Example sentences of "[modal v] make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , let's make a rough guide . |
| 2 | Well , it 's too late now , so let's make the best of it . |
| 3 | Let's make the best of it we can . |
| 4 | To quote Laura Mitchel — ‘ We spend our lives wanting to be mature , well , now we are so let's make the most of it . |
| 5 | When an act becomes more established , or if it is a new band with good management and someone who knows the business , the agent may make a 10 per cent deal — the standard commission rate . |
| 6 | Such beauty may make a strong impact , but , if it has little relationship with the inner nature , it is precarious . |
| 7 | Where a choice is available , however , the librarian will pick his booksellers carefully , trying to gain access through each to some particular advantage : a good shelf stock in certain subjects , from which the librarian may make a personal selection in the shop ; a link with the American book trade ; a quick service for urgent requests ; an agency for required series of foreign books ; a technically knowledgeable and reliable staff ; an annual sale of slow-selling books at reduced prices . |
| 8 | When a loan is partly paid off , the lender may make a second loan , for the same amount as the original sum . |
| 9 | At this point it is likely that we may make a second mistake and go for a purely positivist view of law , the view that the nature of law can be appreciated purely by reciting the elements of positing and applying law without reference to its objectives or functions , so that we have a legal system as long as there are institutionalised ways of selecting mandatory rules and some arrangement for an authoritative application of those rules to particular situations . |
| 10 | ‘ To the end that you may make a second and happier marriage from your father 's house — is that so ? ’ |
| 11 | Amaze , the impressive , wide-margin winner of a competitive handicap at Newbury last Friday , may make a successful step up in class in the Fielden Stakes ( 3.05 ) . |
| 12 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 13 | I think our new government may make a tremendous mistake here by not realising this and failing to send any writers to prison . |
| 14 | If she is fond of animals , providing her with a cat or a small dog of her own , if she can look after it ( and if your household as a whole would find its presence acceptable ) , may make a tremendous difference to her life . |
| 15 | If we drop a tin can probably nothing will happen ; at the worst we may make a small dent . |
| 16 | If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor . |
| 17 | If these occasions are known , the worker and supervisor may make a joint decision that only one member of staff from the Department may go . |
| 18 | The water is poured off and the base is dried when it may make a cracking noise — hence ‘ crack . ’ |
| 19 | If so , the arbitrator may make a separate recommendation to The Post Office that they give you an ‘ ex gratia ’ payment . |
| 20 | Computer-aided design may make a good designer out of a sloppy one . |
| 21 | Dry deposition may make a major contribution to the acidity problem . |
| 22 | and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective . |
| 23 | Where a party can not protect his position by a payment into court , he may make the other party a written offer filing a copy with the court , but not to be brought to the attention of the court until costs fall to be decided ( Ord 12 , r 10 ) and similarly , where contribution arises a party may make a written offer to contribute ( Ord 12 , r 7 ) . |
| 24 | Thus the fast process may make a permanent contribution during the sensitive period , while its influence later would adjust the cortical feature detectors , tending to make them respond most to the unusual combinations and coincidences in their input . |
| 25 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 26 | Who may make a few inconvenient sexual overtures on the ritually appropriate nights of the week , and will want his strictly kosher dinner cooked on time . |
| 27 | Wilko may make a few weird decisions but his record speaks for itself . |
| 28 | For under conditions of largely unrestricted discretion , factors such as the character , attitude , training and social background of sentencers may make a considerable difference to the way their discretion is exercised . |
| 29 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 30 | This discussion implies three things for the definition of social policy : first , that the policies that are identified as ‘ social ’ should not be interpreted as if they were conceived and implemented with only the welfare of the public in mind ; second , that other policies , not conventionally identified as social policies , may make a comparable , or even greater , contribution to welfare ; third , that public policy should be seen as a whole in which social policies are significantly inter linked with other public policies . |