Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] make [det] [noun] " 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 | Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place . |
| 4 | Not that it would make much difference if Lee got hold of them . |
| 5 | Another point is that it would make most bit image files far longer than necessary . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The opposition to the Bill that we have heard tonight , to the effect that it will make such offences more difficult to prove , will not go down well in the country . |
| 8 | The interfaces in the document are based on industry standards whenever possible ’ , IBM said , adding that it will make all interfaces open and public . |
| 9 | The interfaces in the document are based on industry standards whenever possible , IBM said , adding that it will make all interfaces open and public . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide . |
| 14 | Wainfleet carried on : ‘ I 've apologized — I 'll even apologize to Linley if it 'll make any difference — but what more can I do ? ’ |
| 15 | 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 . ) . |
| 16 | Gas and air produces a lightheaded feeling that takes the edge off the pain but it can make some women feel nauseous . |
| 17 | Whatever he backed or took over — insecure but deserving commercial ventures , a struggling publishing firm , an inefficient factory which he refused to modernize because it would make some workers redundant-always miraculously turned the corner and became financially successful . |
| 18 | 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 ? |