Example sentences of "can make [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Radio waves are useful as we can make them carry information by modulating them — for example , changing the amplitude of the fluctuations so that the change represents information . |
| 32 | Quite rightly , professionals are struggling to understand the pressures of caring , and their sympathy for carers can make them ignore or misread signs of abuse , or even to interpret abuse as a response to the difficulties some elderly people present . |
| 33 | And children facing troubles have a right not to be subjected to the ‘ system abuse ’ that may arise because of clumsy or inadequate professional intervention which — however well intentioned — can make them feel even more vulnerable , manipulated or ‘ kept in the dark ’ . |
| 34 | Only later are unanticipated costs and benefits visible ; hindsight can make them appear deliberate all along . |
| 35 | And er If you get a small little chickens you can make them do two days |
| 36 | Indeed , a major theme which is influencing the use and impact of computers in all kinds of applications is the increasingly simple way in which users can make them do complex and powerful things . |
| 37 | I can make them disappear too . ’ |
| 38 | Environment Guardian analyses this week 's proposals All muck but little money POLLUTION : The plans read well , says Julie Hill , but there is little evidence that the Government can make them work . |
| 39 | ‘ Surely Davey can make them say — ‘ ' |
| 40 | You may think you have problems now , but Vittorio can make them seem like fond memories . ’ |
| 41 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
| 42 | The children of the Indians are saved , to be sold or given away as servants , or rather slaves for as long a time as the owners can make them believe themselves slaves . |
| 43 | Ah , yes , find that and you can make them tick . |
| 44 | Please God I can make them understand how much this means to me … |
| 45 | ‘ If you believe in miracles you can make them happen ! ’ |
| 46 | We know that there is someone , somewhere , who can make everything bloom again ; this is the Lady of Light , the fairy godmother who might turn up one day if we are lucky . |
| 47 | yes and if you can make somebody think from your writing well that 's good . |
| 48 | She could ma , she can make you dance . |
| 49 | The thing is , Alan Ayckbourn can make you laugh about it , can ‘ t he ? |
| 50 | Naipaul has long been a reader of Conrad , and Guerrillas can make you think of Nostromo . |
| 51 | The F-Plan method can make you slim without additional exercises . |
| 52 | At eighteen she is doing A levels at college and wants to train as an aromatherapist , because she feels that looking after yourself with massage and perfume can make you feel good about yourself . |
| 53 | Do not sit in the hottest bath that you can stand , because this can make you feel faint and you could pass out when you stand up . |
| 54 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
| 55 | It can make you feel stale . |
| 56 | The whiff of a field of flowers can be uplifting and invigorating ; catching the smell of a cigarette or cigar can make you feel stuffy and uncomfortable . |
| 57 | MEDITATION can make you feel up to 10 years younger , says a new study , published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine , which measured hormone levels in more than 1,600 people . |
| 58 | Disclosing what 's happening to you can make you feel better and , as described earlier in this chapter , it can also raise your status : ‘ I feel quite tongue-tied in this company ’ or ‘ That comment 's made me go quite red ! ’ |
| 59 | Men , there are men who hate women , I agree with that but there are men who love and respect a a th what a woman is for how how good and and stre , the strength of women who can make you feel good and who who gives you the power of being able to be yourself and I I 'm sorry I I , that is part of it , I think there are two sides . |
| 60 | When you pause to consider the knock-on-effect of all this , it can make you feel quite dizzy . |