Example sentences of "making [pron] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They may be large — around 40 feet long — but like icebergs 90 per cent is under the water and that is making them incredibly difficult to see among the waves . ’ |
| 2 | ( b ) The equal balancing of the two melodic lines in this case , and , at the same time , making them sufficiently powerful to come through the orchestral tutti , presents little difficulty if the simple principles of doubling are well understood and applied . |
| 3 | One theory to explain this is that the pigmentation of the skin may affect the sensitivity of the nerve-endings , so that chestnuts may be more sensitive to outside stimuli than say bays , therefore making them more likely to over-react . |
| 4 | ‘ Many sub-clinically infected cows never show signs of clinical mastitis , making them very difficult to identify . |
| 5 | She even de-sexualises her figures in order to emphasise these spiritual qualities , making them fairly androgynous looking at times , although they retain enough of a feminine aspect to make them clearly women . |
| 6 | Fear of public criticism may well be intimidating some doctors , making them less inclined to consider the diagnosis . |
| 7 | In LBOs , creditors are often also shareholders , making them less likely to jostle for advantage when times get tough . |
| 8 | The machines also hold more cash , making them less likely to run out of money over weekends and at busy periods . |
| 9 | They also acted to decrease the woman 's coping skills , making her more likely to become depressed or a less sensitive parent when faced with social difficulties or a lack of marital support . |
| 10 | And throughout the evening , making you almost afraid to blink in case you miss anything , Ninagawa fills the stage with a constantly shifting sequence of such pictures — including a magnificent riverside landscape with clumps of reeds bleached by the light of an enormous moon . |
| 11 | A complex combination of aluminium , steel and copper had replaced his skeletal structure , making him too heavy to stand alone , lest his skin should rip open under the strain . |
| 12 | These pressures are making it increasingly difficult to reconcile enjoyment of the parks ' natural beauty with conservation , according to the commission . |
| 13 | As the mouse pointer hovers above each button , or indeed any of the drop-down menu options , a short description of the function appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen making it really easy to produce your first spreadsheet with minimum reference to the manual . |
| 14 | She drifted helplessly along in calm water at just over three knots , making it virtually impossible to assess her sailing characteristics . |
| 15 | The problem is that voice transmission will soon be replaced by an endless , inseparable stream of electronic emissions , making it virtually impossible to capture criminal coversations ... |
| 16 | The Xerox team is not entirely sure why , but Dr Ziolo reckons that sodium ions from the resin are creeping into the crystal lattice and making it more permeable to light . |
| 17 | It tried to decrease independent expenditures of PACs by repealing existing tax credit , thus making it more efficient to look for small individual contributions and thereby reduce the power of the PACs . |
| 18 | Behaving in a manner that avoids an unpleasant outcome leads to the reinforcement of behaviour you wish to encourage , thus making it more likely to recur in similar circumstances . |
| 19 | More influential , and more in conformity with Keynesian orthodoxy , were those economists who argued that income restraint was necessary to bring unemployment and inflation into balance , and to prevent Britain 's balance of payments getting out of hand as rising wages led us to import goods we could ill afford while making it more difficult to sell things . |
| 20 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 21 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 22 | Other factors encouraging the development of candidal infection , or making it more difficult to cope with , are treatment with drugs containing corticosteroids or those which depress the body 's natural immunity . |
| 23 | The gradual consolidation of wealth in the party was making it more difficult to preserve the classless , " one nation " appeal to working-class supporters . |
| 24 | In addition to making it more difficult to organize a legal protest , the regulations gave the authorities the right to use " all police measures " to suppress illegal demonstrations . |
| 25 | As he candidly admitted in his memoirs the issue of capital punishment , which re-surfaced in that year at the Conservative Party Conference , and his own handling of the debate , damaged his standing as Home Secretary , making it more difficult to introduce some planned reforms in sentencing policy : |
| 26 | What possible advantages could they derive from limiting their future freedom of action and by making it more difficult to separate should they form the wish to do so ? |
| 27 | Though the 6-foot 2-inch ( 1.88-m ) figure weighed 100 lb ( 45 kg ) , making it quite difficult to manipulate as a puppet , its solidity and heaviness were convincing on-screen as another incarnation ( or decarnation ) of the Schwarzenegger character . |
| 28 | We must support both types by giving those happy with DOS more performance , and by making it as easy to use as possible . |
| 29 | Day and night they are hanging in swarms above the trench making it extremely difficult to rest . |
| 30 | These are the new risers from Cellblock — they spread out making a wider area against the deck , which means more shock absorption and also reduces pressure on the deck making it less likely to snap your plank near the trucks . |