Example sentences of "it [modal v] make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective . |
| 2 | The water is poured off and the base is dried when it may make a cracking noise — hence ‘ crack . ’ |
| 3 | If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor . |
| 4 | I believe we should all warmly welcome this opportunity to debate the role of audit ; it gives the users of audit services the opportunity to have their say and it should make a major contribution to dealing with the expectation gap . |
| 5 | It should make a lovely display against ‘ Black Beauty ’ , another very distinctive pansy . |
| 6 | If the model is set up correctly , it should make a steep descent under full control . |
| 7 | It should make an interesting text for a graduate-level course in community ecology , help students to plan research and set any ecologist thinking about possible generalizations . |
| 8 | It might make a few people think , which is good . |
| 9 | Two-year-old Sam Brit-ton-Gant 's enthusiasm for his child 's plastic toilet seat was so great that , having used it in the traditional way , he decided it might make an attractive necklace . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're looking forward to it and it 'll make a nice day out for Jennifer . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , I think it 'll make a nice change |
| 12 | It 'll make a great observation post . |
| 13 | It was interesting to listen to the comments after the game from the Radio 5 reporter who said that we 'd had enough chances to last us ‘ till Christmas , maybe it 'll make a few people sit up and recognise that we have a team capable of winning something this season . |
| 14 | It 'll make a big difference . |
| 15 | IT COULD make a great movie . |
| 16 | If Joseph gave him an exhibition it could make a huge difference to Leary 's reputation , yet she wondered how likely it was that Joseph would help him . |
| 17 | So have a strategy ready — it could make a big difference to how you cope . |
| 18 | Keir Hardie favoured the general strike , not as an instrument of class struggle and revolution , but because he believed it could make a valuable contribution to maintaining the peace of bourgeois Europe . |
| 19 | ‘ If only we could get taken on by three or four large farms with big dairy herds , it would make a tremendous difference — large cheques paid regularly and on time . ’ |
| 20 | The play is very compelling — it would make a riveting hour on TV . |
| 21 | For after using his plastic seat in the conventional manner , he thought it would make a nice necklace . |
| 22 | It would make a nice souvenir for her charm bracelet . |
| 23 | ‘ It would make a nice change , ’ she replied guardedly . |
| 24 | ‘ It would make a nice change to have something happening in this place for once . |
| 25 | I originally bought it because it was easy to carry around and I figured that it would make a nice practice guitar . |
| 26 | ‘ We thought it would make a nice Christmas present and show our borrowers that we are passing on the benefits of the recent rate reductions as soon as possible , ’ says Stratton . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought it would make a nice wedding present for Terry . ’ |
| 28 | It would make a better spread across the number of industries and services and if , if they join us , it would help us all considerably . |
| 29 | Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ? |
| 30 | I told him I though it would make a good fireman " hat . |