Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] make [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , Russell argues , although it may make good empirical sense to say that a " complete complex of compresence ( a given " particular " can not be " to the north of itself " , " above itself " , etc. , these situations can not be excluded on a priori grounds .
2 A dissenting member can not claim material breach of the constitutive treaty by the organisation , since the organisation is not a party to the treaty , although it can make such a claim against other member States .
3 Italy was a major donor among European countries and Greece announced that it would make available US$70,000,000 for agricultural development , which was given high priority .
4 In practice one suspects that it would make little sense to the participants in any of these cases to ask who is really being supported : .
5 One view holds it might be worth preserving only information derived from the telecommunications record , but that it would make little sense to keep it all .
6 A moment 's reflection will show that it would make private members more independent .
7 He envisaged this as a well-balanced wheel driven by a lead weight suspended from its axle so that it would make one revolution between sunrise and sunset .
8 Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place .
9 Not that it would make much difference if Lee got hold of them .
10 Another point is that it would make most bit image files far longer than necessary .
11 But I ca n't see in the long run that it would make any difference to what we 've been talking about , seeing who Maggie is .
12 I must , however , confess , that , if that were so , I do not see that it would make any substantial difference .
13 General Dynamics suggested that the cancellation would force it to lay off 4,000 of its 100,000 employees , while McDonnell Douglas estimated that it would make some 3,000 redundancies .
14 Acer Inc , Taipei , Taiwan says it is considering the possibility of cooperation with Nintendo Co Ltd in the electronic games industry and plans to submit a proposal to the Japanese company soon ; Acer denied a report that it would make electronic games on behalf of Nintendo .
15 The opposition to the Bill that we have heard tonight , to the effect that it will make such offences more difficult to prove , will not go down well in the country .
16 The interfaces in the document are based on industry standards whenever possible ’ , IBM said , adding that it will make all interfaces open and public .
17 The interfaces in the document are based on industry standards whenever possible , IBM said , adding that it will make all interfaces open and public .
18 The USSR has announced that it will make increased use of gas as a petro-chemical feedstock rather than flood the market while demand is weak .
19 The Netherlands government has announced that it will make available 25 million guilders ( £8 million ) in subsidies to encourage the use of low-sulphur diesel oil in public and freight transport .
20 News from Whitbread that it will make extra provisions of £37m , alongside another £10m considered ‘ normal ’ , to cover bad debts on free-trade loans in the hard-hit south of England knocked 19½p off the already weakened shares to 358½p .
21 ‘ We happened to be at the mortuary … not that it will make any difference , but there is one thing we thought you would find interesting . ’
22 In a democratic society , this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science , so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts .
23 I urge the local authority in Durham to develop a relationship with housing associations so that it can make faster progress in meeting the problems to which the hon. Gentleman referred .
24 There was division in UNTCOK whether it could accomplish anything in the circumstances ; some members felt it should report the impossibility of proceeding but others believed that it could make limited progress .
25 The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills .
26 Cos if you did n't have that it 'd make this room more viable in as much as erm , the point of view of doing doing catering and , functions and all the rest of it .
27 After all , these guys are no part of my battle , most of them do n't know me , and they 've turned out in numbers only because Rufus said they had to defend their territory — but I decide this ai n't the time for that , and it would make more sense to invite these gift-horses in for coffee and what 's left of the whisky .
28 And that was one of the justifications of bringing it in , that it would raise a sense of er it would raise erm the actual percentage of people voting in elections and it would make local issues er more pertinent at local elections .
29 Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide .
30 Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life .
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