Example sentences of "[adv] make a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Harbury rattled on : ‘ I know he 'd rather make a statement later on and give it simultaneously to everyone .
2 Yet , Sir Edmund , I am confident the assassin will eventually make a mistake . ’
3 So with your pennies and her pennies I think we should all make a lot of money for Save The Children , do n't you ?
4 Increased frailty may suddenly make a house or flat , lived in for years , totally unsuitable — the garden is too big to manage , upstairs bedrooms become inaccessible , or getting to the shops and other local services presents difficulties .
5 So we could perhaps make a case for offering curatorial protection to artefactual software by regarding it as part of the contextual and functional extension of hardware without which technical history would be incomplete .
6 Like the White Queen , we should perhaps make a habit of believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast !
7 Your Lord if one turns to the issues of reference , er the commercial quarters as we discussed yesterday should only make a reference if it 's necessary to do so in order to resolve the case and has the discretion whether to make a reference under article one seven , seven
8 Lois will only make a profit or loss under the second strategy when there are changes in relative prices .
9 It may sound priggish , but she says it 's unwise to go against one 's nature , its fundamental requirements , she knew that she could only make a go of it , a real go — and that was what she wanted — with some very extraordinary kind of man , and she had n't met him yet .
10 In future students will be under the control of the Education rather than the Service side , and will only make a service contribution of 20 per cent of the student 's time ( approximately 6 months of the 3 year period ) .
11 They will only make a court order if there are major problems .
12 Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market .
13 It is suggested that this is an addition to a breach of CA 1985 , s263 which provides that the vendor can only make a distribution out of profits available for the purpose .
14 This provides that a court may only make a care order if it is satisfied that the child concerned is suffering significant harm .
15 A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) .
16 3 Better make a decision than none at all .
17 But I had had quite er if you want funding erm there 's only so many people out there , you better make a success of what you 're doing .
18 Oh yeah but in , better make a Stuart 's .
19 Perhaps she had better make a bolt for it .
20 Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move .
21 I suppose I had better make a move to get some clothes on you think ?
22 Er ooh better make a move .
23 I thought I 'd better make a cup of coffee .
24 Better make a start on shaving .
25 Then , ‘ Come on we 'd better make a start .
26 Oh well , I suppose I had better make a start with the Christmas shopping .
27 ‘ I suppose we 'd better make a start .
28 Better make a start .
29 Then she added hastily , ‘ I 'd better make a start on fixing the table . ’
30 Better make a start then .
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