Example sentences of "[noun] and make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its presence will indicate hostility towards religion and make it very difficult for people to take religion seriously . |
| 2 | take risks and make ‘ exposed ’ decisions which go outside existing or accepted constraints |
| 3 | A willingness to take risks and make mistakes in the process is , however , necessary . |
| 4 | the confidence to take risks and make mistakes , |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Keith has a lot of talent and I think David used to go to him and Keith would rearrange the songs and make them sound good with his bass lines . |
| 7 | If teachers can be encouraged to clarify their thinking and make learning more varied and fun for the children — sharpening and deepening thinking , then this will be because the head has taken the staff along an analytical path that actually raises the level of efficiency and excitement in the classroom . |
| 8 | Pay particular attention to your soldering and make sure there are no solder blobs between adjacent tracks . |
| 9 | All these moves are aimed at beating the stress which can weaken new stock and make them more susceptible to the other little problems of a new tank . |
| 10 | If you feel this makes your first attempts at pressed flower pictures rather too complicated , you can begin working with a simple picture arranged on a plain cream card and make your designs more ambitious each time . |
| 11 | The van was impounded and SL2 had to hire a car on their Visa card and make their own way to the rave — which had been cancelled ! |
| 12 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers ' new Natural Break brochure includes over 450 opportunities to escape to some of the country 's most spectacular settings and make a real contribution to their survival . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd lie under the covers and make the noise he makes when he 's breathing , and then I 'd stop , but sometimes it would go on after I 'd stopped ! ’ |
| 14 | Ca n't we build on the word partnership and make it mean what you want . |
| 15 | So he certainly did n't pay due care to the pace and the speed and make sure that he 'd got a safe gap before pulling out . |
| 16 | Changes in content and style — ‘ news ’ was now moved to the front pages , there were briefer stories , news stories grew in importance as ‘ opinion and commentary ’ lost favour , different typographical styles were used to attract readers and make newspapers less severe — reflected much more than a mere process of ‘ modernization ’ . |
| 17 | Leave blank lines between paragraphs and make frequent use of headings to hold the reader 's interest . |
| 18 | They can place children in homes run by voluntary organizations and make contributions to their costs , and they have certain powers to inspect voluntary homes . |
| 19 | You came here to watch the Lady Eleanor and make sure she did nothing foolish , such as escape or cause scandal at the English court . |
| 20 | It should be noted , however , that if one million of the three million were back at work and not receiving unemployment and/or supplementary benefits from the Exchequer , it would put less strain on the public purse and make it easier to meet the social security benefits for the expected one million over-85-year-olds . |
| 21 | One can identify the bulk , calculate the total loss and make the buyer bear a proportion according to his share of the bulk . |
| 22 | We should , however , recognise the problems that might arise as a result and make sure that we do not misinterpret any problem . |
| 23 | Close your eyes and make yourself comfortable . |
| 24 | The secret for any cat-phobic individuals who want to keep their distance is to lean towards a cat , stare fixedly at it with wide-open eyes and make agitated hand movements , asking the cat in strident tones to come and sit on their laps . |
| 25 | There was tremendous energy bottled up in there with nowhere to go , and somehow or other you were able to shoot that energy out through your eyes and make objects move . |
| 26 | He would just look at her with those piercing eyes and make her feel as vulnerable as she was beginning to realise she was . |
| 27 | On the one hand , there is the threat to roll back the legislation of the last 12 years , to put the trade unions back in the driving seat and make strikes easier , longer , more frequent and more damaging than ever before . |
| 28 | Here , on an acre formerly abounding in thistles and docks , we have woven our own covert of windbreaks and fuchsia bushes and make great play of raising cabbages where cabbages — or at least , where sweetcorn , courgettes and petits pois — were hardly intended to grow . |
| 29 | Please print my photograph and make one ‘ sad ’ Sam very happy . |
| 30 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |