Example sentences of "makes [pron] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Although this is a powerful technique , which can crack someone 's skull open , exponents of it need to be aware that its very committed position makes them vulnerable to a sweeping counter-attack .
2 The police makes them streetwise within no time at all , but they 're missing out on something ’ ( FN 9/8/87 , p. 3 ) .
3 Very many court decisions have an impact far beyond the interests of the litigants , if only because the doctrine of precedent makes them relevant to the affairs of others .
4 Furthermore , there is little about splits in the various branches which makes them understandable as a product of conflict between moderate younger activists and older extremists .
5 Their percussiveness makes them suitable as an accompaniment to congregational singing .
6 some combination of the above factors makes them different from the rest .
7 some combination of the above factors makes them different from the rest .
8 Unfortunately the position makes them ideal for the kid to cut over and leap frog over , especially straight into the oncoming traffic and the er bearers .
9 Although their primary use is in the training market their simplicity and small size makes them ideal as a travelling presentation unit .
10 They have a handsome shiny lustre which makes them conspicuous from a distance .
11 Their responsibility for improving relations between police and public makes them sensitive to the disastrous effect that wrongly exercised discretion can have on the public 's perception of the RUC .
12 Area 7 champions Royal Berkshire had to work had for their 3–0 victory over Riverside , Chiswick , which makes them unique in the event with maximum points from four matches .
13 I ca n't make any sense of what he 's saying because it seems to me that erm our common and everyday and perhaps very deficient notion of individuation is , what makes me different from the rest of you ?
14 ‘ The prospect of relegation makes me sick to the pit of my stomach .
15 Koons says that it is exactly this childlike aspect that makes her vulnerable to the tacky mandarins of the porn industry , whom Koons loathes , despite the mountain of mad flesh in Made in Heaven .
16 Although pain is the dominant feeling she experiences at that moment , it is a pain that simultaneously makes her angry with the male , and she swipes out at him .
17 The beauty of this method is that it makes you aware of the most harmonic choices that are avaible to you on any chosen scale degree .
18 PASSIONATE songs and groovy diversions and a voice that cracks and soars and makes you aware of the rich possibilities of your lot , instead of burying your feelings in a horrible , orthodox genre .
19 Talking to Stan about fossil hunting makes you aware of the passion that drives him on .
20 Instead he makes you privy to the way he took certain shots , coping with available light , wind , wet knees and so on .
21 ‘ It makes one dead after a while , ’ said Betty , taking the practical line .
22 Robin Williams has precisely the driving , egomaniacal but mischievous quality which makes him believable as a grown-up Peter Pan .
23 However early in the novel he has an experience which makes him aware of a significantly different kind of memory , and this is of course the famous incident in which as a young man he dips a small cake , a madeleine , into a cup of tea .
24 This may restrict the set of operations that can be provided for some or all of the data.types ; it also makes it easy for the programmer to use an instruction on an operand with the wrong format , although assemble-time checks may help to reduce the number of errors of this sort .
25 Besides , the ritual of sampling and inspection makes it easy for the field man to portray his activity as a normal part of his job , rather than as a search for evidence of deviance .
26 It merely overrides it and makes it unenforceable for the purposes of excluding liability for death or personal injury .
27 How to Make Money With Computers contains a wealth of essential business advice , which even makes it suitable for the budding entrepreneur who does n't intend to start a computer related business .
28 The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it illegal for an LEA or governors to discriminate on the grounds of colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality against a pupil — ‘ by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment ’ ( section 17(c) ( ii ) ) .
29 By analogy , therefore , where the refusal of planning permission makes it impossible for a defendant to comply with the terms of a nuisance order , this could be regarded as a reasonable excuse .
30 This myth is believed all over the world despite the fact that the weight of the armour makes it impossible for the clam to close rapidly .
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