Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main criticism of transcendent philosophies is that though the ideas are beautiful and those who live by their precepts can be happy , yet men ask what relevance the philosophies have for our modern world of materialism where we must make progress and raise humanity out of starvation and ignorance . |
| 2 | We agreed to have a summit meeting in Bromley High Street after school , where we 'd make a decision on what to do . |
| 3 | Although we could make no definite plans for this year , we all agreed that the meetings marked a step forward in getting to know each other in a Christian Spirit . |
| 4 | ‘ So we 'll make some together . |
| 5 | We took our own sandwiches for lunch and a teacher would boil a kettle so we could make tea or cocoa for ourselves . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , we 'd like more adverts , so we can make more money and expand a bit . |
| 7 | " But he 's only going over for our sakes — so we can make contact . " |
| 8 | Environmental protection can impose financial costs on producers , consumers and taxpayers , so we must make sure the threat of damage is a real one . |
| 9 | However , the cry for a return to an era of independence and economic autonomy for Britain is not an available option , so we must make the best deals possible in the circumstances in which we find ourselves . |
| 10 | ‘ The country is less broken farther on , so we should make better time tomorrow and be out of the hills the day after that . ’ |
| 11 | " So we should make a start now . |
| 12 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |
| 13 | He is the first Southerner to succeed in New York , and his aides were happily parodying the Sinatra song about the Big Apple : ‘ If we can make it here , we 'll make it anywhere . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Not much traffic if we can make it into the forest , ’ he said . |
| 15 | If we can make EDI work effectively everyone will benefit , but getting going is a pain , frankly . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll be happy if we can make up for our late start by mid-season . ’ |
| 17 | Comment If these results seems rather too trivial to bother about , let's see if we can make them more impressive ( and less " obvious " ? ) by stating their conclusions in words : ( i ) The product of the additive identity with any integer always yields the additive identity . |
| 18 | Let's see if we can make the twenty five minutes fly by , yes ? |
| 19 | Confronted with such a situation , with no sure indication as to how , if at all , a satisfactory clarification of particular identity might be found , we might be tempted to think that the best course to follow is to try and see if we can make do without relying on this awkward and intractable concept . |
| 20 | M see if we can make it |
| 21 | Right let's have a wee look here and see if we can make it sore . |
| 22 | With a choice we work perceptually on the alternatives to see if we can make one so attractive that it attracts us to ignore the others ; or we try to make the alternatives so unattractive that we can dismiss them one by one . |
| 23 | However , my hon. Friend is perfectly correct : if we can make constructive progress along those lines , one of the consequences will be that we shall marginalise the terrorist . |
| 24 | We in the world campaign which has so far tried to stop armaments to South Africa and its nuclear build up we want to work if possible to build a common security er , arrangement in the region where peace will be everywhere if we can make it everywhere because the region has got so many weapons and arms and military expenditure is very easy to increase when you have growing number of nation states where the people really need food and development . |
| 25 | Just la 's look to see if we can make a case all right ? |
| 26 | Er , if we can make it one six nine O , with just er , |
| 27 | Really , if we can make every single one your A levels follow that pattern , for you , we 'd have excellent results at the end of the day , okay . |
| 28 | I think what you want to do now , write down a list of what you want him to do and let Steve do that for tomorrow if you can and then let's see if we can make him stick to that list cos otherwise he 'll be here in |
| 29 | And I think if we could make it get one of the Uttlesford chaps to the same meeting |
| 30 | The proceedings here are judicial , not autocratic , which they would be if we could make laws instead of administering them . ’ |