Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] [vb mod] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time spent in careful planning at the beginning of a test can make the test more efficient and economical and save much time in its execution . |
| 2 | The procedure is that any person or body entitled under s.16(1) to object to the grant of a licence may make a complaint about that licence to the licensing board ( subs . |
| 3 | In practice , most sellers of a freehold will make arrangements directly with the authority concerned , and arrange to pay their bills up to the date of completion . |
| 4 | I am not a child to be frightened by a resolution of a board of directors , or to be soothed by the present of shares ( each carrying 10 liability ) in a company which has been losing money every year from its commencement , and which nothing short of a miracle could make pay a dividend as hitherto managed ; neither is my position in Scientific Circles here such as to render my retaining the editorship of any advantage to me — indeed , I am vain enough to think that I confer more than I receive . |
| 5 | You might be forgiven for thinking that the absorption of a stimulant would make you better able to function mentally — but in fact this is far from the truth . |
| 6 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 7 | His very intelligent scrutiny of a role can make him seem too detached , too much the performer of a plan . ’ |
| 8 | The hands of a human should make the puppy feel warm and reassured . |
| 9 | However , this is not always the best direction , because boards running down the longest area of a room will make it seem even longer and narrower . |
| 10 | We recognize by moral intuition that certain ‘ natural ’ properties of an action will make it obligatory . |
| 11 | It was a world that would never solidify , would never be understood , unless it was named ; as philosophers knew , only the naming of an object could make it real . |