Example sentences of "it [vb mod] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the future pattern of health care in London , it must make adequate provision for the demands likely to be made in the immediate future . |
| 2 | erm I sometimes feel erm that erm in fact = it would be a good idea when I see people doing things which I regard as immediately dangerous , but I think it might make considerable difficulties for the relationship between the police and the motoring public which erm are already at times very strained , and I 'm not sure , for some of the reasons erm that Norbert has suggested , that it 's erm necessarily a very erm happy system . |
| 3 | ‘ It might make interesting reading for the over 30 sporting population , ’ he says . |
| 4 | It might make artistic sense for the gallery to borrow some key picture to enhance the look of an exhibition , but a picture which is not for sale is an expensive use of wall space . |
| 5 | Irene Daniels , who 's the programme 's researcher says ‘ if you have a clip that makes you and your family laugh , then it 's odds on it 'll make other people laugh too ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The implication for the Archive is that it could make sound assumptions about it 's users ’ skills . |
| 9 | To make up for a late start , the government this year announced it would make available £125 million of grants to push industry into the robot age . |
| 10 | If the Loyalists are so determined to live under British rule , it would make economic sense for them to be assisted to move to the mainland . |
| 11 | The statement comes just two months after the group predicted it would make pre-tax profits of £867,000 , slightly less than the previous year . |
| 12 | A moment 's reflection will show that it would make private members more independent . |
| 13 | It would make good sense to increase that cadre of coaches to five . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Obviously , if all security interests were possessory it would make secured borrowing virtually impossible as a debtor would be deprived of the ability to use the assets subject to the security in the course of business ( but English law has for long recognised non-possessory security interests ) . |
| 17 | If you distilled something more interesting — a Riesling or a Sauvignon Blanc — it would make dreadful brandy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Even if you have been made the target of naked literary abuse , it will make satisfying reading when you play your first sell-out show at Wembley ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ It will make great listening at an industrial tribunal . |
| 22 | Using existing data sets , it will make initial estimates of the scale of any effect which low incomes might have on the health if the elderly in Britain , and go on to assess the likely role of some intervening variables which might account for the close correlation between income distribution and longevity in developed countries . |
| 23 | Second , it can make exploratory contacts with such organisations multimedia players as Philips , Sony , Matsushita , Commodore , Microsoft , Apple Computer , IBM and others . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It can make excellent reading but its ordered narrative can create the impression of a unified cultural field which it is sometimes difficult to see beyond . |