Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say statistics can be manipulated to give any impression , but whichever way you look at the Gunners , the facts of Highbury life make glum reading . |
| 2 | Some types of roof construction make loft conversion a little more expensive than others , some make it almost impossible . |
| 3 | A couple of piano breaks make Ce Ce 's youthful exuberance seem delirious . |
| 4 | Improved road and rail links with the rest of Britain , good local amenities , and a wide range of leisure activities make the West Country a popular location for weekend home owners , and retirement.And retired people should also bear in mind the high cost of French health care . |
| 5 | After his conversion , Smart saw himself ( as the surviving fragments of Jubilate Agno make clear ) as obedient to Christ in all his works . |
| 6 | In a later elaboration of his perspective , Anderson argues more generally that kin relations must always be understood in terms of the kind of calculations people make , and this should provide the starting-point for any analysis : ‘ if we are to understand variations and patterns of kinship relationships , the only worthwhile approach is to consciously and explicitly investigate the manifold advantages and disadvantages that any actor can obtain from maintaining one relational pattern rather than another ’ ( Anderson , 1972 , p. 226 ) . |
| 7 | Reviews of group shows make hard reading . |
| 8 | But council leaders nationally have complained that a decade of education cuts make this the bleakest year yet . |
| 9 | It is a fact that lists of exam results make no allowance for the academic levels of a school 's intake of pupils . |
| 10 | In fact , the numbers of Punch aficionados make me worry that the same end will come to the comp complex as came to Punch . |
| 11 | Today 's methods of birth control make it possible for a couple to choose whether or not to have a child . |
| 12 | But , today , rapid changes in life expectancy , provision of international aid and the availability of birth control make forecasting for periods greater than five years difficult . |
| 13 | The elegant , elongated purple leaves of Setcreasea purpurea make a good display |
| 14 | The backs of dyeline prints make very good writing surfaces . |
| 15 | Since burning their fingers on 100% lending that flared into bad debt , lenders have been insisting that customers borrowing more than 70% to 75% of property value make them a present of an insurance policy against default . |
| 16 | The cross-curricular and cross-stage nature of health education make it necessary for someone within the school to take responsibility for co-ordinating the programme . |
| 17 | The events which led to the loss of HMS Impregnable make interesting reading and through research , we have been able to obtain a transcript of the court-martial . |
| 18 | 17.13 Through increasing encounters with a range of examples children make sense of literary experiences and it is the responsibility of the teacher to provide and foster that range in the classroom . |
| 19 | A high ballast ratio and plenty of form stability make the J/44 very stiff in a breeze . |
| 20 | Dropping hints that an initial public offering could be on the cards , the company pointed to figures showing that the majority of software start-ups make for an IPO at between $10m and $20m of venture funding : Neuron Data is capitalised at $16m . |
| 21 | These few words of Bishop Samson make the whole affair a matter of business-like common sense , more in keeping with the way in which government was developing than with Anselm 's grand and simple principles . |
| 22 | He passes speedily from the absurdities of haute cuisine to the shortcomings of folk cookery , and deals a swift right and left to those writers whose reverent genuflections before the glory and wonder of every least piece of peasant cookery-lore make much journalistic cookery writing so tedious . |
| 23 | From the top of Crinkle Crags make a careful descent to the head of Mosedale to the south-west ( 1 mile ) . |
| 24 | But falling forecasts of energy demand make a new drive towards nuclear power unlikely . |