Example sentences of "[noun pl] that make [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most other weapons can not be considered to have characteristics that make their use illegal whatever the circumstances ; although some others perhaps do — for example , bacteriological weapons , which can equally be argued to be per se illegal . |
| 2 | Wedged so tight against the bottom of the last page that I can hardly read it are four handwritten words that make my heart leap : ‘ Yours sincerely , Elizabeth Serafin' . |
| 3 | Former senior vice-president of marketing Dennis Peck is now consulting for the firm , mostly on large-scale Unix issues , as a result of both the merciless California property market and a highly successful wife who sells computers for another company , two reasons that make his moving to Oregon impossible . |
| 4 | Former senior vice president of marketing Dennis Peck is now consulting for the firm , mostly on large-scale Unix issues , as a result of both the merciless California real-estate market and a highly successful wife who sells computers for another company , two reasons that make his moving to Oregon impossible . |
| 5 | Loans can be for double glazing , cavity wall insulation , loft conversion , central heating — permanent improvements that make your home more comfortable to live in — and if you 're thinking of more than one improvement , a loan can be arranged to cover this . |
| 6 | Along with behaviour rites such as shaking hands , kissing , taking and giving of coats and getting drinks , they form rituals that make our meetings and partings easier . |
| 7 | The gods that make their careless journeys across the world , playing with science or magic as they will , create thousands of everything , of sea almonds , of waves , of days — of words . |
| 8 | As Bartholomew puts it ‘ … your minds have programmed you against wealth and pleasure , against things that make your eyes sparkle and your feet dance . ’ |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Dr Mowery and Dr Teece have varied sources that make their picture of Japan convincing . |
| 10 | We do n't have permanent dramatic shadows that make our plain faces pretty . |
| 11 | There , on its otherwise camouflaged skin , appears a pair of huge staring eye-spots that make its rear view look remarkably like the face of a predatory bird . |
| 12 | I have a streak of economy in me , even when contemplating how to épater les bourgeois , and recipes that make their sauce out of a stock made at an earlier stage tend to appeal most . |
| 13 | Moreover , he urges his readers not to join sects that make their adherents abandon their families , give up their money and worldly interests , and lead restricted lives that are ordered entirely by the rulers of the sect . |
| 14 | The fear is that indiscriminate Bt spraying and widespread use of genetically transformed crops that make their own Bt toxin will reduce the product 's effectiveness and accelerate the spread of resistant strains . |
| 15 | The duo 's set seemed lethargic , a muddy mix robbing them of the textured subtleties that make their records so invigorating . |