Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 : . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A moment 's reflection will show that it would make private members more independent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not that it would make much difference in this bloody place . |
| 6 | Not that it would make much difference if Lee got hold of them . |
| 7 | Another point is that it would make most bit image files far longer than necessary . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The interfaces in the document are based on industry standards whenever possible ’ , IBM said , adding that it will make all interfaces open and public . |
| 12 | The interfaces in the document are based on industry standards whenever possible , IBM said , adding that it will make all interfaces open and public . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Of the Unionist press , only the Daily Telegraph supported the coalition , and it could make little head against such a tide . |
| 24 | Wainfleet carried on : ‘ I 've apologized — I 'll even apologize to Linley if it 'll make any difference — but what more can I do ? ’ |
| 25 | The lord president tried to attract support by embarking on a reform of the council , particularly by a reduction in its fees ; but it could make little progress against the obstructionism of Secretary Ingram , who had the backing at court of the lord treasurer , Lionel Cranfield ( later Earl of Middlesex , q.v . ) . |
| 26 | Gas and air produces a lightheaded feeling that takes the edge off the pain but it can make some women feel nauseous . |
| 27 | Whatever he backed or took over — insecure but deserving commercial ventures , a struggling publishing firm , an inefficient factory which he refused to modernize because it would make some workers redundant-always miraculously turned the corner and became financially successful . |
| 28 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 29 | I hope that any local authority that has land available will develop a dialogue quickly with the housing association movement , whose resources are increasing substantially , to see whether it can make faster progress than would otherwise be the case in meeting housing needs in its area . |