Example sentences of "would make the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , as mass is the best sound insulation , it would seem that building a new brick wall alongside the party wall would make the best improvement . |
| 2 | In the case of the powerpack they have been greatly influenced by the work of Professor Thring and his colleagues , and have proposed a hybrid powerpack which would make the best use of an internal combustion engine and electric motor and would reduce fuel consumption by some 50% and toxic emissions by 80% . |
| 3 | LETHAL Weapon star Mel Gibson would make the hunkiest Father Christmas , according to a survey . |
| 4 | In fact , there 's so much bonding on stage that it would make the average punter slightly sick . |
| 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 | The sinking of a laden supertanker would make the present slick look small indeed . |
| 7 | It meant that all one had to do was to go on contacting enough people and one would make the necessary sales . |
| 8 | This is not the sort of news which would make the front pages of newspapers , but you can assume that on the day everyone will be interested in the bride and groom and their respective families . |
| 9 | If the luminosity increases beyond 10 38 ergs -1 , 1,000 times the present luminosity , the combination of small scale size and energetics would make the black hole model much more compelling . |
| 10 | As the matter spirals into the black hole , it would make the black hole rotate in the same direction , causing it to develop a magnetic field rather like that of the earth . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | If the pressure variation were solely due to electrolytic conduction through the pore fluid , one would expect that the flat thin cracks in the carbon-bearing granulites , confirmed by optical and electron microscopy , and deduced from mercury injection porisimetry , would make the electrical conductivity more sensitive to pressure than was observed . |
| 14 | On June 26 Parliament decided by 93 to 26 votes to remove from the courts the power of judicial review in ISA cases , so that the executive would make the final decision . |
| 15 | The personnel department would make the final choice , from the list produced by this enquiry . |
| 16 | Now , with hardly more than a month of 1920 remaining , they were being honoured with the presence of the JNF 's top secretary , who would make the final arrangements , tie up the loose ends , perhaps name the day . |
| 17 | They decided between them that that would make the apparent spontaneity of their performances artificial . |
| 18 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer comments in the foreword that ‘ the proposals in the paper would make the personal tax system simpler and fairer . |
| 19 | He would make the extra money by giving similar classes away from home . |
| 20 | A log transformation of the life expectancy distribution would make the downward straggle even more pronounced , since logs have the effect of stretching the bottom end of any scale . |
| 21 | Perhaps Alice would make the better wife . |
| 22 | Who would make the better monarch ? |
| 23 | It was the policy of Henry III , moreover , to dislodge ecclesiastical and lay magnates from the great offices of state , and to replace them by Household officials who would make the central administration a more pliant instrument of his will . |
| 24 | This would make the European art market more competitive and , in particular , it would encourage the art trade in those member states which at present charge VAT on the full price . |
| 25 | That would make the European Community unworkable . |
| 26 | I I 's thinking well this long would make the blinking situation worse and we 're trying to resolve it . |
| 27 | Jennie certainly knew about the gossip and would make the odd crack . |
| 28 | But tonight her face seemed frozen into its gracious expression , like royalty in a traffic jam , and if she wished to herself that Hilda would make the odd concession so that civil conversation with her could be easier , nothing of this appeared in her manner . |
| 29 | This idiosyncratic view of local democracy does not prevent her finishing the board with a pass , and the recommendation to Central Office that she ‘ would make the perfect candidate for a safe Labour seat in the Northeast . ’ |
| 30 | THE tiny hamlet on the Yorkshire Moors would make the perfect setting for a Sherlock Holmes mystery . |