Example sentences of "we make of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are receiving many worthwhile bids from schools wishing to become technology schools in response to the announcement we made of the availability of capital funds for this purpose . |
| 2 | The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’ |
| 3 | The myth is the idea that to talk of a mental process of remembering is to explain the use we make of the word remember . |
| 4 | This environment provokes the type of inquiries we make of the past . |
| 5 | Given that this is so , what sense can we make of the way in which God , as opposed to John or Jane Smith , is personal ? |
| 6 | What , then , do we make of the substantial and growing literature on informal carers ? |
| 7 | So what do we make of the anger response ? |
| 8 | The powers attaching to a Prime Minister are considerable , but what can we make of the thesis about prime ministerial government ? |
| 9 | What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ? |
| 10 | And what are we to make of the claim that the twentieth century has seen no philosophical achievements on the scale of Locke and Descartes ? |
| 11 | First , if restriction on liberty is the defining feature of punishment , what are we to make of the experience of children who have to go to school and adults who have to work for a living ? |
| 12 | The question arises : What are we to make of the equality |
| 13 | In any event , if a negative correlation for siblings implies non-genetic control of dichotic listening asymmetry what are we to make of the positive ( and significant ) correlation for spouses ? |
| 14 | But what are we to make of the very ‘ soft ’ image of the two highly polished leather boots ? |
| 15 | But what are we to make of the evidence which suggests that working class wives rarely knew what their husbands earned , or enjoyed sex , or of the probably greater incidence of violence between spouses ? |
| 16 | What are we to make of the similarities between these two speakers , one white , the other black ? |