Example sentences of "to make it [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Reich had been injecting money into Danzig to make it appear that Forster and his pals were able to find the resources to create employment projects through their superior management skills . |
| 2 | For we are taught both by the words of worthy men of old and by our experience that this is a most certain sign , and it has been found that even if she be urged and exhorted by solemn conjurations to shed tears , if she be a witch she will not be able to weep : although she will assume a tearful aspect and smear her cheeks and eyes with spittle to make it appear that she is weeping ; wherefore she must be closely watched by the attendants . |
| 3 | It was possible that Riddle had committed suicide in such a way as to make it appear that he had been murdered . |
| 4 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
| 5 | Mrs. Hamblin had not intended to make it appear that the car belonged to the trader . |
| 6 | And Eddie Gilfoyle , who had been having an affair , tried to make it appear that she 'd committed suicide , it was alleged . |
| 7 | He has a bald head and a long beard , the combined effect of which is to make it appear as though his head is stuck on upside down . |
| 8 | The next thing was to make it eat and drink . |
| 9 | You felt he had to make it happen or die . ’ |
| 10 | He intended forcing the killer off the road , in such a way as to make it look like he had lost control of his car , overcome by loss of blood from his bullet wound . |
| 11 | What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ? |
| 12 | What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ? |
| 13 | What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ? |
| 14 | What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ? |
| 15 | ‘ WE WANT to make it look as though it 's a wine merchant , ’ says Tim Waters in Clapham 's Wine Rack , south London , one of Thresher 's five prototype high-street wine shops . |
| 16 | At the CNPF , France 's business and industry lobby , there are complaints that the government has been fudging figures to make it look as though targets have been met . |
| 17 | To make it look as though the ship is lost at sea . |
| 18 | The whole approach to their wardrobe is more considered , but their trick is to make it look as though they have n't given their appearance more than a passing thought . |
| 19 | Someone had arranged a scatter of sea-shore pebbles on a low trunk , trying for a random pattern to make it look as though they had been cast like dice . |
| 20 | It might be doing things at night time , leaving the lights on , to make it look as though you 're in . |
| 21 | To the horror of Home Department civil servants , they suddenly receive an order from the Home Secretary , to the effect that a quick fix is needed to make it look as though something is being done . |
| 22 | The solution , therefore , was to make it look as though they did have a choice , but to ensure that they chose Franco . |
| 23 | As though okay my sis and my sister 's right she , Andrea , she 's really trying to make it look as though she 's going that erm you Daniel and Mark are beating me up and stuff yeah ? |
| 24 | Is the proliferation of training schemes and employment agencies merely a move a ) to reduce unemployment statistics b ) to make it seem that the government is doing something without it having to positively intervene economically in a massive problem ? |
| 25 | As soon as he confessed what he knew , fumbling the hideous admission as they came out of a rather good film about love that he had hardly been able to stand , she managed to make it seem that it was he , not she , who was the disturber of their lives . |
| 26 | His ignorance of what she feels about his ‘ human kindness ’ — she rejects any ‘ compunctious visiting of nature ’ ( 44 ) — makes him a victim , or accomplice , who has to be instructed in hypocrisy : One of Shakespeare 's problems in having to develop an evil conspiracy in the absence of any vocal moral commentary on it is to make it judge or condemn itself . |
| 27 | That is a valid view , but we believe that the internal market is likely to exist for the foreseeable future and that we should try to make it work as well as possible . |
| 28 | An l.e.d. requires 2V approximately between its ends to make it work and the output from the stereo would hardly achieve this or might only do so intermittently with loud sounds . |
| 29 | Whatever the structure , an organisation needs people to make it work and hence the need to take into account the roles of individuals , their beliefs , values , motivations and how they interact with each other and with groups . |