Example sentences of "could make [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of them had had sex with other gays , but few of them had accepted that you could make a way of life out of it . |
| 2 | Prefaced by an ‘ urgent remonstrance ’ to the gentlemen of England , warning them that the young Queen Victoria 's announcement of her intention to marry Prince Albert may lead to great numbers of her female subjects taking a similar nuptial initiative owing to Leap Year of 1840 ( traditionally a woman could make a proposal of marriage only in a leap year ) . |
| 3 | A trawler-owning ancestor of mine bought the island , apparently convinced he could make a go of farming in a place surround by his beloved sea . ’ |
| 4 | He could also shorten the period in which residents could make a claim for compensation and alter the cost of a survey of buildings outside the protected property area . |
| 5 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 6 | The landlord had obviously decided he could make a lot of money out of this rehearsal room lark . |
| 7 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 8 | He realised he could make a lot of money and a name for himself if he were to act swiftly and produce his maps before Green had time to complete his own . |
| 9 | If the sport grows over the next 10 years as quickly as it has in the past five , I could make a lot of money . ’ |
| 10 | He wrote to the managing director of THF 's leisure division , suggesting that the company could make a lot of money by putting the machines into its own outlets . |
| 11 | A few minutes spent now completing your Enrolment Form could make a world of difference to the rest of your life and your family 's , if one day a serious accident happens to you . |
| 12 | It could make a world of difference to your future . |
| 13 | We thought it was the time when we could make a gesture in return . ’ |
| 14 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 15 | This position must be based on whether there is evidence on which a court could make an Order in Care Proceedings . |
| 16 | A second suggestion made by the guardian ad litem is that he should be re-appointed on the question of contact between the child and the mother , and that the court should adjourn that question so that there would be a continuing issue relating to contact and the guardian ad litem could make an application for contact to be brought to an end if he felt that the rehabilitation process was failing . |
| 17 | But missiles like Polaris and Minuteman and the Russian SS could make the journey within half-an-hour and arrive at 10,000 miles per hour , rendering the SAMS impotent . |
| 18 | Why can not that proposal be brought forward , so that the local offices of the Department of Social Security could make the decision about topping-up arrangements ? |
| 19 | Getting others involved in your aims and aspirations could make the difference between success and failure . |
| 20 | Two key decisions , still to be taken , could make the difference between bust and boom for Berlin . |
| 21 | Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival . |
| 22 | They established and operated a revenue system which , if far from pure , was less venial and more efficient than that of any other European state : " The ability of government administrators to establish the routine by which revenues were collected , money raised and supply requisitioned could make the difference between victory and humiliation . " |