Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] made [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Roberts herself makes the point that , for example , Anderson 's reliance upon census data made it difficult for him to see the extent of exchanges across households . |
| 2 | The straight forward design and short wheel base made it ideal for negotiating the sharp curves of the Welshpool line . |
| 3 | The close connection between politics and revenue patronage made it difficult for superiors to discipline officers who stepped out of line , and even when an officer was actually dismissed he could , and did , fight to secure his reinstatement by pulling political strings . |
| 4 | Car headlights made it difficult to see , in the way that an usherette 's torch can temporarily blind . |
| 5 | Here , on demanding mountain roads , the yawning gaps between gear ratios made it difficult to keep the engine spinning above the ideal 4000rpm . |
| 6 | Administration sources made it clear yesterday that Mr Clinton was ready to go to Moscow for the 3-4 April meeting , whose present venue is Vancouver . |
| 7 | led wo late Tranmere strikes made it safe for the Merseysiders as they consolidated their second place in the Division One table . |
| 8 | In the same way , the frequent coinage reforms of the late Roman empire or late Anglo-Saxon England made it unlikely that the previous issues survived for very long after the date of the reform . |
| 9 | Scotland opened promisingly but Benoit Bellot 's downwind , downfield punting made it difficult for the home side to sustain pressure . |
| 10 | Their cool , disdainful attitude to strangers and their style and exuberance in the dance hall made them respected and admired by their white contemporaries . |
| 11 | Some parents found social work visits made them fearful and anxious and their self-esteem was reduced . |
| 12 | In striking down the law Duplantier made it clear that he hoped that his decision would provide the opportunity for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1973 judgement Roe v. Wade which provided the foundation of legal abortion in the US . |
| 13 | However , an influential group of central committee members made it clear they felt that Mrs Mandela 's behaviour was damaging the image of the organisation and the reputation of her husband , who appears to view her as ‘ a wayward child ’ . |
| 14 | The Traction Avant — driven famously by Maigret — was n't the first front-wheel-drive car , but its demountable engine/drive system made it workable , sort of . |
| 15 | The high cost of rail transport made it difficult to sell fresh fish to the main English market . |
| 16 | To supplement , strengthen or , as some think , to contradict the legislation of 1986 , the 1988 Education Reform Act made it possible for parents directly to intervene in their children 's schooling through a complaints procedure ( Maclure 1989:22 — 3 ) : In terms of a market ideology , this gives the consumers ( i.e. the parents , who throughout the Act are seen as surrogate consumers for their sons and daughters ) a chance to act if they believe there is a failure to deliver the curriculum to which they are , by law , entitled . |
| 17 | The categorization of individuals by position in the hierarchy and group membership made it impossible for an individual to divorce himself from his social role . |
| 18 | Although the Prime Minister admitted having signed a document agreeing to the rebel demands , the security forces made it clear that they would not accept the validity of this contract . |
| 19 | While Bush supported the bill 's aim to create 50 urban and rural enterprise zones , the fact that the bill included some three dozen minor tax increases made it likely that the President would veto the measure either directly , or through simply declining to sign it , a procedure known as a " pocket veto " . |
| 20 | The electrical power consumed and the heat that had to be dissipated by elaborate cooling systems made them expensive and inconvenient to run . |
| 21 | Adrenalin withdrawal made him introspective and sleepy . |
| 22 | His own opening gambit made it impossible to take offence . |
| 23 | The Poles were well aware that they had been classed as Untermenschen , or sub-humans , long before the Nuremberg Race Laws made it official . |
| 24 | Gillian Murphy ( Mrs Seagrave ) has three young children and found that her career break made it difficult for her to get back into her chosen field of computer programming . |
| 25 | A preliminary exploratory questionnaire study made it clear that subjects find it very difficult to give accident figures unless they have some anchors for their estimates . |
| 26 | The 1967 Abortion Act made it possible for women to get abortions if they were in the early stages of pregnancy and could persuade two doctors that they met certain criteria . |
| 27 | Also , in 1974 , an adoption Act made it possible for couples of mixed denominational or religious origin to adopt . |
| 28 | The Housing and Town Planning Act made it obligatory for local authorities to prepare surveys of their housing needs , to draw up plans to deal with them , and to carry out their schemes . |
| 29 | A wide range of personal preferecnes in children across this age range made it impossible to use an absolutely standardised breakfast . |
| 30 | The Marre Committee made it clear that the image of lawyers is a particular problem . |