Example sentences of "[pron] makes considerable [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think you have to remember that the priestly ministry is one which makes considerable demands , both emotional and spiritual , on its members , ’ the Bishop added .
2 Finally , he makes considerable use of ‘ natural experiments ’ , the sociological , or in this case literary , device , of studying those natural contrasts which crop up from time to time .
3 It is peripheral to the interests of the Highland Board , and it makes considerable demands on the time of Board Staff .
4 Producing it makes considerable demands on an animal 's bodily resources and although the silk moth , encouraged by man 's selective breeding , extrudes it in large quantities , most insects are rather more sparing in their use of it .
5 The language of ‘ modernist ’ writing is , typically , difficult and challenging ; it makes considerable demands on the reader , and even greater demands on the critic .
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