Example sentences of "[adv] make [pers pn] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a sad thing to Beth , and one which only made her all the more determined to draw Matthew back into the family fold . |
| 2 | In her heart , Beth sensed that he knew the way of things , and this only made him all the more determined to have a son of his own . |
| 3 | She knew that the Princesse suspected her of having taken Andrzej as a lover , but that only made it all the more plausible . |
| 4 | The fact that it is made by men with no faces and only two fingers each merely makes it all the more remarkable . |
| 5 | She got up early to muck him out and groom him and exercise him , and she babysat nearly every evening to keep him in good oats ( not Uncle Knacker 's ) and shoes , and when she saw the riders she was up against in the collecting ring , with their adoring parents and their fat cheque-books , it just made her all the more determined to beat them , because determination was all she had . |
| 6 | These emerged as the movement represented by the Enlightenment itself became more self-critical and less brashly confident in its own rationalism ; but that does not make them any the less significant or challenging for theology . |
| 7 | This does not make it any the less disturbing and below we will discuss contemporary styles of delinquency in greater detail . |
| 8 | However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’ |
| 9 | Whilst the issue of ‘ crimes of the powerful ’ , to use Pearce 's ( 1976 ) evocative phrase , is now often portrayed as a left-wing cliche , this does not make it any the less a problem . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a chance to understand why women are not making it up the professional or corporate ladder , ’ Ms Gompels added , ‘ which does seem to be a waste of such a valuable resource . ’ |
| 11 | The layout of the Alpha 2.0 is n't the simplest to get to grips with without some help — especially if you 're used to such simple machines as the Alesis Quadraverb — and the fact that the manual seems to require a PhD in logistics to understand just makes it all the more frustrating . |
| 12 | It also made him only the second man in history to score for both sides in a derby clash . |
| 13 | A previous user of the review machine had tried to send some faxes which never made it down the wire . |