Example sentences of "makes it [vb infin] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Surely you can see that the very serious element in it puts the straightforward demonstration ‘ Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out' ’ protest song , in its place and makes it seem trite and a little bit cosy ? ’ |
2 | If this makes it seem inevitable that Labour 's electoral support should slump , it has to be pointed out that , according to the opinion polls , Labour might well have won had an election been called in 1978 . |
3 | Dominating the town as it does , the tower today has a gothic feel which makes it seem older than it really is . |
4 | For some strange optical reason this makes it look bigger than it really is and it has been argued that this illusion would have the effect of making an attacking lion misjudge its leap , striking short of the true position of the prey . |
5 | The varnish will deepen or ‘ yellow ’ the paper slightly but this generally makes it look richer and more interesting . |
6 | Adding some formatting to the spreadsheet not only makes it look better but makes it less likely that you will enter the wrong data for the percentage . |
7 | He makes it sound simple but the success speaks for itself . |