Example sentences of "the [noun] of making it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bronze , an alloy of mainly copper and tin , could be polished until it looked almost like gold , and the technique of making it had been known in Britain for centuries . |
| 2 | As he admits , the divisions are arbitrary , but they have the advantage of making it possible to refer easily to the level of grammatical complexity in a speech sample , and to group children on the basis of language complexity . |
| 3 | Although the earlier calculation of the value of the SDR in terms of a basket of sixteen currencies had the advantage of making it more stable in value than individual currencies , it had nevertheless certain shortcomings . |
| 4 | In the United Kingdom and France Letters are transmitted through their own Central Authorities , a procedure which has the advantage of making it more likely that the formal requirements of the Convention will be fully complied with . |
| 5 | British Coal had decided to sell the house for conversion into a hotel to Roo Management , a company run by an Australian businessman who had also bought Holme Lacey in Herefordshire with the intention of making it a hotel . |
| 6 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 7 | As usual the ‘ big race ’ will lure the top names and Lisburn Borough Council expect to have in action ‘ 26 miles ’ specialist Peter O'Donoghue of Omega , who had a PB last year and Annadale 's John Walsh … and they are also confident that last year 's winner , Jerry Kiernan of Clonliffe Harriers , will take the starter 's gun with the intention of making it a hat-trick . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , this had the effect of making it also extremely mobile during transport , and it was sliding about at every bend in the road . |
| 9 | Does the portrayal of sexual violence have the effect of making it more likely ? |
| 10 | Were I to agree to do more than that , it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult for either management or employees to launch a successful bid . |
| 11 | The fact that the song and the receptor change together in the hybrids suggests that there is some control mechanism which prevents the two from becoming uncoupled from each other ; such a mechanism would have the effect of making it more likely that , whenever a male or female cricket changed its song or song-preference during evolution , some other individual of the other sex will have made the complementary change . |
| 12 | Although the Recruit scandal had broken in 1989 , the protracted series of criminal trials resulting from the investigation — together with the renewed opposition interest in Miyazawa 's role in the affair — had the effect of making it once again a contemporary issue . |
| 13 | The hypothesis is that , when there is no formal communication structure to ensure that the symbols used trigger the same reaction everywhere , differentiations such as those above have the effect of making it probable that they will trigger quite different responses in different people . |
| 14 | The tenterhooks that are hooks used for stretching or tentering the cloth in the process of making it . |
| 15 | It seem , I mean it does seem like a good way at the moment of making it easier for everyone to use the system , but I do n't know whether it 's vital . |
| 16 | This year the Treasury slashed the group 's core budget in half , with the aim of making it self financing . |
| 17 | He took over the health brief with a reputation as a social policy reformer , having previously reviewed the social security system with the aim of making it fairer . |
| 18 | The developers , Calera , have priced FAXgrabber at £99 with the aim of making it a mass market product . |
| 19 | But do n't worry , precious as Moorlake is to me , it would be taking things too far to marry you for the sake of making it whole again . " |
| 20 | That is the difference between switching on and switching off , and switching on is an absolutely essential ingredient to the art of making it happen . |
| 21 | I 've yet to see a lovable moptop Inspiral Carpet in the flesh , but obviously they 're on the verge of making it here when they 're staying in the same hotel as Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden . |
| 22 | She did not , at first , take his meaning so she replied , ‘ The price of making it a certainty is a hundred thou ’ and the four lost farms . ’ |
| 23 | Now you 're alright , that 's everything should happen there but it is not physically impossible but it 's gon na put staff under a lot of stress and we 're gon na have to play the game of making it workable . |
| 24 | when one makes an utterance , the manner of making it may be casual , anxious , amused or annoyed . |
| 25 | They surely do not ‘ construct ’ it in the sense of making it up ! |
| 26 | The first point we must consider then is simply the mechanics of making it work . |
| 27 | He let his mind play with that again , the idea of making it on the box . |
| 28 | The success of a pilot standby scheme run for students at Teesside Plytechnic prompted the idea of making it available to a wider student audience , said theatre manager Lynn Hardman . |
| 29 | Cement , for instance , is extremely dependent on energy ; fuel accounts for a third to a half of the cost of making it . |
| 30 | " The extension of majority voting will be examined … together with the possibility of making it the general rule with a limited number of exceptions . " |