Example sentences of "[subord] [n mass] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we pretend that that system will bring stability , and if people make commercial judgements in that belief , we will condemn them to bankruptcy , illusion and disappointment . |
| 2 | But self-improvement is n't nearly as hard as people make out . |
| 3 | Assessment time has doubled , said one Lincolnshire social worker who predicted the authority 's petrol budget would rise dramatically as staff make more visits to clients . |
| 4 | I 'm always puzzled when people make this claim . |
| 5 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 6 | Communication also suffers when people make false assumptions about shared schemata , and it is then that they cease to ‘ be clear ’ . |
| 7 | Such situations often occur when people make a particular journey between two places by more than one mode of transport . |
| 8 | ‘ But it 's more likely to be the little fat chap who laughs when people make love . ’ |
| 9 | When people make up stories , they often start from something that has really happened to them . |