Example sentences of "[pron] make [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popes pressed their primatial and jurisdictional claims with impressive continuity in this period ; using every appeal to them made by Carolingian churchmen seeking to bolster their own positions ; making a bid to establish the authority of the papacy over the Bulgarian church ; declaring its sole power to establish a new archbishopric as at Magdeburg in 968 ; and developing the special relationship with the new Polish church at the turn of the first millennium which would ultimately bear fruit in a Polish pope at the turn of the second . |
| 2 | He knows the representation that I made with other colleagues only a fortnight ago . |
| 3 | I still possess a tape-recording of a news report I made for Irish radio in which — to a background of Palestinian rifle fire — I hear my own voice informing listeners in the furthest villages of County Mayo that they are listening to ‘ the last shots of the Lebanese civil war ’ . |
| 4 | The ships themselves offer a more comfortable ride these days : of the 16 trips I made in blustery March , only one was anything like rough . |
| 5 | God did many things in my life and in the lives of friends that I made in different places . |
| 6 | And of course there 's the fact that any statements I make about general business confidence are price sensitive and could knock the share price . ’ |
| 7 | He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner . |
| 8 | Ravenhill saw the revelations of medicine and eugenics pointing to a greater role for women , not only as mothers but as guardians of those aesthetic qualities which made for physical , intellectual and moral progress . |
| 9 | Bedroom with twin single beds which make into double bed if required . |
| 10 | But here and throughout there is an illuminating clarity of texture , purity of sound and impeccable intonation which make for satisfying listening . |
| 11 | We could eventually remove from human life all the characteristics which make for human distress — criminality , war-making , and the like . ’ |
| 12 | And yet surprisingly little is known about the factors which make for public acceptance . |
| 13 | It 's also alive and and its made from human cells . |
| 14 | It 's a good , plumb torque curve , which makes for easy overtaking and fewer gearchanges . |
| 15 | Recently equipped laboratories include PCs networked to local file servers , which makes for easy loading of software of guaranteed integrity , and secure storage of data . |
| 16 | Recently-equipped laboratories include PCs networked to local file servers , which makes for easy loading of software of guaranteed integrity , and secure storage of data . |
| 17 | A contemporary noted that the school curriculum was ‘ subordinated to that literary instruction which makes for academic culture , but is of no practical utility , to the classes for whom the local authorities should principally cater ’ . |
| 18 | Italians only find skiing interesting when they 're shouting epithets or carving each other up , which makes for severe anxiety neurosis among less passionate mortals . |
| 19 | A modern day , composite construction , sailplane is also on show , a Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus , which makes for hefty comparison with the Weiss . |
| 20 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 21 | Even Denise had aged a little , got heavy and puffy in her thirties , from the big cooked dinners she made for hungry Keith . |
| 22 | ‘ You could put right the mistake you made by promising to be my wife in six years ’ time ! ’ |
| 23 | What use do you make of written work when it has been marked ? |
| 24 | What points do you make about young ? |
| 25 | In his early days with us Hamilton was one of those attacking centre-halves who made for great excitement , supporting his forwards and ever-ready to have a go at goal . |
| 26 | She is also well known locally for the soft toys she makes for various charities . |
| 27 | The report I commissioned on you makes for interesting reading . |
| 28 | Many portraits nowadays are corporate commissions and some would say this in itself makes for dull viewing . |
| 29 | With small token charges of explosives in our pockets we made for distant roads , railways and bridges , sinking up to our knees in bogs and wading through the icy waters of fast-running burns . |
| 30 | ‘ This is in reply to a request we made of Greek Intelligence for as exhaustive a list as they could supply of all places where Andropulos is known either to do business or have contacts . |