Example sentences of "[modal v] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's Make Some Undies , Marion Hall ( W. Foulsham & Co. , 1954 ) |
| 2 | Let's make some paper windmills . |
| 3 | Let's make another line that 's straight like that one . |
| 4 | Well let's make , let's make this bit a straight line , from there to about there . |
| 5 | Get your butt on a bird , Slick , and let's make Bad Money . |
| 6 | The Committee of the Regions may make regional governments feel better but will probably be as ineffective as the existing Economic and Social Committee . |
| 7 | If the defendant is successful in the RSC Ord 14 proceedings , the court may make various orders , including allowing the defendant to defend the claim , which means that the plaintiff 's next opportunity to obtain judgment against the defendant will not arise before the end of a full trial . |
| 8 | These moves will also mean that the probation service has to stop seeing itself as the exclusive provider of services and facilities : it is suggested that other voluntary or private sectors may make better provision . |
| 9 | The accountants may make better returns to the tax collector but , down on the farm , living standards did not reflect the improvement . |
| 10 | The real problem is that the writers of such texts may make political difficulties within a department , or teach in ways difficult for students to understand . |
| 11 | The Minister must recognise that the concept of England as a unitary nation may make much sense in the south of England , but there is a much greater feeling of distance among people in the north . |
| 12 | In addition , CAB advisers are proud to be a ‘ one-stop ’ service and there is a fear that a receptionist may make unnecessary referrals in order to relieve queues and so reduce bureaux to the signposting agencies they were once considered to be . |
| 13 | But do n't be fooled — they may make riveting holiday snaps , but adventurous travellers can , and do , catch all these tropical diseases . |
| 14 | Some urban families do still look back to their rural roots ; while they may never have lived in the areas from which their ancestors originally came , they may make regular visits to the furusato and bring up their children to do likewise . |
| 15 | In some cases , with your manager 's prior permission , you may make long distance calls or calls to directory enquiries but you will have to pay for these . |
| 16 | Secondly the lowering of trans-ocean communications tariffs may make global data pipelines nearly as cheap to operate as national networks . |
| 17 | The repeal of s39 does not reduce the impact of this decision ( since partnership with unqualified persons remains for the moment prohibited by the rules of the profession ) , though the new procedures for the issue and replacement of practising certificates may make accidental disqualification less common . |
| 18 | Thus , for example , the different licensing systems in the different member states inhibit the provision of financial services between member states ; and different systems of company law may make joint ventures and mergers more costly and complicated . |
| 19 | When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake . |
| 20 | Whilst these articles may make slight demands upon your mathematical skills , be assured that your indulgence will bring its own reward . |
| 21 | Erm , rather than , so people may , may make rational decisions and this is what Harrison were taking about is that , erm , it still may be rational to move , even though there 's very high unemployment , alright , simply because people may accept a period of erm , of unemployment if it means that they , in the long run , obtain a , a relatively high paid job . |
| 22 | All these strategems may make corporatist arrangements a façade which cloaks the successful pursuit of their own interests by state elites in key policy arenas . |
| 23 | A new and very junior partner may make little headway in challenging the terms of partnership offered him where similar terms are already in force as regards other partners in the firm . |
| 24 | Karnataka 's aluminium smelter may make little sense to an energy planner , but it makes a lot of sense to the politically powerful elite that reap the profits , small though they may be , from the production of aluminium . |
| 25 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 26 | Dr Richard Neilman of the Nazelden Foundation in Minneapolis identifies the following eight characteristics : The sufferer thinks frequently of the next opportunity for use or may make specific resolutions not to use . |
| 27 | It is at this time that some do-gooders may make all kinds of suggestions . |
| 28 | Industrial Tribunals may make that decision but the Islington Council certainly is n't going to . |
| 29 | An over-sophisticated document may make that task far more difficult than it need be . |
| 30 | Elements other than in the uth , vth columns and rows are unaltered from those in A ; at the intersections of the uth , vth columns an rows the new elements are given by ( 3 ) ( with Buv = 0 ) , while the remaining elements Biu , Biv in the uth , vth columns and rows are unc We may make two deductions . |