Example sentences of "making [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making them real |
| 2 | Most deep tapes have two or three rows of pockets making them adjustable for use with all types of track or pole . |
| 3 | But she said what it is is basically we 're all just starting from the bottom because this new idea of where they 're buying small homes and making them small communities |
| 4 | In partnership with Graham Bradstreet , Bevan and Radclyffe have , as a company and individually , produced a wide range of successful film and TV dramas and documentaries , making them one of the UK 's most creative and innovative independent film and television partnerships . |
| 5 | Of course , we could argue that obese parents eat too much , and are thus likely to overfeed their children , making them obese , and that it has nothing to do with genetics or inheritance . |
| 6 | He conceded that high levels of pollution could have affected the dolphin 's defence mechanisms making them vulnerable to attack by an infectious agent . |
| 7 | Mr Hanley added that as part-time soldiers were also members of the local community with civilian jobs , their daily movements were predictable , making them vulnerable to terrorist attack . |
| 8 | The euro-currency markets have altered the structure and operations of most major banks by encouraging overseas representation and making them innovative and adaptable to changing economic circumstances and customer needs . |
| 9 | He slapped both hands palms down on the table , slopping his tea and making them all jump , totally unselfconscious in his misery . |
| 10 | Authority tries to make people uniform , categorizes them , gives them numbers ; but Nature , with splendid abandon , persists in making them all different . |
| 11 | The problem is making them all come together . |
| 12 | One or two top senior Account Executives ( SAEs ) boast to the AEs about how much they are earning , making them all feel they are onto something really good . |
| 13 | We all know the well-worn apocryphal stories of Soviet nail manufacturers told to maximize tons of nails produced per man and making them all large in order to do this most easily . |
| 14 | Erm there 's another one that a lot of came up with one or two had heard a few before and they all groaned and then accused you of making them all up ! |
| 15 | No but you 're taking their power away and you 're making them defenceless . |
| 16 | Some of these boxes have quite small compartments , making them unsuitable for resistors and some other components . |
| 17 | They won all stages but one in a seven month tournament making them overall leaders by 135 points . |
| 18 | The designs themselves are lively and fresh , and come in bold primary , and soft pastel colours , making them suitable for any bedroom or playroom . |
| 19 | All Uvistat products screen both rays in near equal proportions and are hypo-allergenic , making them suitable even for sensitive skin . |
| 20 | All Uvistat products are hypoallergenic , lanolin-free and water-resistant , making them suitable for all skin types . |
| 21 | Although awarded seven marks apiece — making them weedier than that old stalwart , the creeping thistle — they are not widely viewed as potential threats . |
| 22 | Unlined curtains are ideal when made up in easy-care fabrics which can be laundered frequently , making them perfect for kitchens or bathrooms . |
| 23 | Washington could impose duties of up to 80 per cent of the price on imports from Europe , almost certainly making them uneconomic . |
| 24 | This was the category of the barbarians , and Greek scholars were traditionally famous for exploring barbarian lands and making them intelligible to the civilized . |
| 25 | Unix International said last week that it has finalised its systems and network management requirements , focused on a single object-based model , making them compatible and interoperable with the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Management Environment ( DME ) . |
| 26 | Logging GNP per capita goes a long way towards holding the midspreads constant by making them similar in size . |
| 27 | Eradication of H pylori in the duodenal ulcer patients lowered their pepsin output by a median of 55% to 17 units/h ( 11–55 ) ( p<0.03 ) making them similar to the H pylori positive healthy volunteers . |
| 28 | This disease has devastated cocoa plantations in several countries ; it is caused by a fungus which produces broom-like clusters of deformed shoots on the branches , and also infects the pods , making them worthless to the farmer . |
| 29 | It is not unusual for this situation now to be recognised officially , and many authorities have the positions of the leaders included in their Standing Orders , sometimes , for instance , making them ex-officio members of all committees and sub-committees of the Council . |
| 30 | Lens designs can improve the cosmetic effect of your glasses , making them thinner , lighter , clearer and easier to clean . |