Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may want to make useful contacts with others . |
| 2 | There are a number of tried and tested approaches for making the comparison ( eg general discussion and observation , question generation , model overlay ) , but these are not intended to be exhaustive ; analysts should endeavour to make imaginative use of the ideas generated during the systems thinking stages to examine what is happening in practice . |
| 3 | I should like to make two points , the first of which I shall put into italics , since this seems to be your favourite mode of utterance . |
| 4 | Employers should avoid making snap decisions in cases of sickness absence . |
| 5 | It looks really , I felt like saying to him , Sid you should have made that brass then I thought no , I wo n't . |
| 6 | Within five years we should have made substantial progress towards a Herbarium database , integrated with BG-BASE software , and with software for Herbarium loans and labels . |
| 7 | If it was not , then the Committee should have made this plain and opted for a different verbal formula . |
| 8 | I accept that we perhaps should have made this point clear in the December magazine . |
| 9 | You should have made this years and years ago should n't you ? |
| 10 | Travel agent Peter Marsh , 46 , of Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Both should have made more effort to be together and to make the marriage work . |
| 11 | I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy . |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides . |
| 13 | The experts should have made stronger protests while the working group was still sitting . |
| 14 | It must have made front-page news . |
| 15 | He paused for a moment , then went on softly , ‘ Lord , Merrill , but you must have made one hell of an impact in just one evening for him to come all this way , presumably simply to see you . ’ |
| 16 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 17 | There is no record of Jamie Macrae 's early career but he must have made steady progress . |
| 18 | Eligibility is conditioned upon satisfaction of the relevant contribution tests : basically , claimants must have made sufficient payments into the national insurance fund to entitle them to claim the benefit . |
| 19 | Nor should you be disconnected for a debt owed by a previously registered consumer , but you must have made proper arrangements with the fuel boards to take over the supply . |
| 20 | We should offer to make such approaches ourselves . |
| 21 | Additionally , there are all the possible emergency situations , such as your health , for which , if this ever were to become a problem , you might want to make special provision . |
| 22 | You might need to make some purchases to augment your own wardrobe . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Is n't it also unacceptable that it took the management of British Nuclear Fuels longer than one might expect to make this incident public , especially bearing in mind that Dr Lewis Moonie [ a Labour front-bencher ] and I actually visited this site on Thursday and Friday of last week and were not informed that these excessive discharges had taken place ? ’ |
| 24 | Because I do n't think we 'll have made any decisions by two thirty . |
| 25 | We 'll have to make other plans , that 's all . ’ |
| 26 | But now British Rail has told her it ca n't find room for her 20-inch wheelchair , and unless she finds herself a smaller one she 'll have to make alternative arrangements . |
| 27 | MIlton Keynes environmental health officers say they 'll have to make regular inspections of the restaurant . |
| 28 | I 'll have to make some phone calls when I get back to your house . |
| 29 | EP : I 'll try to make some enquiries about holidays . |
| 30 | ‘ Did it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements ? ’ she said eventually . |