Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only had a trim , but the blow dry made it sort of Do you remember when I got that , my hair cut really short ? |
| 2 | Of course this made it clear that von Neumann 's " proof " needed reappraisal , a task successfully accomplished by John Bell . |
| 3 | The discussion of the use of the portfolio goals in chapter 4 made it quite clear that SBUs labelled ‘ stars ’ will have quite different financial profiles from ‘ cash cows ’ or ‘ dogs ’ . |
| 4 | Stockman , Regan and the president all made it clear that compromise was not on offer — a position that Jones rightly interpreted as an assault on congressional prerogatives . |
| 5 | Condition 4 makes it clear that in usual circumstances the carrier will not provide additional facilities such as mechanical loading and unloading devices ; these facilities are the customer 's responsibility . |
| 6 | Condition 13 makes it clear that a claim brought against the carrier by the customer is subject to strict time limits ; in the case of loss from or damage to a package , the customer must advise the carrier of his claim in writing within three days and the claim must be made within seven days . |
| 7 | Piloting recognition tests for films gathered in Study 1 made it clear that for subjects who know Cambridge moderately well recognizing a particular Cambridge junction from among distractors is relatively easy , thus to avoid ceiling effects it was decided to use multiple different films of various individual junctions as recognition stimuli . |
| 8 | Put a bucket of food on the ramp at a distance from the horse sufficient to make him put one foot on the ramp . |
| 9 | It 's difficult to tell which wines will win , and easy to say when wine is good , but it takes that little bit extra to make it a winner . |
| 10 | Secondly , until 1926 , at law ( as opposed to equity ) no limited interests in chattels personal could be created — the notion of estates had no application to chattels personal till the Law of Property Act 1925 made it possible to create an entailed interest in them . |
| 11 | The Sex Discrimination Act 1986 made it unlawful for an employer to discriminate between men and women as regards retirement age . |
| 12 | Whether or not this advance notice had any bearing on the government 's response , when the subpoenas were served on 29 September , the FBI , the DEA , the State Department , the National Security Agency , the CIA and the National Security Council each made it clear that they had no intention of complying with them . |
| 13 | Section 312 Companies Act 1985 makes it unlawful for any compensation for loss of office to be made to a director of a company in connection with the transfer of all or any part of the company , unless the nature and particulars of the proposed payment have been disclosed to the members of the company and have been approved by the company . |
| 14 | To a degree this made him vulnerable : Vichy propagandists had an opportunity to fill in the blanks , by vilifying him as a deserter in the pay of the British or of Jewish interests . |
| 15 | The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 made it a legal requirement for Police Authorities to maintain consultative arrangements on behalf of the local community . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the Child Abduction Act 1984 makes it an offence for any parent or guardian to take or send a child out of the United Kingdom without the consent of any other person who is a parent or guardian of the child . |
| 17 | The Public Order ( Northern Ireland ) Act 1981 makes it necessary for organisers to give the police 5 days ' notice of a march for it to be considered legal . |
| 18 | The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it illegal for an LEA or governors to discriminate on the grounds of colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality against a pupil — ‘ by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment ’ ( section 17(c) ( ii ) ) . |
| 19 | Section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes it an offence to possess a bladed or sharply pointed article in a public place without good reason . |
| 20 | In England , the public interest is solely protected by the criminal law where s75 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it a strict liability offence to sell an unroadworthy vehicle , irrespective of the nature of the sales transaction . |
| 21 | Section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 makes it clear that the decision as to release on licence is for the Home Secretary , although he is obliged to consult the judiciary . |
| 22 | The onset of World War I made him responsible for the design and erection of explosives plant for the Ministry of Munitions , as well as plants for heavy chemicals , dyestuffs , intermediates , and synthetic drugs which , until that time , had been imported from Germany . |
| 23 | At the House of Lords hearing , the QC appearing for the Attorney General made it clear the law lords ' ruling meant no case could be brought against the hospital or medical staff involved . |
| 24 | Social Worker : Does feeling guilty make you guilty ? |
| 25 | ‘ I gathered you all wanted to meet me , so it seemed a bit unkind to make you wait until the following morning … ’ |
| 26 | Category 1 makes it an offence maliciously to inflict grievous bodily harm upon another person with intent to have sexual intercourse . |
| 27 | But the general thrust of the above discussion is relevant to all such cases : whatever the alternative to Ord. 53 procedure for dealing with a particular issue , the question is whether the peculiar features of an Ord. 53 make it inappropriate to use the alternative in the particular case in question . |
| 28 | For some strange optical reason this makes it look bigger than it really is and it has been argued that this illusion would have the effect of making an attacking lion misjudge its leap , striking short of the true position of the prey . |
| 29 | Gloria Swanson 's Grand Guignol performance , the film noir fatalism , the rats in the swimming pool all make it a never-bettered portrait of Hollywood gothic . |
| 30 | Sir , reference to my appendix number five makes it clear that there was some lack of knowledge er by those in the village er round about June nineteen ninety two as to what was going on in Ryedale with regard to the site north of Skelton . |