Example sentences of "have made [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally the thought would have made timid little Miss Fogerty quail . |
| 2 | I do n't know though , it would have made great television . |
| 3 | Neither Long not Chamberlain would have made great changes in the party , and the election of either would not have seemed to signify a great change . |
| 4 | Some of the eurypterids may even have made tentative excursions on to the land . |
| 5 | The high level of the stock market in the last six months may have made certain bids , for underperforming companies , uneconomic . |
| 6 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
| 7 | The Brundtland Commission may have made sustainable development the end-of-century watchword , defining it as ‘ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ’ , but even Tolba has wondered aloud whether it amounts to much more than a shibboleth . |
| 8 | Dunes , palm trees , mud-brick villages , children and animals would have made good picture postcards , but , for all its beauty , the desert was terrifying . |
| 9 | Continuing on down the street the Ahearns , a Catholic family who were all of small stature , the Frys , another quiet family and the Vincents who in contrast to the Ahearns were all well built — in fact the sons could all have made good guardsmen . |
| 10 | As a magazine article , any one of these chapters would have made good reading . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose Uncle Cosmo could have made good in Australia . |
| 12 | It would have made good drama to pit Bernard 's projection of mass production against Laura 's fears that this would threaten to destroy the ethnic and cottage industry appeal upon which the business was based . |
| 13 | I see they have made new breadpans of the right size out of empty cooking-oil cans from the US AID supplementary feeding programme — these were brought out recently by a local agency who helped the women to build a new oven . |
| 14 | they , they had to improve the productivity from the land and im well not productivity , just efficiency generally , and that how that it would n't have made economic sense for them to have gone straight for socialism . |
| 15 | Also , the pilot will be in very good flying form and his instructor will have made sure that he has not been getting into bad habits . |
| 16 | There was no reason for a beleaguered host to be gentle when hauling two spies into their precincts , and in their anger and disappointment and fear , the men who handled the drag-ropes would have made sure , but for Lomellini , that these climbers never climbed again . |
| 17 | ‘ But if you were trying to keep it secret you should have made sure you bribed your porter not to talk . ’ |
| 18 | He will have made sure Virginia looked as beautiful and sensuous as possible . |
| 19 | It might remind him of a few school episodes he will have made sure to forget . ’ |
| 20 | If she had n't resisted he would no doubt have made sure Peter knew at once that she was n't to be trusted ! |
| 21 | Ironically their votes would have made sure Lord Mayor Reg Empey did not make the trip , but as it was the proposal was defeated anyway by votes to 15 . |
| 22 | Stirling should have made sure of victory and further ease their own relegation worries after taking a 25th minute lead through Willie Watters . |
| 23 | ‘ Did it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements ? ’ she said eventually . |
| 24 | Within five years we should have made substantial progress towards a Herbarium database , integrated with BG-BASE software , and with software for Herbarium loans and labels . |
| 25 | It would n't have made political sense in that how the , they were deliberately choosing cautious policy which would enable them to stay in power . |
| 26 | Moreover , Purefoy may have made unreasonable demands on those who worked for him . |
| 27 | Had the two been at their prime in the same era Scotland 's midfield would have made Dirty Harry look like a wimp . |
| 28 | It must have made front-page news . |
| 29 | By contrast , seemingly secure elders may have made inauthentic adaptations to life which are disguised by the routines and objects of daily living . |
| 30 | However , developments in computer technology ( eg microcomputers linked to a larger central computer or networked micros ) may also have made decentralised management control easier and cheaper . |