Example sentences of "make or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A drastic measure considering electromagnetic pollution has , as yet , taken only a handful of lives , but compliance with a new European Directive could make or break and electronics company . |
| 32 | It could make or break with vibration or thermal expansion as the machine warmed up . |
| 33 | But at this point I ca n't decide if the evening 's cabaret will consist of , ‘ Deep down , I 'm just the same old Lil you knew before , so how about it ? ’ or ‘ I 'm a star now , baby , and I can make or break you , so let's do it my way . ’ |
| 34 | They 've been open all hours … at Kingsholm this week … running on overtime getting ready for a game that could simply make or break the season … you know what they say about it never raining … it 's been pouring on Gloucester this season … defeat for the Cherry and Whites tomorrow would put them on the relegation trapdoor … |
| 35 | For one thing , we have to be smart at spotting new trends in feedstock usage , because this can make or break our profitability . |
| 36 | This and the social side , if any , is what can make or break a holiday . |
| 37 | If coal was just another industry or a medium-sized company in the private sector whose product was not as much in demand as previously , or had been superseded by another product that it could not make or compete with it , that industry or company would slim down or might even close altogether — with the same tragic effect on families and communities as has been seen in the coal industry . |
| 38 | Thus UK residents , companies and private individuals can make or receive payments to or from abroad . |
| 39 | Soil fertility , seeds mixture , age of ley , rainfall , sunlight , wind , growth time , stage of growth when cut , harvesting methods , and storage : each can make or mar the final product . |
| 40 | The type of frame that you choose can either make or mar your work . |
| 41 | The teacher can make or mar the lesson , and your interest in what the child is doing and how he is doing it is all important . |
| 42 | Second to the influence of the priest or presiding minister is that of the person responsible for the music , for music can make or mar a service as powerfully as anything else . |
| 43 | Practical considerations aside , the visual aspect must be carefully accommodated , for , even with a small area of water , the position in which it is placed can make or mar the garden . |
| 44 | It concedes that some actual judicial decisions and practices are very different from those a conventionalist would make or approve : these it is prepared to count as mistakes . |
| 45 | Because it is not subject to the paramount law of a written constitution , it can make or unmake any law as it chooses . |
| 46 | If you are handy yourself , can employ a good carpenter , or go to a custom cabinet maker , you can make or obtain literally any size or type of unit to fit the most awkward spaces . |
| 47 | ( 3 ) Loss of an opportunity to make or enhance one 's reputation . |
| 48 | In both Britain and Spain the minister has statutory powers to approve budgets , plans and investment programmes , annual reports and accounts , overall price increases , and rail closures ; to set the level of state support for the railways ; and to make or confirm appointments to the board , including the chairman . |
| 49 | ‘ Mueller will have the power to make or break whole areas of Europe . |
| 50 | Nowadays no clergyman is entitled to a living of the sort which used to make or break his marital prospects in Jane Austen novels , but incumbents still enjoy tenure . |
| 51 | The first time one person whispered in the ear of another to make or break a third person 's reputation , then public relations was born . |
| 52 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Training our sales force properly and thoroughly about the market applications is going to make or break our marketing effort . ’ |
| 54 | We can not depend only on companies coming to Singapore solely to make or assemble products designed elsewhere . |
| 55 | GET PUPILS TO MAKE OR INVENT SOMETHING … to measure turn … to measure time … to carry a certain weight . |
| 56 | GET PUPILS TO MAKE OR INVENT SOMETHING to measure turn . |
| 57 | It must also be satisfied that the adopter has not received nor agreed to receive , and that no person has made or given or agreed to make or give to the adopter , any payment in consideration of the adoption , except such as the court may sanction . |
| 58 | Similarly with regard to misrepresentations made , it was held in Overbrooke Estates Ltd v Glencombe Properties Ltd [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1335 ( followed by the Court of Appeal in Collins v Howell-Jones ( 1980 ) 259 EG 331 ) , that a clause limiting the authority of auctioneers and the firm 's employees to make or give representations or warranties , fell outside the scope of the original version of s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 , since it was a limitation on the apparent authority of the auctioneers rather than an exemption clause . |
| 59 | The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 empowers the Secretary of State to require local authorities to incorporate proscribed provisions into their standing orders and to make or refrain from making other modifications ( Clause 20 ) . |
| 60 | Any party to proceedings may appeal to the High Court against a magistrates ' court decision to make or refuse to make an order under the Children Act ( s94(1) ) . |