Example sentences of "makes [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The speed humps will be built in a special way which makes them less of an inconvenience to buses , ’ said Mrs Standing . |
| 2 | ‘ For some reason I hate to lose , ’ said Chang , ‘ and that makes me more of a fighter . |
| 3 | " That makes it easier in a way , but I do n't know if it 's your job or ours . " |
| 4 | Now they find themselves pitched together again at Castleblayney this afternoon in a play-off to determine who makes it through to the quarter-final stages of the National League . |
| 5 | Judge Tumim 's report recognises that Grendon therapy is tough and not everyone makes it through to the end . |
| 6 | CONSOLES STREETFIGHTER 2 ( SNES , £64.99 ) : The celebrated Capcom coin-op makes it on to the SNES with more head-to-head action than Lennox Lewis could handle . |
| 7 | The author makes it plain from the outset that he has no interest in trying to convince bar-stool pseudoscientists that they are wrong in believing that early cave dwellers battled marauding dinosaurs and that astrology tells all . |
| 8 | The least woodpecker-like woodpecker of the region , with a longish tail that makes it more like a small brown shrike or a large warbler . |
| 9 | ‘ Its concentration on domestic mortgages makes it more like a building society than a bank and , although it has been making losses with the rest of them , it has just managed to climb back into profitability . ’ |
| 10 | It makes it 'ard for a girl to say no when she 's obligated . ’ |
| 11 | Second , the British way of doing things makes it hard for a company to discover the identity of a suspected concert party-goer hiding behind a nominee . |
| 12 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |
| 13 | In an ideal world , your pump should be able to cope happily with normal pond detritus , without the need for a strainer of any kind , and any de-sludging should be at the filter , where back washing makes it less of a chore . |