Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to make [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 By considering the historical example , and later by considering contemporary attitudes in a diachronic context , it will be possible to make further comments about the nature of the implicit attitudinal structure , or perhaps , its lack of structure qua structure .
2 Shetlanders are afraid that they might be excluded from this market — with their higher salaries and various company safeguards , incomers are thought to be willing to make higher bids for scarce pieces of land .
3 If you cultivate and feed your plants well — we shall discuss both later — you should be able to make heavier demands .
4 A spokeswoman for Devon and Cornwall Police said today : ‘ It might be that we will be able to make further comments after the meeting . ’
5 But doctors may be able to make swifter judgments than a lay jury , and anyway self regulation can not be bought on the cheap .
6 Smith suggests that doctors may be able to make swifter judgments than a lay jury on the weight and validity of scientific arguments .
7 Schools with poor results will be obliged to make further efforts and those with ‘ good ’ results will redouble their efforts in order to stay high on pecking order .
8 In Prussia , too , there was legislation to encourage the smallholder , but the motive was in that case a different one : peasants were supposed to make better soldiers .
9 With the help of our Holding Trustees , we were able to make further improvements to Head Office facilities .
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