Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investor has been most likely to make his contact with a licensed dealer by selling shares from the government privatisations at an apparently favourable price . |
| 2 | Because the polls , and therefore the program , are likely to shortchange the minor parties , and because the minor parties are most likely to make gains at the Conservatives ' expense , the program is liable to project somewhat too high a level of Tory parliamentary support . |
| 3 | The manual alerts the teacher to the kinds of ‘ errors ’ children are most likely to make and emphasises that in the ‘ correct ’ drawing ‘ the front of the road occupies the whole width of the picture , and the distant end of it vanishes away to a point far back on the horizon ’ . |
| 4 | Furthermore , artists who are also critics are especially likely to make vivid comments on the methods and techniques of old art . |
| 5 | That is , unless the amounts involved are sufficiently large to make them worthwhile . |
| 6 | It 's important to keep to this organisation — it will help you give change more quickly , and you are less likely to make mistakes ( eg giving a customer 10p instead of 50p ) . |
| 7 | If you always follow the same procedure when giving a customer change , you are less likely to make mistakes . |
| 8 | One of the reasons for following a routine like this is so that you are less likely to make a mistake . |
| 9 | Firms are less likely to make the right choice between alternative investment projects because inflation adds considerably to the uncertainty of expected future yields . |
| 10 | He is not necessarily cleverer than other workers , but his commitments are less likely to make him jeopardise his job . |
| 11 | Their numbers are comparatively small , most receive cautions and they are less likely to make it to court . |
| 12 | One important study , the Oxford Study suggests , however , that people from the higher socio-economic groups are less likely to make a claim for damages consequent upon personal injury being suffered . |
| 13 | Cruickshank believes that over the three years the results have been that ‘ so much of what we do is now being delineated by what the users want — the Patients ’ Charter is just one example of that — and health boards are taking much more time to get views , getting people like general practitioners contributing in strategy-setting and so on , so they are less likely to make mistakes . |
| 14 | I am so happy to make your acquaintance . |
| 15 | There have been few studies of office automation applications , but projections about specific skill requirements are extremely difficult to make at present because it is as yet quite unclear how office automation will be used . |
| 16 | Staff are so busy making the dinosaurs they they have n't even had time to work out how many they 've sold |
| 17 | Do you find that you are only able to make the minimum payments on your credit cards ? |
| 18 | Do n't get " tough " with a buyer and refuse to answer reasonable enquiries ; you are only likely to make the buyer get " tough " with you , and your unreasonable reticence will delay the matter unnecessarily . |
| 19 | And , according to BMW dealers , there are plenty of existing owners who are already keen to make the move . |
| 20 | If you understand WHY you have to do certain things , you 're less likely to make a mistake . |
| 21 | But you 're still unlikely to make an impression at the General Election ? |
| 22 | Nowadays we 're more likely to make a wish . |
| 23 | What most Directors of Social Services are worried about is that the group of children that we 're now finding in children 's homes , are so disturbed , because of their past family backgrounds er and so , so problematic er with their behaviour , er that they 're now concerned to make sure that the children 's homes of the future are properly geared up to deal with the very difficult group of children . |
| 24 | Say we 're quite prepared to make a contribution , mm . |
| 25 | They 're too BUST making their product … ‘ |
| 26 | ‘ They 're very expensive to make , compared to game shows , so companies prefer things like Blind Date . |
| 27 | Well it 's pretty difficult actually to put a cupboard up a wall , I admit they 're very easy to make up but to actually hold this cupboard . |
| 28 | Our staff are always available to make your stay as trouble free as possible . |
| 29 | The , the government and I 'm sure that er the inland revenue are always anxious to make sure that tax payers are properly informed of their rights er and receive their correct entitlement and I have no doubt that every effort will be made to achieve what my honourable friend seeks . |
| 30 | Now , few can afford to discard the eighties equivalent of disposable fashion , the market stall tat from East End sweat shops , but for those with the readies to spend on real flash ( these are the ones who know that LV means Louis Vuitton as well as Luncheon Voucher ) never has it been more important to make a clear and expensive statement about the level of personal well-being and survival . |