Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is obscured to some extent by the heavily didactic purpose of Masterman Ready and this may partly account for the fact that young readers have always claimed the adult novel , Mr Midshipman Easy , as their own , even though it must always have made considerable demands on their reading skills and their understanding . |
| 2 | The Royalist Roman Catholic French would probably have made better conquerors of Ireland , if Ireland had to be reconquered once more . |
| 3 | The day before , Norway had declined Germany 's offer of a non-aggression pact , which no doubt weakened her position some months later , though even had she signed one , it would probably have made little difference . |
| 4 | However , developments in computer technology ( eg microcomputers linked to a larger central computer or networked micros ) may also have made decentralised management control easier and cheaper . |
| 5 | He might well have made some bargain with the Plantagenet — after all , this Edward owed something , for it was here , to Dunbar Castle , that his father , Edward the Second , had fled for refuge after the disaster of Bannockburn when Patrick , as a young man , had received him kindly and provided him passage by sea to England . |
| 6 | If the seller ignores it , and returns his own acknowledgement form , then the seller will simply have made another counter-offer , either precipitating a special negotiation , or , if the buyer is not alert , leaving the way open for an unconditional acceptance on the part of the buyer when the seller delivers the goods to him . |
| 7 | Some of the eurypterids may even have made tentative excursions on to the land . |
| 8 | But the writer could equally have made different decisions about what should be treated as given ( shared background knowledge ) and what should be presented as new . |
| 9 | London Scot , David Millard , scheduled to play in Saturday 's A international in Aberdeen , is a renowned sevens exponent and but for his osteopathic studies would surely have made this journey . |
| 10 | And if , later that day , 20 newsmen and photographers had turned up at our family bonfire party and witnessed my hysterical attempt to restrain my husband from re-lighting that dud super-rocket ( well , I was n't sure his life insurance was paid up ) , speculation as to the real state of our marriage could doubtless have made dramatic headlines . |
| 11 | Tell that story to one of America 's many grumblers about Japanese investment and the response is that Mr Dukakis would never have made that mistake at a Japanese firm : he would have been able to tell the difference . |