good game ; ( c ) is affirming also because although criticism of the game is stated , its positive value comes first , and in any case the keen footballer is likely to be the first to agree that the level of enjoyment varies according to different games of football ; ( d ) however veers towards dismissal of football and therefore dismissal of what is meaningful to the footballer , because although it acknowledges that sometimes it is a good game the emphasis is on the negative side ; ( e ) is not affirming because even though the hurt to the footballer is cushioned by making it clear that this is a personal opinion , a very negative judgement is in fact articulated ; ( f ) has the straight effect of dismissing the footballer as well as football because it implies that anyone who spends time on football is stupid .
7 Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case .
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