Example sentences of "it [prep] making " in BNC.
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| 1 | A comfortable chair for nanny stands by the brass-bound fender that surrounds the hob grate , with the nursery kettle on it for making the baby 's feeds . |
| 2 | The fisheries of the Suli islands between North Borneo and the Philippines , though not particularly rich in pearls , produced fine mother-of-pearl , a material keenly sought by the Chinese who used it for making inlays . |
| 3 | of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success . |
| 4 | Opponents condemn it for making profit from punishment . |
| 5 | Now my view is that I think rather like your comment on Christian doing concerts , Scottish Amicable er Standard Life Scottish Hydro , Scottish Power , Scottish Nuclear I do n't necessarily see it as making influence to make a decision to make a purchase or to recommend a purchase to the third party in another part of Scotland |
| 6 | If the facilities exist , is it worth making video recordings of a lecture ? |
| 7 | A dissenting member has few options available to it in making its protest . |
| 8 | Using the nCube Parallel Software Environment , applications developed for an eight-processor nCube 2E system will run unchanged on an nCube 2S computer with as many as 8,192 processors , so serious potential users can make an affordable investment in the thing to decide whether they really like it before making a real commitment . |
| 9 | For one thing , bran is a bulky substance and it is n't easy to consume sufficient fibre from it without making your diet unpalatable . |
| 10 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 11 | Mars charges your love-life with physical energy and passion but do n't spoil it by making too many demands on your partner . |
| 12 | Its mystery somehow diminished life , or did it enlarge it by making life and its purpose more mysterious still . |
| 13 | She may regret this change , but colludes with it by making and selling ethnic jewellery of her own . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a great tournament but they are ruining it by making it too tough . |
| 15 | If you have a dog that behaves in this fashion , do not encourage it by making soothing noises , entreating it to calm down . |
| 16 | Some want to expand it by making themselves indispensable within different agencies and organizations , even if this entails the loss of a clear identity as a psychologist ( e. g . |
| 17 | Like Mr Kravchuk , Khmelnytsky won independence for Ukraine but then lost it by making a fatal alliance with Russia . |
| 18 | The British approach to social policy as developed in the nineteenth century both understood this distinction and exploited it by making the workhouse the only alternative to family care and then deliberately creating conditions in workhouses which were both undesirable in terms of physical conditions and also reinforced a sense of shame , so that any relative who could be considered available would feel obliged to offer support . |
| 19 | Living artists would keep adding to it by making contributions from their works . |
| 20 | If there is going to be a change of time signature prepare it by making a bridge passage , so that the new beat is clearly signalled and the transition is easy . |
| 21 | You are likely to be looking for the relation between the variable part of the text ( called the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE because you are manipulating it by making changes ) and the variation in the response of the reader ( called the DEPENDENT VARIABLE , because it depends on the variation , or changes , made to the text ) . |
| 22 | He 'd done it by making her question herself , she realised . |