Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] make [pers pn] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outbreak of war made him more restless . |
| 2 | Its wide range of properties makes it more flexible than probably any other substance on earth . |
| 3 | That sort of assault makes it more difficult to get up . |
| 4 | Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in the mixed ability class . |
| 5 | Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in a mixed ability class . |
| 6 | The complexity , technology and chemical make-up of goods made it more difficult for people to understand what they were buying and to make a judgment at the time of purchase . |
| 7 | In fact , in many cases , the very size of miniatures makes them more suitable for particular ideas and arrangements . |
| 8 | ‘ We need to capture the hearts and minds of the people of Teesside to make them more aware of the professional help which our 124 expert staff can provide , and we need to improve further our accessibility , ’ said Mr Howell . |
| 9 | Birds of Prey does allow you to limit the choice of airplanes to make them more appropriate to the mission type , but it is only too easy to select totally the wrong plane and/or payload for the task in hand . |
| 10 | The growth in world trade led to the development of multinational corporations and banks whose increased scope of operation made them more concerned with the placement of funds in a wide range of currencies . |
| 11 | For developing countries , this internalisation of innovation makes it more desirable to strike a bargain with the innovator , because the alternative of paying patent fees simply does not exist . |
| 12 | During the war , he revised his cherished operatic version of ‘ War and Peace ’ again and again , in line with requests to make it more ‘ patriotic ’ . |
| 13 | He had a passionate concern for the welfare of football in general , and was always on the lookout for ways to make it more efficient , more attractive and more popular , although naturally he wanted Arsenal to be in the forefront . |
| 14 | The deepening recession in Germany makes it more and more certain that German companies will have to transfer manufacturing overseas , and so long as the former Comecon countries remain outside the European Community , Ireland will be one of the most cost-effective places to site new plants . |
| 15 | To return to your educational interests , what sort of changes would you like to see in education to make it more applicable , perhaps , to twentieth century women ? |
| 16 | Charles Darwin would cut a heavy book in halves to make it more convenient to handle , and fix broken sections together with strong metal clips . |
| 17 | Teacher education , then , provides for the appraisal of ideas in order to make them more practically effective , because an understanding of abstract concepts and their relationships allows for adaptability in their realization . |
| 18 | The inclusion of this statement suggests that , while the theology faculties of Oxford and Cambridge universities remained firmly committed to the doctrines of predestination and assurance , some other Jacobeans , including perhaps James I himself , believed that the more extreme implications of these beliefs needed to be played down in order to make them more palatable to the laity . |
| 19 | Usually , pidgins derive most of their vocabulary from one language ( the lexifier ) , while their grammar is derived from the various " input " languages ( including the lexifier ) on the one hand , and on the other , from universal tendencies of human beings to simplify their native languages in order to make them more intelligible to foreigners . |
| 20 | In addition to the significant changes which have taken place in local taxation , there have also been attempts by government to modify the tax structure in order to make it more equitable , while at the same time encouraging savings and increasing the base of UK share ownership . |
| 21 | DeFleur , in 1970 , saw a further element in the chain — feedback — which allows the transmitter to adapt his message in order to make it more effective and thus increase the chance of it reaching its destination clearly . |
| 22 | Following talks with party president Rajiv Gandhi on Jan. 23-24 in New Delhi , at which Pawar 's offer of resignation was rejected , the Maharashtra cabinet was expanded by 11 to 33 in order to make it more broad-based and to end intra-party squabbles . |
| 23 | * Where a question seems broad or general , explain how you are interpreting it in order to make it more manageable . |
| 24 | The reserve forms part of the Teesside Development Corporation 's strategy to ‘ green ’ the area in order to make it more attractive to outside investors . |
| 25 | As Repetto ( 1988a ) has discussed , the continued availability of subsidies for conversion of forest to pasture makes it more economic for the investor to clear further forest than to purchase fertiliser or control weeds in existing pasture . |