Example sentences of "an [noun] [that] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it has enabled the Met to build up an institution that makes the arts splendidly accessible to the general public , without it indulging in crass commercialisation . |
| 2 | Kennedy was intent upon leading the Western World with an open-handedness that made Britain no more than just one of the Western European states . |
| 3 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 4 | Rosen eked out a conversation with her and without Leon Kennedy , who was sewn into an isolation that made him more powerfully present . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm perfectly capable of making a cup of coffee , ’ he said drily , reading her expression with an ease that made her uncomfortable . |
| 6 | Warner Bros had once again profitably combined instruction and entertainment but as was so often the case it was the way in which they had used an actor that made the movie work in both respects . |
| 7 | That was written twenty years and more before the trial and acquittal of D. H. Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley 's Lover in October–November 1960 — an event that made more headlines than practical difference , though it marks a convenient turning-point in British official attitudes to literary obscenity . |
| 8 | An event that made heads turn and tongues wag . |
| 9 | Political behaviour is defined as behaviour by individuals , or , in collective terms , by sub-units , within an organisation that makes a claim against the resource sharing system of an organisation . |
| 10 | Ward said it very quietly this time , but with an emphasis that made it sound like a threat . |
| 11 | ‘ So you would , if you 'd been at home , ’ Roman rapped , his quietness discarded for an anger that made Claudia shiver . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't live with myself if I sent someone on their way with an outfit that made them look awful . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , no she was a black activist man , she had an Afro that makes , I do n't know |
| 14 | A fairly conventional view — but here it is transformed by an argument that makes Caliban not merely the boar , minister of the lustful Venus — in contrast to Prospero , who , like Adonis , is tediously keen on chastity — but the hero of the piece , and indeed of the collected works . |
| 15 | When you produce an argument that makes practical sense , then of course I 'm prepared to listen . |
| 16 | She had been sexually abused as a child ; an incident that made her attempt suicide . |
| 17 | Most of 's societal framework refers to the provinces and not the better known institutions centralized in Paris , an approach that makes a refreshing change . |
| 18 | The first I new was Chris 's sudden , shocked screaming , with an urgency that made me drop what I was doing and run across the room to the open verandah . |
| 19 | Kate interrupted with an urgency that made Barbara instantly suspicious . |
| 20 | Economic expansion in seventeenth-century Europe , and the growth of the mining industry in particular , are given special prominence in an analysis that made generous allowance for the role of technical problems in defining areas of scientific research . |
| 21 | The National Museum has an exhibit that makes my eyes blink . |
| 22 | The braggart turns every question into an answer that makes himself or herself look incredibly good . |
| 23 | But I want an explanation that makes sense . ’ |
| 24 | A mechanic when he hits on an idea that makes him some money in a suggestion scheme though the joy is of the same substance but he will not feel the same depth of emotion as Einstein or Dante did . |
| 25 | They were still neat , aligned and stacked precisely , even to the point of pedantry , they were in perfect order , only it was an order that made no sense whatsoever , an order in which Flavia had not left them . |
| 26 | Resource limitations may make it impossible to follow one project with the next one on the list , and projects must then be resourced in an order that makes efficient use of the resources available . |
| 27 | Resource limitations may make it impossible to follow one project with the next one on the list , and projects must then be resourced in an order that makes efficient use of the resources available . |
| 28 | In recent years , it has become clear that very simple measures of reaction time ( particularly choice reaction time ) and variability in reaction time correlate very highly with ordinary IQ measures , to an extent that makes much of the theorising in this book inapplicable , Similarly , measures of inspection time have shown uncommonly high correlations with IQ , particularly in below average subjects . |
| 29 | ‘ We want this to be an archive that makes sense of the City of London . |