Example sentences of "[noun] often make " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was how prospective clients often made contact , since Mala and I made the ship our home and office , in space , much of the time . |
| 2 | Clients often make false claims of cold-calling ; sometimes so they might avoid paying for the shares they bought . |
| 3 | We do n't earn much by international standards , conditions of work are arduous , and chronic underfunding often makes them more so . |
| 4 | Their self-image was that of the chosen few for whom the spectacle provided an inexhaustible supply of objects ( and people ) to hate , and whilst the apparent ease with which they targeted and disposed of their opposition often made good copy ( the endless adventure , the scandal , etc. ) , there is a sense in which the hectoring tone of their documents became repetitive and wearisome . |
| 5 | Conditions then vary from those in which the cultural institutions and their producers are wholly subordinated to general state policy — a condition often made harsher by full or attempted monopoly of all means of cultural production — to more nuanced situations in which , while general policy direction is exercised , the practical relations are not significantly different from those in modern patronal and intermediate bodies , which of course also , in varying ways , have general policy directions in accordance with the social order in which they are working . |
| 6 | Teenagers often make inappropriate responses to conflicts such as aggression , withdrawing , sulking , tantrums or destructive behaviour . |
| 7 | Poor listeners often make irrelevant comments ; the most influential contributions do not necessarily come from those vessels making the most noise . |
| 8 | And , while Darwin often made use of Gould 's observations on the characteristics and distribution of certain birds in his Origin of Species , Gould never broadcast his role as one of Darwin 's sources . |
| 9 | I am employed here as a nurse in the premature baby intensive care unit and I 'm certainly kept very busy , the work often made more difficult but challenging in that I work alongside people from around 30 different countries . |
| 10 | ’ Boy often made me think of that particular moment — it was the way he looked down . |
| 11 | In any event the sheer volume and variety of bodies under departmental sponsorship often makes ministerial responsibility something of a myth . |
| 12 | It is perhaps useful here to bear in mind the distinction often made in the study of pressure groups between ‘ interest ’ groups and ‘ cause ’ groups , though in the tactical struggle for influence each may seek to co-opt the support of the other . |
| 13 | Even when on top of his game the intensity of his desire often makes him appear downcast as he strides down the fairways — in direct contrast to his compatriot Seve Ballesteros , who has every emotion etched on his face . |
| 14 | After her poem drew one in reply , Ella Wrote an article in prose in the next issue in which she put a point often made in the later period ( see Chapters 5 and 7 ) by women workers , and one which is central to the debate on women 's pay generally . |
| 15 | The difficulties that many girls and boys have in talking to parents about sex and contraception often make it a subject to be mutually avoided . |
| 16 | WIN.INI is the more important one because applications often made changes here . |
| 17 | Industrialists often made that sort of threat , but they rarely seemed to be carried out . |
| 18 | Prisoner of War escape stories often make for interesting reading and Ten Minutes To Buffalo by Ulrich Stienhilper and Peter Osborne is no exception . |
| 19 | There has been an advantage in looking first at an exercise because its very ‘ task ’ orientation often makes the structure explicit , whereas in group drama one has often to look for it . |
| 20 | There is often a thirst but during the chill cold water often makes this worse ( < ) . |
| 21 | Science popularisers often make the same claim , dismissing the Sun as just a run-of-the-mill star . |
| 22 | To increase your interest in the subjects of your course may be difficult ; some of them are pretty dull , and textbook writers often make them duller . |
| 23 | Parents or relatives often make donations to their old public school or college as some repayment for what it has done for them , or in the hope that it may give their child a better chance of entry ! |
| 24 | Slim medium-sized birds of prey , with long , usually narrow wings and tail , long legs , not very stout bill , and wings pointed ( except Marsh Harrier ) , a ruff of feathers often making the face rounded and owl-like . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , a built-in survival aid in our memories often makes life more difficult — it 's called ‘ association ’ . |
| 26 | Its reputation rests on classy programmes often made as international co-productions like David Attenborough 's blockbuster natural history series . |
| 27 | Herons often make themselves a nuisance , even in quite densely populated areas . |
| 28 | Marx 's theory is an attempt to accept both types of accounts of the Orient and to explain the apparent unity of states often made up of previously independent units which nevertheless co-operated in great communal works such as road building ( among the Inca ) and large-scale irrigation ( in Asia ) . |
| 29 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 30 | Beginners often make the mistake of looking down when they are moving from one position to another , thus breaking the cardinal first rule of combat , which is never to take your eyes off your opponent . |