Example sentences of "makes [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , of course , when entertaining family or friends , a cup of smooth , rich-tasting coffee makes the perfect end to a delicious meal . |
| 2 | The second half of the verse , ‘ Gesture of orang-outang/ Rises from the sheets in steam ’ simultaneously forces us back into human prehistory , before even polyphemus , and forward into the present of Doris and Mrs Turner , since monkey evolves into human where ‘ orang-outang ’ becomes homo erectus ; yet ‘ knots of hair ’ makes the modern return to the ape , and shaving Sweeney , for all his performing the action of his namesake , the demon barber , seems as crude and brutal as the Cyclops — such is the grotesquely comic evolutionary irony of the loss of hair . |
| 3 | In the long-term it is one 's capacity to make open and honest relationships , outside the Fellowships as well as within , that makes the real difference to the quality of life and recovery . |
| 4 | Also playing are Witney Talent to bulldock in the second division of the Beezer Homes League while Abingdon town makes the short track to Maidenhead United in the Vauxhal League division to Falf . |
| 5 | It makes the British attitude to planemaking — make it commercial or defence oriented and make it pay PDQ — look plain shortsighted and stupid . |
| 6 | After a few days of wing stretching and flapping outside the burrow , it makes the perilous trip to the edge of the cliff . |
| 7 | But it is the more routine work they do that really makes the significant contribution to safety in the air , such as the identification of the origin of injuries sustained in survivable accidents which has led to the de-lethalisation of aircraft cockpits and cabins . |
| 8 | Robert Jackson , for example , envisages a " middle way " as a " study of religions conducted in such a way that it makes a distinctive contribution to the pupils ' development of a coherent and personally satisfying set of beliefs and values " ( Jackson 1987 : 17 ) . |
| 9 | Nevin makes a great run to the byline but his flick-back is missed in a goalmouth scramble by Malkin and John Aldridge before the keeper falls on the ball . |
| 10 | ‘ It makes a great difference to our research work , to both our projects . |
| 11 | It certainly makes a great difference to our lives when we see prayer as delighting in God . |
| 12 | But the theory is a mechanistic one ; the individual creature is genetically pre-programmed to act in the way it does ; statistically speaking it has no choice ; within a narrow range of variation , it always makes a predictable response to identifiable patterns of stimuli originating in the external environment . |
| 13 | ‘ If Mr Smith makes a similar motion to our council , it will be up to individual members to decide how to vote . ’ |
| 14 | For every card issued , the Bank of Scotland makes a financial contribution to HCIMA . |
| 15 | A reverse takeover offer is one where an offeror company makes a general offer to the shareholders of a larger company to acquire their shares in exchange for new shares in the offeror company , with the shareholders in the larger company becoming the majority shareholders in the offeror company . |
| 16 | The ultimate in natural flooring , sisal makes a hard-wearing alternative to natural wood floors . |
| 17 | * Try to buy Cheddar on the rind — it makes a tremendous difference to the flavour ( like cooking meat on the bone ) , and instantly shows that the cheese has been cut from a truckle and not from a block . |
| 18 | What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . |
| 19 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |
| 20 | He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular . |
| 21 | In Dering Street , Annely Juda makes a strong start to the new year with her first exhibition of new works by Hamish Fulton who has been walking in recent months in Norway , France and Spain ( 28 January-6 March ) . |
| 22 | Slightly bitter-flavoured , but makes a good addition to winter salads . |
| 23 | It makes a good contrast to all those clean white jackets on normal club nights . |
| 24 | The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer . |
| 25 | It might also be argued that the mandatory life sentence makes a substantial contribution to public safety . |
| 26 | Each Faculty makes a substantial contribution to the field of adult and continuing education , in which the University offers a range of part-time degree , diploma and postgraduate courses together with a comprehensive programme of short courses . |
| 27 | ‘ Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest methods of generating electricity , ’ it states , ‘ and already makes a substantial contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the UK . |
| 28 | In order to sustain a more robust disagreement , individualist theorists must contend that human autonomy makes a substantial difference to the explanation of action , and stands in the way of the determinist account supposedly favoured by holists . |
| 29 | Mr Pecksniff makes a pathetic allusion to the murder of the Princes in the Tower ( MC 9 ) , and Sam Weller refers to both this and to Richard 's stabbing ‘ the t' other king in the Tower ’ , i.e. Henry VI , in PP 25 ; SB 20 . |
| 30 | So much modern merchandise is themed with bestselling books that it makes a logical extension to the stock profile . |