Example sentences of "it [modal v] make [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Hence it may make more sense for soldiers to be in the public sector than street-sweepers . |
2 | If a company is to become enduringly successful , says Mr Chandler , it must make two kinds of what he calls ‘ first-mover ’ investments . |
3 | Whatever the future pattern of health care in London , it must make adequate provision for the demands likely to be made in the immediate future . |
4 | erm I sometimes feel erm that erm in fact = it would be a good idea when I see people doing things which I regard as immediately dangerous , but I think it might make considerable difficulties for the relationship between the police and the motoring public which erm are already at times very strained , and I 'm not sure , for some of the reasons erm that Norbert has suggested , that it 's erm necessarily a very erm happy system . |
5 | ‘ It might make interesting reading for the over 30 sporting population , ’ he says . |
6 | It might make artistic sense for the gallery to borrow some key picture to enhance the look of an exhibition , but a picture which is not for sale is an expensive use of wall space . |
7 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
8 | Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide . |
9 | The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills . |
10 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
11 | He envisaged this as a well-balanced wheel driven by a lead weight suspended from its axle so that it would make one revolution between sunrise and sunset . |
12 | If the Loyalists are so determined to live under British rule , it would make economic sense for them to be assisted to move to the mainland . |
13 | The statement comes just two months after the group predicted it would make pre-tax profits of £867,000 , slightly less than the previous year . |
14 | In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : . |
15 | It would make little sense in this context to increase the categories of sexual assault simply to maintain gender specificity . |
16 | Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place . |
17 | It would make some sense for friends of the Ford camp to push the Jaguar shares upwards simply to make a link with GM more difficult . |
18 | Acer Inc , Taipei , Taiwan says it is considering the possibility of cooperation with Nintendo Co Ltd in the electronic games industry and plans to submit a proposal to the Japanese company soon ; Acer denied a report that it would make electronic games on behalf of Nintendo . |
19 | But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is . |
20 | ‘ I do n't think it will make much difference to their day-to-day lives , ’ says Penny . |
21 | The USSR has announced that it will make increased use of gas as a petro-chemical feedstock rather than flood the market while demand is weak . |
22 | On the other hand , as the new scheme stands , it will make little impact on the poverty experienced by lone mothers ; there is still no adequate compensation for women for the costs they bear as a consequence of inequalities in marriage and child-rearing ; and the financial dependency of individual women on individual men is maintained . |
23 | News from Whitbread that it will make extra provisions of £37m , alongside another £10m considered ‘ normal ’ , to cover bad debts on free-trade loans in the hard-hit south of England knocked 19½p off the already weakened shares to 358½p . |
24 | ‘ It will make great listening at an industrial tribunal . |
25 | Using existing data sets , it will make initial estimates of the scale of any effect which low incomes might have on the health if the elderly in Britain , and go on to assess the likely role of some intervening variables which might account for the close correlation between income distribution and longevity in developed countries . |
26 | I use it throughout my work because , used skilfully and imaginatively , it can make any sort of communication more powerful , more exciting and frequently a lot more fun . |
27 | I urge the local authority in Durham to develop a relationship with housing associations so that it can make faster progress in meeting the problems to which the hon. Gentleman referred . |
28 | Second , it can make exploratory contacts with such organisations multimedia players as Philips , Sony , Matsushita , Commodore , Microsoft , Apple Computer , IBM and others . |