Example sentences of "[that] [modal v] make [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Applying that test , and bearing in mind that there are persons on the fringes of subversion that may make it difficult to draw the line ’ , the Commissioner has been satisfied that the Home Secretaries ' warrants have always been justified .
2 Slightly clumsy hard rock that may make it in America later .
3 Last week , NCR added some new features to Top-End that should make it more attractive to customers moving from mainframe-based systems or mixing mainframe and open systems environments .
4 Where is the self-interest that should make it attractive to us ?
5 I 'll have something ready that should make you feel better , and , before you ask me , yes , I did undress you and put you into my shirt .
6 This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper .
7 ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York .
8 ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’
9 She must never ever do anything that might make them fight .
10 ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy .
11 Yet others may lack both religious belief and any experience that might make them dubious of their secularism .
12 so the most-talked-about terrace-player gets another half-page over here — if Frank play well in the US that might make it easier for him to get a new club .
13 We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’
14 If , in defence of your own attitudes , you do n't wish to examine them and believe that they are fixed , it 's not worth exposing yourself and listening to anything that might make you think differently .
15 I hope you 've heard something that 'll make you think , and think positively and perhaps act positively .
16 Nikos , the owner , has developed an informal and relaxed style of service over the last eleven years that 'll make you feel quite at home .
17 At the end of the day , you want something sunny and cheerful , something that 'll make you smile when you walk in the room . ’
18 So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down .
19 And in their spirit lay the dormant power that could make them proud , free men again !
20 A sadness that could make her give up acting for good .
21 Still prefers to work by himself — a trait of which he is aware , but one that could make him retreat into a bubble when he most needs help .
22 ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says .
23 Also , too many slow payers and bad debts will shrink capital and profits to levels that could make it hard to stay open for more business .
24 That kind of damp , chill August day only Blighty can produce , a large , scrubby field , a bill that could make you weep it was so poor .
25 Reuben Haredale 's steward , who murders his master for money , and also the latter 's gardener in circumstances that shall make it seem that the body , when discovered , is that of Rudge himself .
26 From those seeds we culture the superhuman glands and organs that shall make you Marines .
27 No more than a small bullet that would make her bleed .
28 Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife .
29 Her part in Share My Lettuce had done as much for her own theatrical career as the show had done for Ken , and she was embarking on a series of films that would make her an international reputation .
30 Tom Watson from the US was bidding for the joint record-sixth British Open victory that would make him immortal alongside Harry Vardon .
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