Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that make " in BNC.
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| 1 | People tend to assume that parents of mentally handicapped children and those who work with them are gifted with abnormal powers of patience and understanding , or suffused with some form of religious or social awareness that make them adopt a sacrificial purpose in life . |
| 2 | It is the speed and the extra space that make the Squirrel commercially attractive . |
| 3 | Aborigines , for example , have complex forms of verbal communication that make English seem crude and inflexible . |
| 4 | Companies certainly try to control demand , to channel it in known directions , but they are never sure of their market ; the best they can do is to offer a ‘ cultural repertoire ’ , to cover a spread of the likely possibilities in order to minimize the risk — and it is this which accounts for the colossal overproduction of records and the large number that make a loss ( see Laing 1985 : 9–10 , 20 ; Frith 1983a : 92–102 ; Denisoff 1975 : 92–4 ) . |
| 5 | In Stan Whittaker 's eyes it is perhaps good health and good fun that make the sacrifices of a fight against Fascism at all worthwhile . |
| 6 | In the hunt for both markets and resources , managers invest to create three basic kinds of new advantage that make it more difficult for others to compete . |
| 7 | It is environmental factors and chemical interference that make all the difference to keeping the skin soft . |
| 8 | There is a small landed gentry and a growing professional class that make up perhaps eight per cent of the population . |