Example sentences of "make [noun] [prep] other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We could sell his story but we could never make money from other people 's suffering … ’
2 Haunted by penury for the rest of her life , she habitually made notes over other people 's letters and wrote her own on the back of old laundry bills .
3 It would be better if the Government made concessions in other areas .
4 You do n't make dance for other choreographers to come and look at . ’
5 At Yalta , the two states also made progress in other aspects of their bilateral relations , building on their June negotiations in Dagomys [ see p. 38973 ] .
6 The new commitment has been made conditional on other countries taking similar action , which was interpreted by analysts as a reference to the United States , which has thus far refused to agree to reduction targets .
7 Parul Courtney told the court that she knew he had made love to other women , but added : ‘ My husband is not the first person to have an affair , nor the last . ’
8 Make comparisons with other organisations , e.g. Leisure centres £250 per annum with few facilities included ; slimming beds from £250 with no other activities etc .
9 Its calculations are all relatively local ones : neurones do not make contact with other neurones at any great distance in the same cortical region .
10 Let's not make assumptions , let's y'know it 's up to them and y'know kind of er we should n't intrude into their private lives , that 's their personal decision and er should n't make assumptions about other people 's sexuality and all that kind of thing comes out .
11 It could abandon its isolation and make deals with other parties — in which case it would contradict its own anti-party rhetoric and make itself indistinguishable from other parties .
12 He would be able to visit libraries , museums and institutions all over Britain and make contact with other numerologists .
13 People were aware their children sometimes made problems for other people and they did n't bring them .
14 Although most DNA is in the B form , whose structure was originally determined by Watson and Crick , there is no reason why the cell should not make use of other forms as well , and indeed Alex Rich ( MIT ) described a protein binding with high affinity to the left-handed helix of Z-DNA that he first described .
15 When we make assessments of other people , of any age , and in any capacity , we often have a sense as to whether or not they ‘ feel real ’ .
16 Filing for chapter 11 can make sense in other circumstances .
17 That is , they can draw on their account and make payments to other people in excess of the amount of money they have deposited .
18 This will make integration with other children a great deal easier .
19 The Department may make allowances for other expenses which you may have for the upkeep of the property .
20 He was making notes on other violations .
21 Then , through a series of interpreters , they called for the Nez Perce to cease making war upon other tribes , so that a trading post could be established .
22 From studies of recent accidents and incidents , as well as by making comparisons with other profession s ( e.g. the medical profession ) , it is evident that there is a growing likelihood of ‘ professional ’ being made legally accountable for their actions .
23 To many , particularly among her own hotel staff , the prospect of Mrs Helmsley making beds for other prisoners is justice indeed .
24 When we identify common ground we need to be sure that we are not making assumptions about other people 's values and interests .
25 Keeping up to date , helping to improve skills for the off-farm job , and making contact with other farmers were other minor responses .
26 In addition to a comparison of the Soviet Union/Russia and Britain , the researchers are making contact with other research groups in Europe — particularly in France , Austria , Germany , Poland and Bulgaria .
27 ‘ Well , if that 's where warmth gets you — a lonely old age , with your only pleasure making trouble for other people — then I 'm glad I 'm cold ! ’
28 ( The price it pays is the need to develop quite elaborate and inherently uncertain reproductive methods , making use of other organisms or natural forces such as wind to spread pollen and seeds . )
29 She tried making friends with other women who had children , exploring ways of shared childcare ; but faith was not enough , they were bogged down by impossible travel arrangements , endless irresponsibility and hopeless public transport .
30 When your own resources are low , you 've forgotten to set homework and you are getting a cold , it requires the forbearance of a saint to keep making allowances for other people 's fallibility and forgetfulness .
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