Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] make [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a right decision and a wrong decision , but it was for the king to make it , and if the wrong one were made Anselm would leave the kingdom . |
| 2 | Some will say that is fortunate , as the weather forecast for the weekend made it seem likely that it could have been the first ‘ one-day ’ final to span three days . |
| 3 | I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ . |
| 4 | The examples that Shklovsky 's enthusiasm for the idea makes him choose in the early essays are extremely heterogeneous , and this heterogeneity makes him come close to spoiling the unique value of his case . |
| 5 | Scientific , technical and clerical workers have signed a petition calling for the university to make it impossible for ‘ nuclear weapons-motivated research ’ involving SLAC to be carried out . |
| 6 | Swan Hunter 's experience of shipbuilding for the navy makes it well placed to win a contract . |
| 7 | His liking for the man made him uncomfortably aware of the similarity in their jobs . |
| 8 | And the teachers who selected her for the post make it very clear that it was Emily 's ability not her sex that made her first choice . |
| 9 | And we have more plans for the future to make it the ultimate private leisure club . |
| 10 | In seminars held there last Thursday and Friday two groups of scientists announced what may turn out to be the first evidence of CERN 's greatest discovery yet , a particle known simply by the letter W. If proven the discovery will vindicate all those who pushed for the means to make it possible . |
| 11 | Using a recognition test to measure memory for the stimuli makes it possible to assess any general biases in responding separately from subjects ’ actual ability to correctly recognize individual stimuli . |
| 12 | These attractive little bagrid are active during the day making them a useful addition to the mature , well-established and maintained planted community tank . |
| 13 | It is prone to shrinking and should be pre-shrunk during the manufacture to make it a good buy . |
| 14 | Supply problems during the war made it seem madness to postpone further the steps necessary to improve communications and construct strategic railways . |
| 15 | Having said that , though , there is undoubtedly something wild and magnificent about an institution quite as cussed , mercurial and downright weird as the NME making it through four decades of turbulent cultural and commercial waters . |
| 16 | The essential disunity between the radicals made it easy for the inter-war period to be dominated by the conventional wisdom of economic orthodoxy and sound finance . |
| 17 | Amaranth had repeated enough of what Harvey had told her about the motorway to make it worthwhile telephoning his partner in Arden to make local inquiries . |
| 18 | His cruel and callous comments about the murder made me shiver . |
| 19 | The many tracks through the woods make it easy to get lost — but that 's never bothered me . |
| 20 | After her death Jones planned to place the body in the car with the engine running and push the pipe through the window to make it look like suicide . |
| 21 | Those who fought through the months to make it a much leaner , quicker body exercising true peer group pressure will be a touch disappointed . |
| 22 | Those who fought through the months to make it a much leaner , quicker body exercising true peer group pressure will be a touch disappointed . |
| 23 | Another warning jab of the gun through the seatback made him start , and he dropped a couple of coins at his feet . |
| 24 | They 're done because the old-fashioned way of doing a , putting something together is a paste-up job , you 've got all these stories filed about all sorts of things , and then some editorial chap or chapess sits down with sort of paste and scissors and cuts the things off , and they tend to cut things off the bottom to make it all fit until it feels about right . |
| 25 | Tsunami 's low 3.5-volt power dissipation , TAB packaging and eighth of an inch height off the PCB make it ideal for portables and notebook . |
| 26 | The baggy cut of the jacket made me look as it I 'd eaten one roast dinner too many , however the loose fit gave complete freedom of movement — particularly useful for stretching when scrambling or skiing . |
| 27 | Thirdly , the criteria themselves do nothing to reduce the lengths of any custodial sentences that are imposed , in spite of the exhortation to make them commensurate with the seriousness of the offence . |
| 28 | Yet the fragmentation of the Church makes it exceedingly difficult to implement anything like normal management practice . |
| 29 | The large size and wide-ranging habit of the orangutan make it especially vulnerable to devastation in tropical rainforests . |
| 30 | The insistent demands of the computer make it hard for attention to wander , and unlike a human opponent , it can not be sidetracked , or exhausted . |