Example sentences of "[modal v] make good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Busy carers may make good provision for the physical needs of the parent without considering how they must be feeling . |
| 2 | So perhaps you feel that while all this talk about kinship and affinity may make good sense in discussions of the social life of Australian Aborigines or of Trobriand Islanders in Melanesia , it really has very little relevance for ourselves who live in a social context in which , as a general rule , affinity is of little significance and the majority of social relationships outside the domestic family are coded in quite a different way . |
| 3 | Vulgarisms may make good graffiti but they are not appropriate in an academic essay . |
| 4 | Whereas in the air pilots may make good decisions and behave responsibly , on the ground they may feel that each move is being watched and criticised by the other members . |
| 5 | When we make good use of power we empower others — in the way that wealthy philanthropists may make good use of their money in helping others . |
| 6 | Ideally all negatives should make good prints on a ‘ normal ’ grade 2 paper . |
| 7 | Where the right is exercised , the tenant must make good damage caused by the removal of the fixtures ( Mancetter Developments Ltd v Garmanson [ 1986 ] QB 1212 ) . |
| 8 | He says the plan will be to open up a number of railway lines and connect local communities and they 'll make good family cycling ; not the steep gradients mountain bikers like , but nice gradients related to the old gradients of the railway lines . |
| 9 | She knows people who 'll make good use of them , especially in this weather , ’ she said , and Anne felt even more ashamed that the thought had not occurred to her . |
| 10 | I swear I 'll make good use of it ! ’ |
| 11 | If you could buy those that sort of thing we 'd make good money with it er non-working . |
| 12 | But it says that the surviving mudflats may be needed in future because they are near deep water and could make good sites for factories that are served by ships . |
| 13 | Ian soon learned how to dodge the flying hooves of Boy and remain in control of his bike , but what he had n't expected was the clinging weight and depth of wet Wadhurst clay — somersaulting with a squelch into one of the deepest bogs which appeared regularly between the level stretches of good galloping ground where both could make good speed . |
| 14 | You look like you could make good use of a break . ’ |
| 15 | Other sports would make good computer programs , e.g. lawn tennis , show jumping , or team athletics , as well as simulations of jobs such as managing a pop group or running a boutique . |
| 16 | ‘ But all the men I 've met who I 've felt would make good fathers have invariably turned out to be men I could n't love … ’ |
| 17 | The image was well established ; and it is hardly surprising that when , in 1521 , the canny and obsessively fair-minded scholar John Major produced his book entitled A History of Greater Britain , in which he argued that better relations with England would make good sense , for political and economic reasons , the plea fell on ears deafened by the awareness that a little nation had fought off a monster by courage and tenacity . |
| 18 | It would make good sense to increase that cadre of coaches to five . |
| 19 | Well you were hungry a way down there but you would make good child . |
| 20 | They would make good sandrat material . |
| 21 | I know that local playgroups find them useful , certainly for skittles and as cone and ball games , but I though maybe if they were filled with some sort of plaster and decorated , they would make good door stops . |
| 22 | The compromise was a filler story which would make good use of the available studio . |
| 23 | The Windows Smartdrive memory management and caching system , it was decided , would make good use of the extra RAM and make the system more efficient . |
| 24 | The rubble would make good drainage . |
| 25 | C H SPURGEON remarked : some ministers would make good martyrs — they are so dry they would burn well |
| 26 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 27 | ‘ Left to play on their own in a playground , they wo n't promptly break a leg — they will make good choices about the risks they run . |
| 28 | ‘ Your sexual exploits will make good reading in the gutter press . ’ |
| 29 | We will make good use of agency flexibilities in meeting our targets , and deliver programmes and services cost-effectively through a unified local office network . |
| 30 | We will make good use of agency flexibilities in meeting our targets , and deliver programmes and services cost-effectively through a unified local office network . |