Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the exporter could insist on payment or make out a bill of exchange in DMs and thus transfer the foreign exchange risk to the importer . |
| 2 | This method of deciding the right time to sow was recommended by Fitzherbert , the sixteenth-century writer on agriculture : ‘ go upon the land that is plowed and if it synge or crye or make any noise under they fete , then it is to wet to sowe . |
| 3 | You select the facts that are telling ( pun intended ) , the facts that will advance your story or make clear your characters or even make your locations easy to assimilate , and you hope that from them you can produce something that is not too far distant from the unwritable reality . |
| 4 | ‘ Brownies do n't do good turns for rewards , ’ Heather told him , ‘ but , ’ she added eagerly , ‘ if you would let us use your loft as a meeting-place we 'd promise not to do any damage or make ourselves nuisances , would n't we , Shirley ? ’ |
| 5 | Mr Edwards also detects caution in employers who are recruiting : ‘ They hire people for a specific period , maybe one or two years , so that at the end of that time they can decide whether or not to renew their contract or make them redundant . |
| 6 | Fewer people grow their own vegetables or make their own soup . |
| 7 | You could always smear sticky treacle on the bit or make sure the bit is always warm before it goes into her mouth . |
| 8 | None of the new features take away control from the user or make it harder or more complex to use , a strategy which some other vendors would do well to emulate . |
| 9 | This year 's is the biggest-ever and we 're asking everyone who cares about wildlife to sponsor the cyclists or make a donation . ’ |
| 10 | Anyone wanting to take part or make a donation should contact Bob Finch or Eileen Adams at the civic centre on 266522 , extension 2334 or 2332 . |
| 11 | You work lightly so as not to draw in the knitting or make it lumpy and you could also undo lightly worked stitches more easily . |
| 12 | You can freeze these buns or make them the day before and keep in an airtight container . |
| 13 | Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just . |
| 14 | However , they did not always have control over the money or make the key decisions over how it was spent and distributed . |
| 15 | Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations . |
| 16 | Causton plans to alter the ends of the polymers to make them stick better to specific surfaces or make them attractive to only a particular protein . |
| 17 | You can either work it to be doubled over to the wrong side or make a matching strip of plain knitting as a facing . |
| 18 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 19 | To take the photograph or make the sketch is an offence ; so is it to reproduce it , wholly or in part , in a newspaper or elsewhere ’ . |
| 20 | To take the photograph or make the sketch is an offence ; so is it to reproduce it , wholly or in part , in a newspaper or elsewhere ’ . |
| 21 | The aim of treatment is not for a young child to lose weight as it would be in an adult , but to maintain their weight or make below normal weight gain ( Dietz 1984 ) . |
| 22 | The skill in producing ‘ machine ’ music requires far less effort or commitment than that of someone who chooses to learn to play a musical instrument or make an artistic statement — however lowly . |
| 23 | You can avoid this if you alternate them with your regular shampoo or make sure you find one that does n't contain silicone such as Lamaur Compleat 2 , Mild or Extra variants . |
| 24 | Schools are important but schooling , of itself , is not going to reshape society , transform industry , reduce crime or make football supporters behave like devout pilgrims visiting a holy shrine . |
| 25 | It was one of those brilliantly simple ideas people always wish they had had themselves , and believe that somehow they could have had ; no need to incur any extra expense or make any more sizes than anybody else , or necessarily to distinguish one 's product in other way , yet just by the idea one has a potential market of half the jeans-buying public , or at least that proportion of it which has always felt that they are somehow perpetually between the usual sizes . |
| 26 | It is never expected to take up demands or make a real effort to change conditions . |
| 27 | If he does not declare an intention to defend the action or make an offer , the second date , known as the calling date , is the date on which the claimant can ask for a Decree from the court declaring that the debtor owes him the sum sued for . |
| 28 | You 're trying to focus attention on the presenter , the person giving the speech or answering the questions and it is a dreadful distraction to have beside and behind him or her numbers of men and women who invariably want to whisper , gesticulate , stare in the wrong direction , scratch their heads , pick their noses or make their exits at completely the wrong moment . |
| 29 | ( h ) The accused need not have an intent to cause financial loss or make a gain . |
| 30 | Most other weapons can not be considered to have characteristics that make their use illegal whatever the circumstances ; although some others perhaps do — for example , bacteriological weapons , which can equally be argued to be per se illegal . |