The "make" plus adjective in the S-V-DO-OC pattern requires the reversed
position if the DO is a noun clause:

"I made certain that I had used the correct abbreviation."

And likewise with the delaying "it":

"I made it clear that I meant an OC, not an OP."

At 07:25 PM 9/12/98 CST, you wrote:
>** Reply to note from Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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>My initial thought is that "make" + adj can behave this way. I think of
>
>"Let's make the ship secure."
>
>        "Let's make secure the ship."
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>"Let's make the dinner delicious."
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>        "Let's make delicious the dinner."
>
>This is interesting because I  usually think of obj. complements as
>nouns. Are there other verbs that can have a moveable objective
>complement?
>
>
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