Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] make " in BNC.
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| 31 | FAMILIES in Northern Ireland spend least on holidays , while men in the south-west of England make their underwear last longer and the Welsh love their cuppa . |
| 32 | But what is true , I suggest , short of the occasional religious conversion or metamorphosis of lifestyle , is that the variety of circumstances make our decisions often unpredictable , but not thereby whimsical , to the extent that we often surprise ourselves . |
| 33 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |
| 34 | The Ness is shallow and peaceful , and the murmur of its flowing falls plaintively on the ear , in sympathy with the song of the birds , and the summer tintings of the trees , and the musings of those who seem to love each turning in the paths ; while the waters of the rapids of Niagara make the onlooker hold back his breath , and keep back as far as possible from the wild leaping of the swift-rushing waters . |
| 35 | Kodak markets Photo CD players ( prices start from £300 ) and a number of companies make CD-Rom drives that also play Photo CD discs . |
| 36 | Balz Engler 's " Textualization " and Jerome McGann 's " What Difference Do the Circumstances of Publication Make to the Interpretation of Literary Work ? " investigate specific aspects of text production which are relevant in the interpretative process . |
| 37 | Such difficulties of determining the impact and the timing of adjustment make generalisations about trade policies elusive . |
| 38 | the number or position of lines make the picture incomprehensible . |
| 39 | None of this new generation of models make any pretence about the inanities and absurdities of their job , and their brand of individual beauty reflects that approach . |
| 40 | According to , chief investment manager at Scottish Equitable : ‘ One of the reasons Taurus failed was because a lot of banks make money not just as custodians but as registrars . |
| 41 | The availability of land and the cost of transport make it less likely that intensive livestock units will be within reach of suitable mink habitat . |
| 42 | There is no way we can decipher properly the individual contributions that different pairs of atoms make to the total atomic distribution . |
| 43 | It is here that the endless varied reactions of individuals make the task of caring for old people so fascinating and so complex . |
| 44 | Not only would a list of varieties make a book like this out of date in a short time , it would not help you either . |
| 45 | It is important to understand that there are two different ways of approaching this question , one being to consider what the speaker does in producing stressed syllables and the other being to consider what characteristics of sound make a syllable seem to a listener to be stressed . |
| 46 | Changeable conditions and the active nature of skiing make it essential that designs should not only look good but also be functional . |
| 47 | The rain , and the warmth , and the general tolerance of the character of plants make for an almost threatening exuberance . |
| 48 | New and simple techniques of rehydration make most deaths — except of the very young and old — preventable . |
| 49 | Compared to the visual and practical differences these sort of changes make , the cost is small . |
| 50 | Variations in the size and shape of CBs make the choice of a suitable inspection stand absolutely vital . |
| 51 | The second problem is that the effects of inflation make the relationship between calculated rates of charge for credit and its real-life costs already difficult enough to grasp — virtually incomprehensible . |
| 52 | But the circumstances which propel people into using weekly-payment types of credit make the cost , for them , virtually immaterial . |
| 53 | A battery of three ovens ( plus the ex-Scanro one waiting in the corner for assembly ) and an impressive array of moulds make AC Canoe Products very strongly placed to forge ahead with the production of rotationally moulded kayaks . |
| 54 | His flashes of brilliance make one want to leap up and cheer : ‘ No English man or woman could play Antony and Cleopatra : passion and love are quite beyond them , they could never discard their suburban subservience . |
| 55 | I spent many hours hidden in the bushes , silently watching one pair of bulbuls make their nest from beginning to end . |
| 56 | Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in the mixed ability class . |
| 57 | Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in a mixed ability class . |
| 58 | After living in Surrey since then we have n't regretted the choice , because a number of things make Surrey special . |
| 59 | Erm but er I suppose more recently um this business of understanding sex in relation to power , in relation to the powers of the participants , has has has effectively er knocked Kinsey 's notions off the agenda in the last sort of y'know fifteen years , ten years , five years , so that people are much more erm inclined to say well physical size , disparities , erm disparities in the credibility if you like of the of the perpetrator and survivor erm and all those kinds of things make er make a big difference so it 's not it 's not gon na be mutualistic . |
| 60 | Flowers of various stages of development make an enchanting combination . |