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

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1 ‘ If you can make a film that makes its money back , you can justify making another . ’
2 The sapiential authority to advise , instruct and direct ; the moral authority that makes its acceptance not just useful but obligatory ; and its charismatic authority that allows the professional to appeal to some supreme interest of his client that not only outranks conscience but sometimes even the raison d'état ( 1977 , pp.17–18 , emphasis added ; see also 1975 ) .
3 Sometimes I look at the other women , see one with a baby on her knee , then a little child runs up and tells her something that makes her laugh
4 ‘ It 's partly the fact that she is young and does n't have a completely formed personality that makes her interesting .
5 It is such relentless attention that makes her garden so spectacular for so much of the year .
6 If there 's something in our music that someone can identify with in some way , something that makes their life easier …
7 And it is their response to each other 's movements and their own enjoyment in dance that makes their behaviour appear natural and spontaneous even when they perform difficult technical feats .
8 It is suggested by Pederson-Krag that the workers ' rivalry is stimulated in order to overcome their aversion to effort and resentment of the authority that makes their work life what it is .
9 Charged solitons moving along the polymer chains could account for the greatly improved conductivity , but , there is a catch that makes their importance questionable .
10 It is the creative function of judges ( see further , below , chapter 8 ) that makes their job important and makes worthwhile some assessment of the way they behave , especially in political cases .
11 Well that makes your total to four bags of coal .
12 There 's a friendly , gentility about today that makes your home , workplace or neighbourhood a very nice place to be .
13 It is n't a finite amount that makes your share smaller the more individuals added .
14 I included quite clearly in my re-issue of the research approvals form er , the covering letter that went with it , saying you know , here 's an example of suggestion that makes your life easier , please keep them coming .
15 Yes , thallium you old berk , thallium , the heavy metal poison that makes your hair fall out and gives you diarrhoea and you die screaming .
16 At any rate , anything that makes Your Majesty 's subjects more conscious of their unity and of their duty to each other seems to me to be a real gain .
17 this is the quality in lemon juice that makes your mouth water .
18 It has to be something that makes your mouth drop open . ’
19 People like Mick are rare , the kind of guy you want to see in your dressing room before a game that makes your stomach turn to water .
20 Playing Richard III combines both of these features for you in a way that makes your point .
21 ‘ There is something in the way you say it that makes my heart sing . ’
22 But there is something about the way he is lying that makes my chest tighten with despair .
23 It 's a subject that makes my blood boil and disappointments have left me a blister short of swearing .
24 Jamie Fieldhouse suffers from a condition that makes his temper flare up uncontrollably .
25 It is , however , the way he makes a connection between anthropology and linguistics that makes his programme unusual :
26 It is exactly this historical awareness that makes his anthology something special .
27 One of the things that makes his account so useful — so much more than the anecdotal triviality of which he is so carelessly accused — is his ability to compare and contrast this informal repair work with the formal structures of explicit legal process .
28 ‘ Then that makes our ménage all the more convenient . ’
29 I believe there 's a new film called ‘ Tender Comrade ’ — that title begins to express it ; it 's the comrade in you that makes our passion so deep and yet so clear …
30 At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution .
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