Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] make " in BNC.

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1 What change of circumstances had come about which made them take an entirely different view ?
2 It may seem that once stalling and premises costs have been accounted for , there is very little left about which to make decisions .
3 which needs to be deducted from the hundred and ten point two seven which gives you a re a possible alloca a possible amount of land to come forward in the structure plan period of seventy seven point six seven , off which to make the figures round properly you need to take another ten , for the retail element if that became I five land which could theoretically give you a figure of sixty seven point six seven .
4 There is no road going through which makes it fairly quiet and peaceful , though low flying aircraft and farm machinery make up for traffic noise .
5 The disease Thomas suffers from is a rare condition called A-T which makes him unsteady and prone to infections — and cancer .
6 The Spear & Jackson Neverbend range has an excellent hand trowel and fork ( about £5 ) , the 12in wooden handles of which make them suitable for many jobs .
7 Like the skeleton-forming cells , these cells send out many fine filopodia , some of which make contact with the wall .
8 Reference may also be made to the relevant Domesday texts and the published volumes of the curia regis and other rolls , some of which make useful contributions to local knowledge .
9 There are other differences too — for example , aquatic leaves have fewer stomata — all of which make feathery leaves better underwater and stouter ones better in air .
10 A second trend is that the gap in activity left by the older industries is being filled , at least partially , by new , small companies , many of which make or use electronic products .
11 Thus , the search for jobs is not a period of inactivity — it involves finding out what jobs are available , sending off application forms , going to interviews and perhaps attending courses , all of which make job-searching a very busy time .
12 These are the potters , the females of which make small jars in which they deposit an egg together with a paralysed spider or caterpillar to provide the hatching grub with its first meal of meat .
13 The pH of a soil , though it sounds mysterious and scientific , is simply the name for the scale which determines the quantities of chemical particles ( hydrogen ions ) contained in the soil solution , more or less of which make the soil acid or alkaline .
14 Some lighting improvements will mean new wiring — but this would give you the chance to fit dimmer switches , security light switches and two-way switches , all of which make the lighting more flexible .
15 Sufferers need to avoid stress , cold , or lack of oxygen , all of which make some of their normal blood cells turn into sickle cells .
16 GRAHAM CHAPMAN and I wrote together almost full time between 1966 and 1973 , writes John Cleese , while producing sketches for The Frost Report , The 1948 Show and Monty Python , as well as several film scripts none of which made their way intact to the silver screen .
17 But in 1990 Toyota 's financial profit lengthened its lead over Honda and Nissan , both of which made financial losses .
18 Hellen and I attended several of the society 's Sunday afternoon showings of ‘ classics ’ of foreign films , two of which made lasting impressions : one was the famous Italian masterpiece ‘ The Cabinet of Dr Caligari ’ and the other was that delightful French film entitled ‘ Generals Sans Boutons ’ .
19 By 1907 , the CUB , acting on a plan initiated by W. H. Beveridge , was busy opening exchanges in every London borough , each of which made special provision for women and juveniles , and provided vocational guidance for school-leavers through working in co-operation with the ASEA and the Education Department of the LCC .
20 They were even an improvement on the normal spiral stairs supplied by other manufacturers , some of which made an uncomfortably tight spiral .
21 He told me some hair-raising stories of the casual , careless way in which bodies can be handled at the undertaker 's and in transit , the most common being losing the coffin on the way to the funeral because the doors have not been properly secured or the wrong name-plates having been attached , resulting in great distress to the relations of the deceased and confusion for the minister concerned , all of which made our dealings with Nigel seem positively reverential !
22 Mr and Mrs Singh kept most of their official correspondence between the pages of their telephone directory and on my weekly visits we sorted out the milk tokens , rates demands , post office giros , all of which made linguistic demands which were beyond the level of their competence .
23 His three designs , ‘ Troy ’ , ‘ Tuscany ’ and ‘ Arcady ’ , all of which made use of classical motifs , achieve variety without disturbing the overall flat pattern .
24 It had two wings , one of which made me think of a church .
25 Buzz spent the cab ride reminiscing about those times , some grim and some sad , but all of which made her smile .
26 The Hindus , he knew , at least refrained from eating pigs ( unlike the Chinese or the disgusting Christians of Byzantium ) , but he had heard that they had other habits the very thought of which made him swoon .
27 As the rain gradually died away , birds began to fight and squabble like fractious children just allowed out after being cooped up indoors ; but then they did n't have leaky roofs ; neither did they have to climb up there as soon as it was light to inspect the damage ; or have a meeting with Leo , the thought of which made her feel weak inside .
28 Three wells were drilled in the area in the 1980's — all of which made small gas discoveries — although two are excluded from this award .
29 So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes .
30 The long , regimented day , six of which made up a working week , obviously constrained the recreational possibilities for factory workers .
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