Example sentences of "[noun pl] make the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The celebrated cases make the point that in spite of its ill-deserved reputation , Glasgow is actually more peaceful than a lot of other places I could think of … unless , of course , you were an innocent wee serving lassie in 1862 . |
| 2 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 3 | The latest facelifts make the point . |
| 4 | The mysterious Miss Madrigal , who is employed as Laurel 's companion and whose green fingers make the barren chalk garden of the title bloom , brings a real feeling of tragic suffering to the stage . |
| 5 | Cereals and root vegetables make the largest contribution , and are most often cooked to aid digestion . |
| 6 | The results reveal little departure from the traditional view that applicants from large , old-fashioned institutions make the best employees , although UMIST and Loughborough are ranked highly , largely because of their more vocational courses . |
| 7 | Our fair rates proposals make the situation unequivocally clear . |
| 8 | The various Transport Acts make the officers responsible for day-to-day commercial control of public transport in the metropolitan areas . |
| 9 | There is one golden rule to remember — accessories make the outfit . |
| 10 | Improved road and rail links with the rest of Britain , good local amenities , and a wide range of leisure activities make the West Country a popular location for weekend home owners , and retirement.And retired people should also bear in mind the high cost of French health care . |
| 11 | If you have found that Doomstones make the adventurers too powerful for comfort , this could be a good way of getting the crystals away from them . |
| 12 | A shadow may lie across a surface , giving a sharp change of brightness ; such exceptions to the rules make the interpretation of images more difficult . ) |
| 13 | Their roads make the M25 look like a drive down a quite lane . |
| 14 | The units make the forms of the diagrams effectively independent of B , and since C is assumed to be about 4B they can be used to include variations in C. Tanabe-Sugano diagrams can be used to assign spectra empirically ; they lead to the identification of allowed transitions , and very often the fit of the observed transition energies gives values of Δ/B; that are unambiguous . |
| 15 | The elvish song which follows immediately on the ‘ Walking Song ’ indeed says just that , though probably few readers make the connection straight away . |
| 16 | Old newspapers are being preserved by photographing about 200 volumes a year to microform , priority being given to those for which readers make the greatest call . |
| 17 | The old axiom that hungry fighters make the best ones is countered by the quote from young , struggling players : " Eat beans , and play like beans … " |
| 18 | So often the parties to disputes make the mistake of not being crystal-clear about the bottom line . |
| 19 | That stupid Topknot person believes that the going-up Shuttles make the sky . |
| 20 | Variations of hue are indistinguishable , and many deep-sea animals make the most of the ambient light by tuning all their visual pigments to blue . |
| 21 | Even shallow water animals make the most of the ambient light by tuning all their visual pigments to blue . |
| 22 | Such considerations make the ‘ voluntary — do n't have to worry about income inequality ’ view look somewhat forced . |
| 23 | Some fishkeepers make the mistake of mixing other types of Malawis ( usually Aulonocaras and Cyrtocara moorii ) with Mbuna . |
| 24 | Schools make the French Connection |
| 25 | All these images make the claim that there is one God who is understood in a variety of ways by the world 's different religious traditions . |
| 26 | It is a scientific fact that empty vessels make the most noise . |
| 27 | The term that comes to mind and is much used by Germans in the training clubs is ‘ empty vessels make the most noise ’ . |
| 28 | Its supporters make the point that it breaks down rigid hierarchies and allows for greater participation in the decision-making process . |
| 29 | Not for nothing did smiling Irish eyes make the fortunes of the bohemian hacks who were just about to create the modern popular music business in the cities of the United States . |
| 30 | Even though the fear of violence may have been justified in this case , the 30-mile zone and the fact that the disorder was expected to emanate from other than the marchers make the implications of the case disturbing , even in the context of Northern Ireland . |