Example sentences of "what makes [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHAT MAKES THAT LITTLE RED TELEPHONE RING ? |
| 2 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 3 | What makes such a hypothesis meaningful ? |
| 4 | What makes such an assumption meaningful ? |
| 5 | Rather , it seems , any attempt to define the conditions of differentiation already presupposes an understanding of the idea of plurality , and this is where the main problem lies ; for what makes such an understanding possible ? |
| 6 | What makes all the difference is the perceived nature of the impact . |
| 7 | We have already looked at some aspects of what makes each one of us the distinctive , uniquely individual people that we are . |
| 8 | What makes each significant is the nature and the extent of that change . |
| 9 | Restricted choice is what makes most diets boring — so any new range that increases choice is always welcome . |
| 10 | That 's what makes this so serious , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Primarily what makes this type of work unpopular is the ever-present danger that work of this sort will break the veneer of coldness , exposing them as emotionally involved , which is something they dislike because it is considered unprofessional . |
| 12 | What makes this understanding , this adjustment even more difficult are the immense problems of everyday life in Britain — how to get to work , how to sign your name and so on . |
| 13 | What makes this such a great play is Shakespeare 's analytical power : as John Barton once pointed out , Shakespeare is neither right-wing nor left-wing but wing-less . |
| 14 | What makes this a particular problem for Microsoft and IBM is that , while the consensus on OS/2 is unravelling , its chief rival , Unix , is at last making headway . |
| 15 | What makes this behaviour more worrying is the fact that the industry is now dominated by recently-assembled global media conglomerates or big electronics firms who can ill afford it . |
| 16 | What makes this disc worth having is the setting for chorus and orchestra of Schiller 's Nanie , composed in memory of a friend . |
| 17 | What makes this alarmingly believable is Morrissey 's proven shyness . |
| 18 | Q : What makes this offer so special ? |
| 19 | What makes this gem fascinating is that S 3 molecules are normally highly reactive , surviving only a fraction of a second in solution . |
| 20 | ‘ He knows what makes this music tick and is passionate about it . |
| 21 | This is what makes this type of exercise ( like jogging and cycling ) aerobic . |
| 22 | What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . |
| 23 | ‘ When I received the OBE in 1970 I thought that was more than enough , so that is what makes this such a bonus . ’ |
| 24 | What makes this alarming is that we are all living longer and retiring earlier . |
| 25 | What makes this team different is the type of aircraft they will fly , for they are six Czechoslovakian-built Aero L39C Albatros trainers , the first of which , at the time of writing , was about to embark on its flight test schedule . |
| 26 | Even more importantly , there is every reason to believe , with Mary Midgley , that the basic assumption behind cultural relativism/behaviourism that human beings are totally plastic and devoid of innate structuration is false : ‘ Sensible psychologists have tended more and more to admit that people do have some genetically fixed tendencies ’ and she continues that ‘ What makes this admission hard , is the very strong impression still prevalent that we have to choose between considering these tendencies and considering outside conditions ’ ( 1979 : 20 ) . |
| 27 | What is different about the pied flycatcher , and what makes this species so interesting , is that the male achieves his bigamy by deceit . |
| 28 | What makes this album such a monstrous listen , though , is the way disgusting guitar noises of all descriptions are packed into jabs , upper-cuts , sucker punches and knock-out blows to batter you dizzily around the room . |
| 29 | What makes this particular story so tragic is that while Jeremy fought to survive , no doubt focusing his efforts on the hope that we were looking for him , a succession of minor acts of negligence , committed by both the Spanish authorities and the British Consul , conspired to delay a proper search being mounted . |
| 30 | What makes this practice abhorrent is the fact that recovery from surgery , as we all know , involves shock , pain , distress , and suffering . |