Example sentences of "it would make [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 : . |
| 6 | It would make little sense in this context to increase the categories of sexual assault simply to maintain gender specificity . |
| 7 | Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |