Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] [vb mod] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DHAC had proved that new and imaginative methods of protest could make an impact on the Unionist administration at the Guildhall , but for most opponents of the Unionist Party in Derry this was a reason for achieving a greater degree of anti-Unionist unity in order to press home their advantage , not to become equally hostile to the Nationalist Party . |
| 2 | ( Copies of old rugs sometimes include the original date and signature , but there is rarely any attempt to pass them off as originals ; even if there were , other indicators of age would make such deceit obvious . ) |
| 3 | A procedures letter will request that interested parties wishing to proceed to heads of agreement should make an indicative offer for the business within [ three to four ] weeks of receiving the Information memorandum . |
| 4 | Long mundane months of boredom could make this a dull and tedious year , so make sure you take the initiative and fill your life with exciting and interesting things . |
| 5 | The position of BAT leaders as assessors , funders and evaluators of projects and their role as the key link to other sectors of government may make for administrative efficiency . |
| 6 | Those who deal with firearms are generally aware of the attendant risks , and the days when those involved in motoring and other forms of transport could make light of the risks to life have now long passed , as various air , sea , rail , and road disasters have occurred . |
| 7 | It may well strain belief that eight hours of enjoyment can make primary school children comfortable with chemical ideas that are being chopped out of GCSE syllabuses , yet this much and more can be achieved by challenging a teaching tradition that is almost as unhelpful to chemistry as phlogiston was . |
| 8 | He accepts as-if legal rights in that spirit and for reasons of strategy will make mostly the same decisions a conventionalist would make when statutes are plain or precedents crisp and decisive . |
| 9 | A limited number of periods of contrast will make for brevity ; adequate periods can lead to long themes . |
| 10 | Segments of DNA can make extra copies of themselves which then move off and re-insert on completely different chromosomes . |
| 11 | It was agreed that the paper should be redrafted and circulated , and that any published statements of policy should make it clear Conservatives ‘ did not believe additional resources alone to be the answer to law and order problems , but that the humanizing of our society had an important contribution to make ’ . |
| 12 | 14.9.3 Codes of conduct will make experts more vulnerable |
| 13 | ‘ And you need n't think that a couple of glasses of champagne will make any difference . |
| 14 | So long as there is one copy somewhere modern techniques of microphotography can make the text widely and rapidly available if there is a demand for it . |
| 15 | Before turning on the water supply it 's wise to check all joints : little things like forgetting to roll the flush-pipe gasket over the horn are easily done , and two gallons of water can make an awful mess . |
| 16 | I had hoped that the allegations of fraud might make our path easier on this one , but the Admiral himself admits that there really is no legal transgression that he can yet point to . |
| 17 | Glass fibre quilts can also be used to insulate loft rooms , where extremes of temperature can make living conditions very uncomfortable . |
| 18 | The Treasury hopes that the new rates of return will make those companies still on the privatisation back-burner , such as British Coal and British Rail , leaner and more efficient . |
| 19 | High rates of non-response may make the prevalence estimates invalid . |
| 20 | High levels of waste will make it difficult for a river to absorb the quantities involved , reducing its ability to recycle waste , with the result that aquatic life dies and human life is threatened with disease . |
| 21 | Practitioners believe that we all have a huge ability to heal ourselves ; the day-to-day stresses of life can make us lose our way and illness strikes . |
| 22 | Some of the Scotsmen talked of getting Ramsey as Bishop of Edinburgh but not enough of the Scotsmen wanted an Englishman and no doubt there were those who wondered whether this professor who lived among clouds of glory would make a bishop who perforce lived in a too real world . |