Example sentences of "[adv] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We eventually made good our escape to Braemar , where we sat miserably in the pub , lamenting the fact that our dry clothes were a 200 mile bus and train journey away in Aviemore . |
| 2 | Bibikov was no liberal , but neither were some of those who eventually made major contributions to the emancipation of 1861 . |
| 3 | Edward 's manipulation of the wool trade for his financial advantage intensified the divisions between the small group of wealthy merchants who stood to benefit from Edward 's schemes and the lesser merchants who eventually made common cause with the producers in opposing the monopolistic structure that Edward tried to create . |
| 4 | If you can not afford to invest the maximum allowed each year or would rather make regular monthly savings than invest in lump sums , you can put by as little as £10 per month . |
| 5 | ‘ I would rather make pragmatic progress than theoretical progress . ’ |
| 6 | Work here will concentrate in areas like information technology , and further liquid crystal research which will eventually make 3-dimensional and high definition television widely available . |
| 7 | Moreover , according to the prevailing values of this system , any feminist housewife who successfully made good her claim to be paid a wage for her domestic chores would be reducing her status to that of a servant . |
| 8 | He rarely made fundamental mistakes and never , she suspected , about a man 's scientific ability . |
| 9 | We call in on Odd-Knut 's Lappish acquaintance — — not ‘ friend ’ , because the Lapps rarely make real friends with non-Lapps . |
| 10 | Almost any sizable stretch of water , inland or coastal , may attract an Osprey , but spring birds rarely make prolonged stays . |
| 11 | QUIET cities rarely make good copy ; but on May 28th , when Miami failed to explode , it was news of a sort . |
| 12 | Shy people rarely make good in public relations . |
| 13 | The decision was taken at a meeting of EC environment ministers on Dec. 21 , which also imposed new limits on exhaust emissions which will effectively make catalytic converters compulsory on all new vehicles by 1993 . |
| 14 | Griffith 's intention was to condemn the hypocrisy of wealthy do-gooders and just by way of illustration he brilliantly made real the experience of industrial warfare . |
| 15 | Er er I do n't think after going through everything we 've said , I think we 've all got the sort of ideas that we could all make good criminals , |
| 16 | Some domestic horses scratch their owner 's backs while being brushed ; others who have been punished for putting their mouths on humans , merely make strange mouth and jaw movements . |
| 17 | I would agree with that , but I would just like to pick up three two of there have been one or two instances felt that they have necessarily make aware perhaps that something 's coming up in er difficult , but I just wanted to mention that er I do n't know what the procedures are actually , but I mean it d did n't seem to be one or two cases not saying it necessarily the department 's fault , I 'm er just making the point . |
| 18 | Why do cats suddenly make mad dashes around the house ? |
| 19 | Family and old friends are not necessarily forgotten but distance will naturally make frequent contact less likely and the newly formed unit will take precedence , particularly when the young adults become parents themselves and the whole process begins all over again . |
| 20 | It would be a good idea , he pointed out to the noble lord , to buy a large freehold estate and divide it into twelve , creating twelve new freeholders who would be entitled to a vote each because of the property qualification ; he hastened to add that he would personally make sure that only suitable Tory adherents were thus enfranchised . |
| 21 | We can measure productivity but with motivation we can only make certain assumptions that improved motivation may lead to improved performance . |
| 22 | However , he can only make good this argument by implying some limitation into the wording of section 6(3) ( a ) . |
| 23 | Before , he had always been rather frightening but now he looked pathetic with his tear-stained cheeks , grieving eyes and red gaping mouth which could only make gurgling sounds as Benjamin took him by the hand and tried to convey his condolences . |
| 24 | or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals |
| 25 | Economic theory and particularly its practical application can only make significant progress if economists can exchange ideas and experience . |
| 26 | Therefore , where a document is a copy , the other party could only make significant use of this fact to question the probative value of the evidence if serious questions could be raised regarding the procedures by which the copy was made . |
| 27 | Towards evening , Ian thought that he had better make certain that everything was in order , before the Colonel returned , and telephoned his friend : ‘ Now Ian , everything is just as fine as it should be ; you can tell the Colonel that his good lady will be well out to sea by now . ’ |
| 28 | Before a split , better make sure you are with the majority faction ( or Bolsheviks ) , for the Mensheviks are likely to lose out . |
| 29 | We 'd better make sure no more of this sort of thing is going on . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 'd better make sure it does n't . ’ |