Example sentences of "[vb infin] to make a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't expect to make a speculative fortune with old jewellery , but it is fun to collect and should hold its price , whereas you 'll be lucky to get half your money back on anything bought in a shop . |
| 2 | We are already too stretched , and the law does not give us automatic ex access to time off for training , but we have got to ask , and we should commit the G M B to lobby for an extension of existing laws , and to lobby for various E C funds , and then we can begin to make a real impact on the environment . |
| 3 | Would you like to make a small report on that , Mr Vanbrugh ? |
| 4 | Music and horse racing are Quinn 's great passions outside football and when his playing days are over he would like to make a new career on the turf . |
| 5 | For whose efforts on behalf of the fund I I really do thank them and I 'd like to make a special thanks to Lady Chandler , Lucy stepped into the breach as acting chair about a year ago and since I was elected has done a tremendous amount to help me settle in quickly and I hope effectively . |
| 6 | Would you like to make a gracious acknowledgement of that er you know suitably modest , Norman . |
| 7 | Would you just like to make a brief statement of clarification . |
| 8 | But I think that in this company I can dare to make a few observations without being thought altogether gaga . |
| 9 | But should this approach be followed if a future government should decide to make an across-the-board increase in national insurance rates that is significantly above the increase in prices ? |
| 10 | Andre Agassi will return to make a major challenge for the Wimbledon title . |
| 11 | Only with incredible luck , against all the odds , could he reasonably hope to make a safe exit from Russian soil and reach safe ground from which the Americans might be able to extricate him in one piece . |
| 12 | The haulier may wish to make an early settlement of a consumer credit agreement , for example because he wishes to take advantage of a special seasonal discount being offered on a vehicle . |
| 13 | You will then still have enough material with which to create an attractive picture , rather than try to make a suitable design from a few odds and ends . |
| 14 | Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She has tried very hard to stop him stealing but now she is so fed up she just wants to move away and try to make a fresh start in a new home . ’ |
| 15 | I remember one time I reported that he had developed a cough and back came a directive that we should try to make an audio recording of it . |
| 16 | Now that each party has formal election procedures through which to choose its Leader , the Queen in normal circumstances will not have to make a personal choice between rival candidates for Prime Minister , a choice which she had to make in 1957 and in 1963 before the Conservative Party adopted election rules . |
| 17 | It is nigh on impossible to get the mirror and glass completely clean , so you will have to make a slight compromise by accepting that there will always be a certain amount of dust caught between the two layers of glass , due to static electricity . |
| 18 | When , typically , TCG takes more than 20% of the proceeds of realisation , the investor would have to make a real gain of more than 25% on his new investment just to recoup the tax . |
| 19 | We auc we auctioned the books after as you know and erm so I I 'll have to make a new list of what 's left and let you have it . |
| 20 | If banks ' liquidity ratios are now below the prudent minimum , they will have to make a multiplied contraction in credit . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , I 've enjoyed the day very much indeed , so you do n't have to make a big thing of being grateful . ’ |
| 22 | Another is that gravity does not seem to be renormalizable ; in order to obtain finite answers , it seems that one may have to make an infinite number of infinite subtractions with a correspondingly infinite number of undetermined finite remainders . |
| 23 | It is hoped that they do , because it can be shown that theories that include gravity are either finite or nonrenormalizable ; that is , if one has to make any infinite subtractions , then one will have to make an infinite number of them with a corresponding infinite number of undetermined remainders . |
| 24 | Tindal C.J. did not profess to make an exhaustive list of the cases in which recaption is permissible , but be the extent of this justification of trespass and conversion what it may , one thing is clear . |
| 25 | Taken together , all these properties of LTP would seem to make a powerful case for its study as , at the very least , an intriguing model for memory . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't be selfish ; do n't live to make a good impression on others ’ ( Philippians 2:3 in the Living Bible ) . |
| 27 | You should be aware that the directors of [ name ] do not propose to make a statutory declaration in connection with the relaxation of the statutory provisions relating to the provision of financial assistance . |
| 28 | ‘ Now , ’ he said through gritted teeth , ‘ would you care to make a big scene in front of all the other diners , or would you like to walk out of here under your own steam ? ’ |
| 29 | That is the meaning of social conscience ; that one should refuse to make a separate peace with social evil . ’ |
| 30 | If , nevertheless , your job does come under threat , perhaps because you suffer disablement which makes fulfilling your original job description very difficult , it may be worth urging your employer to consider whether your duties can be revised so that you can cope and continue to make a worthwhile contribution to the success of the business . |