Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun] make it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life . |
| 2 | Even though its population was overwhelmingly German , the politicians rightly considered that its position made it vital to the Polish economy . |
| 3 | Except that her figure made it look good anyway . |
| 4 | For much of the last millennium , the Caucasus was nominally part of the Persian empire , although its inaccessibility made it largely independent . |
| 5 | Convinced that education was the prime path to political formation , he became a schoolmaster and , although his socialism made it hard to find a place , he was appointed to one by the Govan school board . |
| 6 | Make sure that your text makes it clear where the quotation comes from ( see pp. 107 – 8 ) . |
| 7 | Dr Hendron said : ‘ I and my colleagues made it very clear to the Minister that we should start talking immediately without pre-conditions . ’ |
| 8 | Cos my Mum made it so |
| 9 | I 've not heard that for quite a while and its unfamiliarity makes it sound strange . |
| 10 | A patrol car spots us and its occupants make it clear we are under observation . |
| 11 | You may have some if you have any dental fillings ; it is also used as a contact in telephone circuits and its malleability makes it a useful substitute for platinum in jewellery . |
| 12 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 13 | The events at Stony Stratford clearly took the political community by surprise , and their reaction makes it likely that the seizure of the prince was a pre-emptive strike by Gloucester rather than ( as Mancini 's scenario would suggest ) a retaliation for his exclusion from power . |
| 14 | The events at Stony Stratford clearly took the political community by surprise , and their reaction makes it likely that the seizure of the prince was a pre-emptive strike by Gloucester rather than ( as Mancini 's scenario would suggest ) a retaliation for his exclusion from power . |
| 15 | The van was crowded with men in damp overcoats , and their weight made it difficult to control over the hard bumpy ice . |
| 16 | Underneath all that razzmatazz , the girls sneaked aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach or into his room in Guaruja , there was a man of some sensitivity who felt that both fame and sexual prowess had somehow been thrust upon him ; I think he found both hard to resist , and it must be acknowledged that a chauvinistic British press , his looks , his celebrity and his companions made it hard for him to do anything else than accept the role thrust upon him . |
| 17 | We knew that there was a current of dissension about your arrival in England , and our Intelligence made it clear that there would be demonstrations against you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And your brother made it in time for the birth ? ’ |
| 19 | We rarely saw its summit , lost as it would be in thick mist , but its mystery made it all the more attractive and seductive . |
| 20 | It must be stressed at the outset , lest the importance of this form of liability be exaggerated , that the plaintiffs lost their case because the predominant purpose of the embargo was to promote the interests of the union members rather than to injure the plaintiffs , but their Lordships made it clear that if the predominant purpose of a combination is to injure another in his trade or business or in his other legitimate interests then , if damage results , the tort of conspiracy exists . |
| 21 | The family was intensely upset , knowing that Dawn was potentially capable of physical independence , even though her spasticity made it so difficult for her to move normally . |