Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] make [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Illustrations , I could put some illustrations in , I could use more , I could use colour , I could make more detailed illustrations , yes |
| 2 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
| 3 | Well I must admit , I have , I mean I do n't do well I used to make quite nice cakes , since I 've had this new cooker mine wo n't ri I mean they rise , there 's no doubt about that , they rise , but I can take them out , put them on a cooling rack and watch them deflate ! |
| 4 | Er , but clearly I I will commit whatever time I have available , and I shall make as much time as available , I have the support of Ross , my wife , this is all fully discussed before I even went through the panelling process . |
| 5 | ‘ You must excuse me , signorina but I will make now some telephone calls . |
| 6 | Businesses , such as property investment companies , which may make wholly exempt supplies , can not reclaim any input VAT . |
| 7 | Erm with whitewash not with er emulsion , that was too expensive , they 'd buy a packet of a packet of which would make so many gallons of whitewash and you 'd whitewash the ceiling . |
| 8 | As a little compensation I begged Captain King to let us remove either to Bruny , or to Muscle Bay , which would make very little difference when once the wind set in fair , and it was accordingly settled that at daylight we should sail for Muscle Bay . ’ |
| 9 | Try using a fine sable rigger brush which will make very precise lines , although this does require patience ! |
| 10 | You 'll make particularly good progress with any intellectually demanding projects , especially if they involve in-depth study ; and between now and next October , Jupiter suggests you embark on a wonderfully exciting and adventurous long-distance journey . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll make good any damages . ’ |
| 12 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 13 | There was no time to pack , and she 'd make too much noise rummaging for clothes . |
| 14 | A piece of thick , stiff cardboard about 40 cm × 15 cm for each tank — you could instead modify the design , using pieces of hardboard or preferably thin plywood , in which case you could make slightly larger aquaria ; a roll of transparent plastic sandwich bags ; one large , wide rubber band for each tank ; Bostik or other glue suitable for gluing the cardboard — if you are using plywood or hardboard , use a wood glue and small panel pins to fix the sections together ; a supply of jars or plastic containers with screw-on or snap-on lids . |
| 15 | If you could make only one comparison — |
| 16 | If you take down notes by writing from edge to edge of the paper , leaving no blank spaces and no outstanding features , you will make very heavy weather of re-reading the notes during regular study or in preparation for an imminent examination . |
| 17 | You can make even greater savings for your family using one or more separate Daily Mirror vouchers . |
| 18 | Of course , you can make extremely dramatic pictures that are much larger than this — I have made many lovely pictures with frames that are about 65 × 25cm ( 26 × 10in ) , which can be used with or without a mount . |
| 19 | Straight or curved ; practical or whimsical ; raised , stepped , level or sunken ; built with concrete , cobbles , flagstones or crazy paving : you can make almost any type of path to suit the character of your garden . |
| 20 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 21 | With a little knowledge you can make very healthy changes to your diet without having to alter radically your whole way of eating . |
| 22 | You ca n't build guitars with machines , but you can make very precise guitar parts . |
| 23 | You ca n't build guitars with machines , but you can make very precise guitar parts . |
| 24 | The picture shown opposite is not a particularly small miniature — you can make really beautiful pictures using a frame as small as 2.5cm ( 1in ) in diameter . |
| 25 | If we placed as much effort into making a fuss of children when they are good as we do when they are naughty we might make even greater gains . |
| 26 | We are also looking at how we might make more intensive use of many co-products from our plants . |
| 27 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 28 | We could make more efficient use of power generation too . |
| 29 | By spending more resources on this matter , as I intend to do , having tripled our programme in the past 10 years , I believe that we shall make still further progress , with the help of education , too . |
| 30 | But we will make much better use of the medium if we seek to use it differently and for different reasons . |