Example sentences of "[adj] make some " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made some sort of sense . |
| 2 | The British made some bad decisions , as did the Irishman Sean Lester . |
| 3 | Because German opposition was light in this sector , and because the Germans thought that , after their bleeding at Verdun , they were incapable of massed attack , the French made some gains . |
| 4 | I 've got some make some . |
| 5 | e.g. " Combined with the NEP and the thaw in Russia 's relations with other countries , this made some Bolsheviks fear the onset of a creeping reaction ; they were haunted by fears of Thermidor " . |
| 6 | ‘ I am free to make some phone calls , am I ? |
| 7 | This makes some people over-concerned and competitive about it . |
| 8 | This makes some sense . |
| 9 | This makes some subjects taboo . |
| 10 | ‘ I need to feel that you are willing to make some effort . ’ |
| 11 | Britain was willing to make some further concessions on the political front , with some kind of executive body administering the free trade area . |
| 12 | The chairmen were , of course , willing to make some cuts where the national interest required it , but Gaitskell pushed them too far , making what seemed to them impossible demands . |
| 13 | president Kennedy , interviewed by Jean Daniel of L'Exprès , hinted that the United States might be willing to make some concessions . |
| 14 | ‘ How long have you known my brother ? ’ she asked politely , feeling driven to make some effort at conversation . |
| 15 | Marie Claire had some novels about English girls lost in the desert at the mercy of proud sheikhs , but those girls were as proud as the sheikhs themselves and defiant too — at least until near the end of the story — and the sheikhs were prepared to make some concessions themselves by that time . |
| 16 | April does n't have to be a month of trials and tribulations or agonising over career or professional matters , if you are prepared to make some snap decisions and take what transpires towards the very end of March as a signal to go even further out on a limb . |
| 17 | The hunger strike sparked off divisions between those Länder ruled by the SPD and those ruled by the CDU or CSU , since the former were prepared to make some limited concessions by allowing very small groups of RAF prisoners to have contact with each other . |
| 18 | If the training and enterprise councils think it appropriate to make some of those funds available for unemployed people , they are perfectly free to do so . |
| 19 | He explained : ‘ It is all too easy to make some apparently innocent , well-intentioned remark which is immediately seized upon by the press who love to hear guest speakers make a complete fool of themselves . |
| 20 | Getting ready helped to restore her calm and , in any case , she felt she owed it to Marguerite to make some effort on this first evening at her house . |
| 21 | The time can be shortened , however , if those members who were supposed to make some enquiry or obtain some information , or to write a short factual statement , have not only done so but have informed the Hon. |
| 22 | Increasing contestability is likely to make some natural monopolies not sustainable ( e.g. the single-product rising cost cases ) , but in other cases the effect will be to discipline pricing behaviour more severely . |
| 23 | Er I think , I think that er our organic growth tends to be erm er er continuous and er as you know each year we 're spending erm substantial amounts er on that er we prefer organic growth to acquisitions because we avoid er premiums in the long run er frequently er organic growth is , is actually more profitable er but we are quite likely to make some acquisitions er if erm the right er strategic opportunities er are created . |
| 24 | We all make some . |
| 25 | The Rent ( Agriculture ) Act 1976 made some attempts to introduce greater security of tenure for tied cottagers . |
| 26 | A few hours ago this all made some kind of sense . |
| 27 | All made some contribution to the ducal retinue . |
| 28 | All made some contribution to the ducal retinue . |
| 29 | It is also not the kind of company that throws its money around so it must be confident making some on Unix . |
| 30 | Rather than simply sampling at random , it is helpful to make some preliminary enquiries among the child 's parents or teachers regarding the kinds of situations in which she is most likely to talk . |