Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't have to be regular cyclist to enjoy a cycling holiday in Holland as the safe , segregated cycle lanes have special traffic lights and signposts for cyclists making it a relaxing and enjoyable pastime for people of all ages ; families , couples , or groups of friends . |
| 2 | Even talking about Friedrich made her catch her breath , swallow , bring the shutter down in her head . |
| 3 | Why does an unstable demand for money make it difficult to control the supply of money ? |
| 4 | ‘ Working for industry makes you intensely more accountable than just working for a university ever does . |
| 5 | We get chance after chance to make it right and what do we do ? |
| 6 | The fact that Redcar is not a yuppie haven nor affects green welly pretension like certain places nearer Darlington make it an obvious target for sarcastic wit . |
| 7 | Modigliani 's penetrating artistic judgement and his talent for graphology made him ‘ a sort of magician ’ . |
| 8 | He designed for others ( costumes for Diaghilev and embroidery for Schiaparelli ) , but he also ‘ designed ’ himself ; his unquenchable desire for fame and his talent for self-publicity made him the most photographed man in Paris . |
| 9 | The difficulties the administration encountered in enforcing the collection of taxes made it impossible for it to maintain a flow of funds to the king in Flanders , and Edward was now suffering the severest financial embarrassment . |
| 10 | What inversion of values makes us to look upon such aberrations as though they were a reflection of natural laws ? |
| 11 | The rate of change makes it shudder on the branches of the trees where it stands to attention in its sterile , tightly packed commercial rows . |
| 12 | The light shining through her roughly heaped haycock of hair made it blaze so you might have thought you could warm your hands at it . |
| 13 | The increasing impact of nuclear weapons upon military planning and the perceived importance of maintaining the integrity of a future theatre of operations made it necessary to standardise doctrine and training and , hence , provide a more integrated forum for addressing joint military requirements . |
| 14 | But what has outraged all of us is the spectacle of attempts to make you the scapegoat for failures of the criminal justice system , the cause of which , however defined , lay outside your control or responsibility . ’ |
| 15 | In view of the large number of requests made we are unable to advise you pre-departure if they can not be met . |
| 16 | For many infectious agents , hepatitis C virus ( HCV ) in particular , the specificity and extreme sensitivity of PCR makes it superior to standard serological tests in the determination of carrier state , and false-negative serological results have led to the suggestion that PCR should replace antibody testing for screening . |
| 17 | Naturally the quality of the objects is not entirely consistent ( some of the prints seem pretty standard , for example ) , but the sheer range of artists makes it an impressive resource . |
| 18 | The structure of agriculture makes it difficult to treat the peasant drive for noble land as the harbinger of rural capitalism . |
| 19 | The publishing explosion following the development of printing made it necessary for catalogues to give rather more detail : for instance , the edition and date of a book might now be more crucial to the reader , because there were so many variants . |
| 20 | The book 's structure is not always clear and the lack of index makes it difficult to pin-point where a section on , for example , challenging behaviour or services for black and ethnic minority people was located . |
| 21 | The SERC 's antiquated view of physics makes it extremely difficult for physicists working in some of these lively fields to obtain consistent support for their research . |
| 22 | Is n't that what we 've come to expect from this worn out useless Government , that at the moment of decision making they run away ? |
| 23 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 24 | And of course made it part of the job that you had to attend night school classes for bread baking and confectionery . |
| 25 | We have of course made it clear that those techs who were piloting er the out of school childcare initiative er will continue er to be funded er along with all other techs from ninety four , five and although of course I can not preempt the tech 's judgement and take a view on that particular scheme , er I can say that funding will continue for techs for that purpose . |
| 26 | For those whose chief concern is for Yeats , the book will of course make him seem shadowy and self-deluding , but it will also testify to his conscientiousness and loyalty . |
| 27 | The spectrum of activities make it impossible to understand all the business processes and priorities . |
| 28 | The swift interactive response of the micro and its flexibility within a well-defined set of rules make it particularly effective in setting up game situations . |
| 29 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 30 | Hence it was important to reduce levels of grant to make it clearer to voters what services actually cost . |