Example sentences of "effect [prep] make the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet recognition of the difficulties in which the two papers found themselves had the apparent effect of making the Government and the party think more clearly about mass communications . |
| 2 | There is obiter dictum ( voiced with apparent unanimity by the Court of Appeal ) that s5 of the Partnership Act has the effect of making the act of each partner the act of every co-partner . |
| 3 | The new marriage laws ( especially those after 1836 , which granted the right to marry to nonconformist chapels as well as civil registrars ) had the effect of making the betrothal less binding and of sharply differentiating the married from the unmarried , hence making the difference between licit and illicit sex more important . |
| 4 | The crowd , too , had lowered their voices , but this had the effect of making the exchanges even more momentous . |
| 5 | It nearly caused a diplomatic incident but it had the effect of making the magistrate agree that the recording should go to London . |
| 6 | This would have the psychological effect of making the branch total lower , but also clearly reveal the actual progress that the branch itself has made . |
| 7 | This would have the psychological effect of making the branch total lower , but also clearly reveal the actual progress that the branch itself has made . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , this sentence has the effect of making the click come before the shutting , thus reversing the normal precedence of cause to effect . |
| 9 | This had the effect of making the differences between owl and diurnal raptor digestion appear greater than it really is , and it seemed to confirm earlier reports of minimal effects of digestion in owls ( Reed & Reed , 1928 ; Duke et al . , |
| 10 | This could have the effect of making the persons and organizations responsible for the creation of expert systems liable to the ultimate consumers of the advice generated . |
| 11 | ‘ Women often have a tendency to arch their backs which has the effect of making the voice sound more remote , ’ says Meribeth . |
| 12 | The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 , the sub committee bill of rights and seniority reform all helped to break the power of committee chairmen in the House of Representatives while other changes , including public and recorded voting , plus new rules decreeing open committee meetings , except in special circumstances , had the effect of making the House more open and accessible than it had ever been before . |
| 13 | Although the metaphor whereby perception is equated with movement towards the object perceived is commonplace , the effect of making the eye , rather than the observer himself the subject of these verbs is to disassociate the observer , as if in contemplative detachment , from the eye , which is restless and energetic . |
| 14 | Fig.6.2 shows the effect of making the disc visible . |
| 15 | The effect of making the comparison within junctions is to exclude any factors intrinsic to the junction ( e.g. its size , location , distinctiveness ) from the results . |
| 16 | The beginning of each sentence in the middle of the poem seems to start at the end of the previous line which has the effect of making the reader almost experience the same sort of speed the train is going through . |
| 17 | A joint tenant might , however , transfer his interest in his lifetime ( though not by will ) ; and such a transfer would , before 1 January 1926 , have had the effect of making the transferee a tenant in common with the other or others , though the others continued as between themselves to be joint tenants . |
| 18 | The exception is where an employee is in breach of his statutory duty and this has the effect of making the employer vicariously liable . |