Example sentences of "could make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing could make clearer the extent of God 's commitment to his world than the appearance of the Jacob stories so hard on the heels of those few stories about Isaac . |
| 2 | Daak could make deep incisions in places round the edge , but he did n't have enough leverage to cut off slices of the strange metal . |
| 3 | Such regulations could make specific practices a criminal offence and the giving of specific information mandatory . |
| 4 | What about the sweatshops of Korea , or the rich Kuwaiti women who buy merely for their own pleasure and hide their couture gowns under their abayas because they are not allowed to display themselves … it 's a far cry from the fashion world as it is usually depicted , it could make fascinating copy . |
| 5 | Next year , it could make four or five , and you can then decide whether to push it gently by taking out three stems , or harder by removing four or more . |
| 6 | What some experts would like to see is a system of reciprocity whereby companies could make international equity offerings using their home market accounting standards without the need to reconcile their financial statements to the standards of each jurisdiction in which shares are offered . |
| 7 | Colin Thubron , traveller and award-winning travel writer , was influenced by Freya Stark 's style : ‘ I was absolutely fascinated by the way she could make certain words shine . ’ |
| 8 | So dim was it under the trees that she had to get close up before she could make certain that the second figure was a nine . |
| 9 | The Highlander Lieutenant asked that one of the unlit chandeliers be raised from floor level so he could make certain there would be adequate room for his dancers ' crossed swords . |
| 10 | The language of the statute in the Central Bank case led the court to rebut this presumption and to conclude that the Registrar of Companies could make certain binding decisions on issues of mixed fact and law . |
| 11 | Maybe the class are model makers ; they could make still images of their favourite cartoon characters . |
| 12 | It was a surprise in both the trial schools that molecules could make mental arithmetic so popular . |
| 13 | With this gadget a skilled man could make eight hundred chair legs a week , which he delivered to factories in London and other centres where the complete chairs were assembled , until the rise of High Wycombe itself as the centre of furniture making , early in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | In such a situation a serious risk might arise that two arbitration tribunals could make contrary findings , but that risk is disposed of by a remarkable provision in reg 23 allowing LCH to call for consolidation of the two arbitrations . |
| 15 | He did accept that the effects of radiation and fall-out could make applicable the rules against poisoned weapons , gases and analogous materials . |
| 16 | With quality technicians creamed off from other studios , he could make cheap films so that they looked good and brought in a respectable profit . |
| 17 | He could make substantial increases in the severe weather payments scheme . |
| 18 | The study concluded that ‘ … combining free-range poultry production with trees could make free-range systems more practicable and profitable and improve the feasibility of keeping some forms of poultry in free-range systems , notably chickens for eggs and meat , and turkeys ’ . |
| 19 | In universities , educational technologists have sometimes seemed to be suggesting that a mixture of cinema , television and self-instructional systems could make possible economies in the teacher-student ratio . |
| 20 | There was one way , however , only one way he could make sure no life was lost apart from his own . |
| 21 | Rather than sending the children out when the adults want to talk , it may be that a neighbour could make sure to include them in an outing to give the child time to talk to them . |
| 22 | ‘ Jackie could make sure Biff was pickled and we could all sneak out together . ’ |
| 23 | For a start he could make sure that much more leeway is given to small businesses . |
| 24 | ‘ You could make sure I 've put enough glasses in the drawing-room , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 25 | Then , if any of them looked like causing serious narrative or production headaches Webber , in consultation with Wilson and Newman , could make appropriate adjustments before writers were commissioned . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps I could make one or two notes , only a formality . |
| 27 | This could make one gram of tritium in half a day and as a byproduct give back some of the electrical power — one megawatt — from the fusion processes involved . |
| 28 | By 1780 John Browne could make one of the principal virtues of the expensive academy for gentlemen 's sons that he proposed to set up a total absence of corporal punishment . |
| 29 | Okay so we could make one lot of twelve we could make two lots of six . |
| 30 | I love Moscow , and I think its beauties are many , but I think also that only the Van Cliburn coalition , casting its own magic so thick around itself that all the world becomes a glittering study in delight , could make one feel that it is the happiest and nicest and most cosy-comfortable spot on earth . |