Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : .
2 One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all .
3 He envisaged this as a well-balanced wheel driven by a lead weight suspended from its axle so that it would make one revolution between sunrise and sunset .
4 Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place .
5 Not that it would make much difference if Lee got hold of them .
6 Another point is that it would make most bit image files far longer than necessary .
7 But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is .
8 The USSR has announced that it will make increased use of gas as a petro-chemical feedstock rather than flood the market while demand is weak .
9 ‘ We happened to be at the mortuary … not that it will make any difference , but there is one thing we thought you would find interesting . ’
10 I urge the local authority in Durham to develop a relationship with housing associations so that it can make faster progress in meeting the problems to which the hon. Gentleman referred .
11 There was division in UNTCOK whether it could accomplish anything in the circumstances ; some members felt it should report the impossibility of proceeding but others believed that it could make limited progress .
12 Cos if you did n't have that it 'd make this room more viable in as much as erm , the point of view of doing doing catering and , functions and all the rest of it .
13 After all , these guys are no part of my battle , most of them do n't know me , and they 've turned out in numbers only because Rufus said they had to defend their territory — but I decide this ai n't the time for that , and it would make more sense to invite these gift-horses in for coffee and what 's left of the whisky .
14 Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide .
15 Wainfleet carried on : ‘ I 've apologized — I 'll even apologize to Linley if it 'll make any difference — but what more can I do ? ’
16 The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) .
17 Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ?
18 I hope that any local authority that has land available will develop a dialogue quickly with the housing association movement , whose resources are increasing substantially , to see whether it can make faster progress than would otherwise be the case in meeting housing needs in its area .
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