Example sentences of "[be] making [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monoamine oxidase inhibitors would prevent the inactivation of noradrenaline and other amines thought to act as neurotransmitters : might they be making good a lack of one of these amines in the tissues ? |
| 2 | LESTER Piggott 's chances of renewing his famous Derby partnership with Vincent O'Brien increased yesterday as Fatherland was reported to be making good progress from injury . |
| 3 | Should they be making low-budget films pitched largely at the local market and emphasizing their Britishness , as the critics demand , or big films on the Hollywood model for the world ? |
| 4 | Cica will not be competing directly with top-of-the-range brands such as Reebok and Nike as it will not ‘ be making specific performance claims ’ and will be ‘ better value for money ’ , says Linford . |
| 5 | I think that by anybody 's judgment , they should be making appropriate payments to qualifying lenders . |
| 6 | I 'll give them the real Henry Farr , and he wo n't just be making witty little remarks about the London orbital motorway either . |
| 7 | ‘ It should n't be making that . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The killings were duly lawful and the defence acting for us will be making that point . ’ |
| 9 | We 'll be making that resolution . |
| 10 | Less so the next morning when , his stomach seriously disordered and his head aching , John-William had started to wonder why a man like Goldsborough who was " gentry " through and through despite his odd goings-on at the Fleece , should be making revolutionary suggestions as to how the " squires ' government might be brought down . |
| 11 | Against this , they will be making continuous assessments of the scale of current bank lending . |
| 12 | How could he be making small talk when their bodies were pressed together like this ? |
| 13 | To Greg she did n't seem to be making much sense — saying whatever came first into her head and contradicting herself . |
| 14 | It 's very unlikely we 'll be making much in those sorts of developments much of those sorts of developments this year with our current budget . |
| 15 | Soon his own children would be making similar pictures for him to admire , so maybe he 'd better start getting into practice . |
| 16 | But because of injury , they 'll be making 5 changes from this winning side , making tomorrow 's task quite formidible . |
| 17 | She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling . |
| 18 | The CFE talks in Vienna , however , had appeared to be making little progress since the eighth round began on May 17 . |
| 19 | Talks between the Russian Federation and separate delegations from all three states appeared to be making little progress . |
| 20 | The big difference between it and option one is that the government would not be us ing social-security receipts to reduce its outstanding debt but would instead be making multi-trillion-dollar investment decisions in the private economy . |
| 21 | Ideally , the student should be making all the decisions and choosing actions in the interests of safety and efficiency . |
| 22 | HP , which previously sold SoftPC direct , will be co-marketing the product with Insignia who will be making all the sales itself . |
| 23 | Hewlett , which previously sold SoftPC direct , will be co-marketing the product with Insignia , which will be making all the sales itself . |
| 24 | Would you be making all this fuss if you did n't ? ’ |
| 25 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 26 | ‘ However , I am pleased to say that we will be making two major announcements within the next month , both of which are very good news for the club . |
| 27 | You will not be making such time-consuming notes after this preparation phase , so bear with it . |
| 28 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 29 | ‘ You would n't be making such a fuss if you 'd been named as Vitor 's girlfriend , ’ the young man had declared . |
| 30 | It 's recently said it will be making new masks . |