Example sentences of "[noun] could make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 2 | TONY ADAMS could make an unexpected return to the England team against Yugoslavia at Wembley on Wednesday . |
| 3 | Parcels delivery is another area where pen computers could make a big impact . |
| 4 | As Ive said to Arif before ( direct email ) , I think O'Leary could make a BIG difference — especially for Fairclough . |
| 5 | He absolutely worshipped them and I am sure the sound of the players ’ voices could make a big difference . ’ |
| 6 | My guess is that the bozo could make a half-headed attempt to chase after the car , but more likely he will not . |
| 7 | If you base yourself in Kinlochleven and use the popular campsite in the glen for an overnight stop , the circuit could make a rewarding introduction to the rigours of backpacking in this Highland region . |
| 8 | But we suspect it was found necessary to place the Monkeys ' Dance where the score has it in order to allow time for setting this exotic scene — and six dancers cavorting about on the forestage could make a useful amount of noise to mask what was happening on the darkened scenic stage behind the proscenium arch . |
| 9 | and Central South could make a clean sweep in the Gold Cup meeting … the going will be good tomorrow … the first big race is the Champion Hurdle … |
| 10 | Companies are under no obligation to do so but , for those people lucky enough to work for an organisation willing to amend its pension scheme rules accordingly , this new provision could make an immense difference to the financial position of early retirees . |
| 11 | The original auteur theory sought to explain how a director could make a distinctive body of work within a filmmaking system , the Hollywood studios , whose factory-like production processes seemed designed to crush out individuality . |
| 12 | Olive Fitzpatrick suffers with Alzheimer 's disease and went into a nursing home so her 72year-old husband could make the ill-fated trip to America with their son Liam . |
| 13 | It seems unlikely that such reductions could make a significant impact on either the number or severity of accidents . |
| 14 | Against such feminine logic Ramsay could make no adequate response . |
| 15 | Since a rise in interest rates can cause quite a severe fall in the price of bonds , banks could make a considerable capital loss if they were forced to sell them at such times . |
| 16 | Although technology to reduce pollution could make a significant contribution to the problem , the industry showed ‘ minimal ’ commitment to innovation , research and development , it said . |
| 17 | In this field as in others physical geographers are only one group of contributors to research but recent endeavours have included field measurement of soil water and relationship between condition of the environment including soil water status and plant growth , and it is suggested that the impact of atmospheric pollution on crop growth and yields in advanced industrial countries is an area of research where physical geographers could make a significant contribution . |
| 18 | Instead , an effective campaigner like Reagan could make a direct , popular appeal , and actually outpoll the President in these contests . ’ |
| 19 | A man of good reading , but few prospects could make a substantial killing with a 5 year contract . |
| 20 | The girl 's father could make no further objection , so the two of them were married directly , and went to live in the forest . |
| 21 | Perhaps the development by lay shareholders of the scepticism implied by Mr Smith 's survival techniques could make a substantial contribution to avoiding a repetition of the public shock that attended the corporate failures at the end of the 1980s . |
| 22 | He believed that the PASOK movement could make a real contribution to European as well as Greek politics , but after serving as education minister in Papandreou 's second administration ( when he tried to reintroduce classical Greek into the school curriculum ) , he left to found his own ill-starred party , the Greek Radical Movement . |
| 23 | Closing the Park to through traffic could make a significant contribution in this direction . |
| 24 | PAUL Gascoigne could make a sensational return to the Spurs team in a game which could decide the League championship . |
| 25 | The fourteenth-century Franciscan William of Ockham went further in declaring it probable that God could make a better world than this . |
| 26 | In his reasoning he referred to Augustine 's assertion that God could make a perfect man who would not wish to sin . |
| 27 | It was simply a question , Fred declared , of having ‘ a nose for news ’ and added that only a competent reporter could make a good story out of unlikely ingredients . |
| 28 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 29 | Money released on that scale could make a vital contribution to closing a gap of about £3 billion a year in investment in affordable , rented accommodation over Britain as a whole , the report states . |
| 30 | All in all , the Josephs could make a quicker getaway in a rowing boat . ’ |