Example sentences of "make it a " in BNC.

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1 This has made it a little more possible to contemplate a Libertarian Ideal for television , but even more necessary to consider a Public Service Ideal for the press .
2 Returning Edward the proofs of his book , Helen commented : ‘ This has indeed been a fair spring for us , though they had made it a winter .
3 Mr Browne said : ‘ The challenger being put up has made it a tighter fight and is endangering the seat . ’
4 The YCCC have always made it a policy to celebrate after each of their victories in the six-year ( continuing ) battle with the tannery , the city officials , and the Federal and State monitoring agencies .
5 Rich countries can afford to spend money on the environment , but few have made it a priority in the past .
6 But their choices remained either in the storeroom or in the window because her father had made it a rule that the window was n't to be cleared until the day before Christmas Eve .
7 And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about .
8 Only after that , and with a few facts from your GP , plus half a page on your stresses during the last five years — I had to overflow onto the back of my page and with a little encouragement could easily have made it a 100,000 words — can you go through the eye of the needle .
9 He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ .
10 This absorption gives the spectacular deep blue that has made it a popular material for ornaments since the Middle Ages .
11 I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment .
12 ‘ All this has made it a very cut-throat market and we are probably the most competitive company .
13 ‘ Actually , I 've always made it a rule never to get drunk before going on stage .
14 When investigating an alleged miscarriage of justice , I have always made it a rule first to talk to the convicted man 's trial solicitor as he is likely to be the last man his client would wish to con , or would succeed in conning ii he tried .
15 But you have made it a robbers ' cave ( Mark 11:17 ) .
16 Austria 's central location has made it a natural corridor for East-West trade for many years .
17 Neil Foster of Essex would have made it a year ago after his spectacular haul of 106 wickets and remembering his superb bowling when he produced the performance of his life as the Test bowling hero of Madras under Gower 's leadership .
18 Ever since the aborted rebel Wallaby tour to South Africa in 1987 , French had made it a personal goal to see the Springboks return to the international stage .
19 Patrick had made it a rule that he was never to be disturbed in the mornings , but that she might bring him urgent interruptions in the afternoon .
20 Egypt has made it a capital offence to receive military training abroad ; it has arrested dozens of returning veterans and tried 26 of them before a military court .
21 I should perhaps have made it a giant .
22 The world shortage and price rises had made it a rare delicacy for ordinary citizens , but David Laing liked to sip and swig constantly .
23 It is this property 's style and comfort which have made it a favourite with Citalia customers for over 10 years .
24 It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 .
25 Since the formation of the first such combine in 1968 , comprising six units of production with a total of around 6,000 individual members , the Mondragon planners have made it a recommended practice to group individual cooperatives into such units .
26 But there was nothing to be done ; Goibniu had made it a request that Floy and Snodgrass travel to the Fire Court leaving Fenella alone .
27 Some boards have made it a procedural requirement in their regulations that evidence of title to a property be produced in support of the application for permanent transfer , where the existing licence holder 's consent is not forthcoming , or where there are conflicting applications by prospective transferees .
28 Although he had made it a condition of his NBC appearance that his whereabouts not be disclosed , Neal Miller called next day to say that he had taken over as his handler and to reprimand him for doing the broadcast without permission .
29 I guess , if he 'd known , Osvaldo would have made it a priority to kill them all .
30 Pretty , dramatic Suzie , who could twist the younger members of the male sex round her beautifully manicured fingers , would have made it a point of honour to test her feminine power over Svend .
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