Example sentences of "that [modal v] make the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard was the King 's brother ; according to Henry 's mood and caprice that might make the young man either indispensable or unthinkable , but even for de Burgh it made it difficult to disparage his stewardship openly . |
| 2 | Proportional representation in Parliament might translate into disproportionate power in government in a way that would make the established first-past-the-post inequalities look rather more fair than is often seen to be the case . |
| 3 | Who would have thought , with all this talk of millions to be made by gene juggling , that just a few years ago genetic engineering was considered to be so dangerous that one small accident could unleash upon the world a virulent plague that would make the black death look like an outbreak of summer flu ? |
| 4 | Many people ( especially bankers ! ) claim that default by a major debtor government like Mexico or Brazil could set off financial shock-waves that would make the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987 look like a hiccup . |
| 5 | Now he drives a glamorous black BMW , owns a palatial house with a swimming pool and earns the kind of salary that would make the average Muscovite 's eyes pop . |
| 6 | When either looking for blocks of text from other documents to include in the new document database or when considering new additions to the semantic net itself , preference was given to additions that would make the semantic net manifest more analogical inheritance . |
| 7 | Any values of X that would make the bottom line zero . |
| 8 | At least they did so until the local priest warned them that if they did not stop , he 'd say a prayer that would make the dead rise from their graves and walk the length and breadth of the islands . |
| 9 | Congress it has been my sad misfortune to encounter some of the most hostile employers over the past year that would make the grey hairs that I 've got fall out . |
| 10 | Children make progress at various speeds at different ages and by watching their activities and offering the next stage when they are ready for it teachers can give them the breadth of experience that will make the formal work of later years more meaningful . |
| 11 | He wrote , " While planning the lunacies that will make the public laugh , I do n't enjoy myself ; I keep a straight face and the composure of a chemist dispensing a prescription . |
| 12 | However , who knows , perhaps someday we 'll come across some tablet or document that will make the whole thing clear . |
| 13 | Taylor runs a government funded research team which is trying to develop a computer that can make the right tactical decisions as consistently as the top 10 per cent of generals . |