Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] [modal v] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No amount of talk and pretence will make it reality . |
| 2 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 3 | As you get older , the pressures of work , home and family can make it very easy to forget your own health . |
| 4 | As you get older , the pressures of work , home and family can make it very easy to forget your own health . |
| 5 | A number of bills before Congress would make it easier for states to block imports of waste . |
| 6 | He believes that things are as they seem to Dr Serafin ; that he is putting up proposals which are as sound as his judgement and experience can make them , that he is withdrawing them in deference to Serafin 's objections , and that he will be forced to formulate alternative proposals which can not be known to him yet because they will take their rise from views Serafin has still not expressed . |
| 7 | Maddox ( 1980 ) describes how love and anger , ghosts and grandparents , home and food , jealousy and authority can make it difficult to live with other people 's children . |
| 8 | At eighteen she is doing A levels at college and wants to train as an aromatherapist , because she feels that looking after yourself with massage and perfume can make you feel good about yourself . |
| 9 | Rather he thinks that ants ' social organisation and skills should make them at least as rewarding to study as the birds and mammals on which animal behaviourists have focused . |
| 10 | The whiff of a field of flowers can be uplifting and invigorating ; catching the smell of a cigarette or cigar can make you feel stuffy and uncomfortable . |
| 11 | It 's new-found strategy and alliances will make it a server player , not just a client . |
| 12 | In some respects the provisions of the P. & C.E. Act in relation to the custody record and the records kept of stop and search should make it easier for the suspect to complain . |
| 13 | ‘ They said on the radio that toothpaste could make you ill . |
| 14 | Indeed the Law Commission Working Paper No 77 , Implied Terms in Contracts for the Supply of Goods ( 1977 ) , recognised three possible approaches : firstly , the bailor is strictly liable ( Jones v Page ( 1867 ) 15 LT 619 per Kelly CB at p621 ) ; secondly , the goods must be as fit as care and skill can make them ( Hyman v Nye ( 1881 ) 6 QBD 685 per Lindley J at p682 ) ; thirdly , the bailor is liable only if he fails to take reasonable care to ensure that the goods are fit which , as the via media of the two other approaches , was eventually adopted in s9 of SGSA 1982 . |
| 15 | This walk , by the way , although it 's only short , does involve a bit of scrambling which , though hardly dangerous , does need a fair amount of agility — fit grannies and grandads would make it , overweight VAT inspectors with beer bellies would n't . |
| 16 | When she married Darren , 28 , doctors told her that the side effects of drugs and radiotherapy might make it difficult to conceive . |
| 17 | Even in the case of a willing witness , considerations of cost and convenience may make it very desirable to avoid the requirement of attendance . |
| 18 | A shift from a presidential system to that of a Prime Minister and Cabinet would make it easier for parties to divide up the rewards of victory between their various factions ( as illustrated by the Japanese model ) . |
| 19 | She walked over to the rail and leant her forearms on it as she stared across the river , and drew in a shuddery little breath , hating the fact that Luke could make her so aware of him with just a look . |
| 20 | Readings such as that of Schüssler Fiorenza and Trible may make it easier for Christian women who are feminists to associate themselves with the Christian tradition . |
| 21 | Depressed and bewildered because it had inexplicably impaired his ability to think and concentrate , he soon guessed that his paralysis and clumsiness would make him always dependent on a wheelchair . |
| 22 | … not only on account of the manner of its content but also on account of the manner of its distribution , have the effect of a red rag upon the Gallic bull ; … it is important that we should be the party attacked and this Gallic overweening and touchiness will make us if we announce in the face of Europe … that we fearlessly meet the public threats of France … |
| 23 | I hope Aziz and Mohammed can make it a ‘ treat of a trek ’ to many visitors in the sunny years ahead . |