Example sentences of "could [be] make [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central principle of Poor Law policy in this period was that a clear distinction could be made between the deserving ‘ helpable ’ and the ‘ residuum ’ , who were to be coerced into more socially acceptable behaviour . |
| 2 | How the WO calculates future housing need — we asked if a distinction could be made between the quantitative factors and the qualitative assumptions/aspirations , including political objectives . |
| 3 | The principles of electromagnetism had been established by the late eighteenth century , but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that any sort of measurements could be made of the small currents produced by living tissue . |
| 4 | Payment could be made to the monarch himself or it could be made to the current holder of the office . |
| 5 | While there are some aspects of the redraft where it might be argued that the law has not been accurately expressed , there is no doubt that both its language and typography suggest that there are considerable improvements which could be made to the present drafting and printing of statutes in the UK . |
| 6 | Apparently modifying her stance of late 1989 , when she had warned against any over-hasty German reunification , Thatcher now took a less negative line , and on March 29 she appeared to concede for the first time that changes in Eastern Europe meant that " some reductions " could be made to the British Army of the Rhine in West Germany . |
| 7 | Anthony Bradley , emeritus professor of constitutional law at Edinburgh University , said there was a case for a double-stage inquiry which first examined the principle or case for change and the second to study how changes could be made with the minimum dislocation or waste of expenditure . |
| 8 | Similar comments could be made about the national Sunday press . |
| 9 | Similar remarks could be made about the abstract ballets by Balanchine , MacMillan and others . |
| 10 | No definite microbiological diagnoses could be made for the remaining 74 ( 52% ) patients . |
| 11 | Data were only included when paired airway and caecal measurements could be made for the same animal . |
| 12 | Any cloths used on the table could be made from the same fabric as the main room curtains or upholstery . |
| 13 | What chance is there that a start on such a package could be made in the near future ? |
| 14 | The House of Lords said that the Crown could claim immunity : ( a ) where the contents of the document were such that objection could be made in the national interest to their disclosure ; ( b ) where the documents , although themselves harmless , fell within a class of documents which should always be withheld . |
| 15 | He went on to explain that Blufton was one of the first people to start seeing how much money could be made in the independent TV sector — the little companies that mushroomed all over Soho . |
| 16 | That , I was told , led to their claim , by agreement , being reduced now from £7,171.50 to £6,439.72 but , moreover , the claim that they put forward took no account of the fact that the second day of the hearing was occupied in consideration of the mother 's claim for a contact order as to which no possible complaint could be made against the local authority . |