Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you carry out the initial survey to check just what you have got and what you want , do n't discard anything that might make a positive contribution to the garden later on . |
| 2 | Richard was the King 's brother ; according to Henry 's mood and caprice that might make the young man either indispensable or unthinkable , but even for de Burgh it made it difficult to disparage his stewardship openly . |
| 3 | However , there are many red flowers that could make a successful choice . |
| 4 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 5 | The cattle that survived this vicious circle of pasture depletion were no doubt those that could make the most of small areas of rough grazing and it is likely that small , thrifty cattle were positively selected in preference to larger improved types which needed better feeding . |
| 6 | A check-list that would make a modern bird-watcher salivate was served up on the Elizabethan menu : ‘ the-food of heroes , fit for the palates of the great ’ , as Camden describes pewits , godwits , knot , and dotterel . |
| 7 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 8 | Another hotel that would make a good starting point for a weekend — or longer — in East Anglia is the Black Lion at Long Melford . |
| 9 | Left : Trout with Stilton is a tasty dish that would make a good seasonal starter |
| 10 | Designer of the stamps , Paul Hogarth , commented that ‘ Glasgow presents a wide spectrum of flamboyant Victorian architecture and it was quite a task to choose something symbolic that would make a good image on the stamps . |
| 11 | Companies like Sequent Computer Systems Corp and Pyramid Technology Corp are technologically compatible — but painfully small to make much difference , which suggests that a bold move for another technologically compatible company — with a nice sideline fit in telecommunications — Tandem Computers Inc , is the smallest acquisition that would make a real difference — but it 's hard to see cautious Siemens being that bold . |
| 12 | Many aspects of the interaction between employers and employees are not covered by formal contracts because important elements in that interaction are not readily measurable in a way that would make a formal contract enforceable in court . |
| 13 | In Figure 11 I show the kind of wiring diagram that would make a single cell responsive to a particular kind of edge , with a particular orientation . |
| 14 | Rather , in these days when computers are capable of most things , and electronic safeguards have become commonplace in even the steadfastly-traditional confines of Wimbledon , the Jockey Club 's time would be better spent discussing innovations that would make the 1994 Grand National , and all its successors , worthy of the event . |
| 15 | Proportional representation in Parliament might translate into disproportionate power in government in a way that would make the established first-past-the-post inequalities look rather more fair than is often seen to be the case . |
| 16 | Who would have thought , with all this talk of millions to be made by gene juggling , that just a few years ago genetic engineering was considered to be so dangerous that one small accident could unleash upon the world a virulent plague that would make the black death look like an outbreak of summer flu ? |
| 17 | Many people ( especially bankers ! ) claim that default by a major debtor government like Mexico or Brazil could set off financial shock-waves that would make the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987 look like a hiccup . |
| 18 | But then that would make the 686 — should it ever appear — the Sexium . |
| 19 | Now he drives a glamorous black BMW , owns a palatial house with a swimming pool and earns the kind of salary that would make the average Muscovite 's eyes pop . |
| 20 | When either looking for blocks of text from other documents to include in the new document database or when considering new additions to the semantic net itself , preference was given to additions that would make the semantic net manifest more analogical inheritance . |
| 21 | Any values of X that would make the bottom line zero . |
| 22 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 23 | Congress it has been my sad misfortune to encounter some of the most hostile employers over the past year that would make the grey hairs that I 've got fall out . |
| 24 | Note the selection headings for these areas and write down the most important features of the case that occur in each of these sections in a layout that will make the next step easy for you . |
| 25 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 26 | He wrote , " While planning the lunacies that will make the public laugh , I do n't enjoy myself ; I keep a straight face and the composure of a chemist dispensing a prescription . |
| 27 | However , who knows , perhaps someday we 'll come across some tablet or document that will make the whole thing clear . |
| 28 | You have got the fire in your belly that will make an excellent detective novel . |
| 29 | Taylor runs a government funded research team which is trying to develop a computer that can make the right tactical decisions as consistently as the top 10 per cent of generals . |
| 30 | Anyone entering the sphere suffers one automatic Wound per round and must make a successful T test each round or lose one point of Strength as well . |