Example sentences of "and [verb] it [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It was in just this situation that the FAA originally decided to take an authoritative attitude and make it compulsory for flight crews to report dangerous incidents .
2 The change is the result of the 1989 Water Act which privatised the water industry and make it illegal for water companies to continue using ratable value as the basis for charging for water after March 2000 .
3 I want to encourage complaints , welcome complaints and make it easy for customers to complain .
4 This presented the Communists as a part of the federal Labour movement , and made it necessary for sections of the Labour Party to give serious consideration to Communist aims and activities .
5 They proved much easier to collect than direct taxes and made it possible for government revenue to keep pace with the swift rise in production .
6 The decree , which entered into force later in June , entitled Albanian citizens in principle to a passport for travelling abroad and re-entering the country , and made it possible for visitors to obtain entry visas at crossing points on the Albanian border .
7 Second , failure of supporters of other parties to transfer votes on elimination caused these to be non-transferable and made it possible for VUPP candidates to be elected " without reaching the quota " in the last stage of a count .
8 But maybe he did see Rosa run heavily for the door of her home ; maybe he was one of the men in the cafe who knew , who corroborated Tommaso 's insult later with their laughter , and made it impossible for Davide to ignore it and fail to issue his challenge .
9 Unemployment in the 1980s forced many older people into early retirement and made it difficult for others to find work .
10 The bodies were made of ‘ German silver ’ , essentially bell-brass , but with a high nickel content that turned the metal white and hardened it ready for engraving .
11 Grass and weeds are growing onto the footway and making it impossible for parents with pushchairs to use if .
12 If a commitment to good schools and parental choice means anything it must mean encouraging good schools to get better and making it possible for parents to send their children there .
13 ‘ Outstanding progress ’ had been made with EFR 's design and it was planned to start construction in 1997 and have it ready for operation in 2005 .
14 The progress made towards that increase allows " individual staff to commit themselves to their own professional development and makes it possible for management to accept responsibility for implementation " ( Hewton 1988:89 ) .
15 They had learned the principles and techniques necessary to focus all the attention onto the VIPs , and to make it easy for presenters , audiences and the news media .
16 Because the motorbike was tucked cunningly under the very rampart of the fortress , much closer than the blue Corvette , Wilkie was able both to reverse the firm family progress of the Grimauds , and to make it impossible for Alexander not to catch up .
  Next page