Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] make it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 2 | At around $18,265 ( approx £10,000 ) the Spirit 's 0–60mph time of 6.8secs and top speed of 143mph make it ‘ one of the world 's fastest production sedans ’ according to Chrysler , and exceptional value in the US , where it is expected to compete against Ford 's $22,000 ( £12,000 ) Taurus SHO . |
| 3 | He says the fibrous nature of Linseed makes it impossible to plough back into the soil . |
| 4 | Why does an unstable demand for money make it difficult to control the supply of money ? |
| 5 | The biggest cut comes in Germany where its packaging plant in Braunschweig is to close at a cost of 275 jobs , and the decision highlights the growing structural problem in the German economy : growing numbers of German and international companies now find that the high cost of employment makes it too expensive to manufacture there . |
| 6 | Has the British embassy in Germany made it clear to the German authorities how deeply shocking and despicable have been the racist attacks by Nazi thugs there ? |
| 7 | Thai food is far more interesting than Chinese or Indian , for the huge and accessible range of ingredients makes it potentially more elegant and surprising — in Thailand they are said to eat more than 250 raw ingredients in their yam ( salads , and pronounced ‘ yum ’ ) alone . |
| 8 | The increasing impact of nuclear weapons upon military planning and the perceived importance of maintaining the integrity of a future theatre of operations made it necessary to standardise doctrine and training and , hence , provide a more integrated forum for addressing joint military requirements . |
| 9 | Critics claim the technology is 1980s passe and not for Unix and that it would take a tremendous amount of engineering to make it suitable for modern enterprise-wide client/server applications that demand object-oriented solutions . |
| 10 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 11 | The simple morphology of dodder makes it a very convenient experimental model for studying development since all parameters of growth and differentiation are strung out in space as well as in time along the linear axis of a cylindrical vine . |
| 12 | I suppose my first experience is one of immense frustration , because I think this is very important document that you bring to us , but the speed and the sound being , the loud sound of delivery made it very difficult to stay with the , the concept and ideas . |
| 13 | Her unfortunate gaffe over tea made it impossible for Elisabeth to offer any excuse when Mitzi Baum accosted her on the stairs on the way to dinner and asked her to share her table . |
| 14 | The comprehensive and pervasive nature of planning makes it easy to forget that it has very little to do with private rights and restrictions . |
| 15 | A large number of sections makes it easier to locate paperwork only if it is correctly filed . |
| 16 | The sudden cool of evening made it advisable to keep the cooking fire alive and in the morning a cold , heavy dew dripped from the leaves . |
| 17 | The swift interactive response of the micro and its flexibility within a well-defined set of rules make it particularly effective in setting up game situations . |
| 18 | The views of the lovely Derbyshire countryside from this gracious house are wonderful and its location in the tranquil and pretty hamlet of Blore makes it an ideal retreat for the discerning traveller . |
| 19 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
| 20 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |
| 21 | The light shining through her roughly heaped haycock of hair made it blaze so you might have thought you could warm your hands at it . |
| 22 | The present situation in Russia makes it impossible for the centre to control this process . |
| 23 | As we noted in Chapter 10 , oligopolists have an incentive to carry out socially unproductive advertising in order to make it harder for new entrants to meet the fixed costs of breaking into the industry , thereby leaving more of the market and the profit for existing firms . |
| 24 | The complete absence of information makes it very difficult to uncover the processes of change which may have been at work among the peoples north and south of the Trent during the reign of Eadwine , but it is inconceivable that Eadwine was able to extend his hegemony southwards without first achieving domination of the Mercians . |
| 25 | The intuitive interface of Nemesis makes it easy to learn and use . |
| 26 | Even in the case of Braque , whose development was more methodical than Picasso 's , the dating of certain works is problematical , and Picasso 's sporadic method of work makes it doubly hard . |
| 27 | Charles Darwin would cut a heavy book in halves to make it more convenient to handle , and fix broken sections together with strong metal clips . |
| 28 | Identifying the full cost of courses makes it clear to the voter where the funding gap is . |
| 29 | It was sold to the Housing Association at a reduced value in order to make it viable . |
| 30 | For many infectious agents , hepatitis C virus ( HCV ) in particular , the specificity and extreme sensitivity of PCR makes it superior to standard serological tests in the determination of carrier state , and false-negative serological results have led to the suggestion that PCR should replace antibody testing for screening . |