Example sentences of "make [pron] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a school can tailor its in-house courses and make them relevant to the needs of the whole school staff , then the dynamics of that collective and shared experience may provide greater rewards . |
| 2 | This is the idea that crime and deviance have positive qualities and consequences that make them necessary for the healthy functioning of society . |
| 3 | Do n't write out cheques to your adviser — always make them payable to the company you 're investing in . |
| 4 | As far as the debtor 's obligations are concerned , he must retain possession of the goods and make them available for the creditor to collect , taking reasonable care of them in the meantime ( s72(4) ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I would envisage a process of discovery , so each party would list documents in their possession and make them available to the other parties . ’ |
| 6 | Lévi-Strauss accepted the traditional role of anthropology to ‘ explain' the differences of alien cultures in ways that make them recognisable as the same ‘ underneath ’ . |
| 7 | The announcement of the proposed merger ( unless shut-outs can be achieved — see para 8.2 below ) will bring both companies " into play " and make them vulnerable to a hostile bid . |
| 8 | Certainly , their scraping teen reveries and gleefully shambolic trashings of the likes of ‘ Fight For Your Right ’ and Barry Manilow 's ‘ Mandy ’ make them one of the most entertaining and , occasionally , promising prospects around , regardless of insularity . |
| 9 | The citation does however leave unexamined one further consideration ; that there might within the range of manufacturing and service industries be some which , for whatever reason , whether of the nature or of the size of the business , make them unsuited to the industrial co-operative form of organisation . |
| 10 | We make them aware of the pitfalls . |
| 11 | A different direction is taken by projects such as DASI ( Developing Anti-Sexist Initiatives ) where the aim is ‘ to give girls a positive self-image , and make them aware of the way society controls them rather than to direct them into ‘ male ’ areas of study or work' ( Whyld 1983 , p. 303 ) . |
| 12 | Their tiny eyes , rubbery sucking mouths and writhing bodies scarcely make them attractive from a human point of view . |
| 13 | ‘ I could let her serve her time to me , and make her fit for a job in any shop in Ireland , but we want more than that for her , do n't we ? ’ |
| 14 | He knew when to make use of his status , and when and how to temper its brilliance and make himself unobtrusive among a multitude . |
| 15 | As part of its drive to improve its efficiency and make itself ready for the private sector should the Government decide to privatise it following the review of the nuclear industry next year , Scottish Nuclear recently appointed Charterhouse , the merchant bank , as its adviser . |
| 16 | On the other hand , a corporation can own property ; it can acquire rights and make itself liable under a contract ; it can be a trustee ; it can incur civil liability for wrongful acts , and even for those which involve a definite state of mind like fraud or malice . |
| 17 | Southend 's attitude is you are there for their benefit ; Troyes make you welcome with a handshake greeting . |
| 18 | Dreaming , dreaming always , endlessly supposing some Act of God will lift you out , make you remarkable through no effort of your own . |
| 19 | To discourage petty claims , most insurers make you liable for the first £25 . |
| 20 | That things remain unconscious , not because you never knew about them , but because they 're never brought into the relevant connections with other things that make you conscious of the thing in the sense of seeing what 's in it for Mrs you know , reports . |
| 21 | Or rather , like Captain Oates , make something akin to a glorious sacrifice . |
| 22 | Here Miss Wharton , as was her custom each Wednesday and Friday , would weed out the dead flowers from the vase in front of the statue of the Virgin , scrape the wax and candle stubs from the brass holders , dust the two rows of chairs in the Lady Chapel , which would be adequate for the small congregation expected at that morning 's early Mass , and make everything ready for the arrival at nine twenty of Father Barnes . |
| 23 | If we sign a publishing deal in conjunction with a record deal , we usually make the deals co-terminous. so , if we only make one single with a band , we do n't keep the publishing on that act forever . |
| 24 | His East European Jewish background — he was born Schmuel Gelbfisz , in Warsaw — and the instinct that first led him into pictures , make him typical of the men who created Hollywood : Louis B Mayer , Adolph Zukor , Carl Laemmle , William Fox and the Warners . |
| 25 | Wright 's combination of autocracy , determination to advance and understand medical science , love of logic and new words , contempt for women , and occasional humility make him one of the most fascinating characters in the history of therapeutic progress . |
| 26 | The drooping snout and the torpedo-like body , coupled with big fins and muscles like Charles Atlas , make him one of the best , if not the best , fighting coarse fish . |
| 27 | Here lived Gottfried Keller ( 1819–90 ) , the Swiss poet and novelist whose carefully crafted short stories embrace both humour and a touching romanticism , and make him one of the most important figures of Swiss literature . |
| 28 | Free from injury and in the mood , his vast array of skills make him one of the most feared attackers in the modern game . |
| 29 | The Commander 's gay as a grasshopper , old Dass 's son walks in and tells them they make him sick to the teeth . |
| 30 | It you are not happy with the service you are receiving from your dealer then contact the Customer Relations Manager ( Mr Jefferies ) at Land Rover 021–722 2424 and make him aware of the situation . |