Example sentences of "could make [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Left-wing Labour MPs were aware that devolution could make yet more obstacles to the achievement of their long-term aims . |
| 2 | I could make neither head nor tail of it and decided I was dealing with a bunch of idiots . |
| 3 | Okay that 's how you could make up twelve coins one set of twelve . |
| 4 | Dungannon 's Clarke , now attached to the host K Club , has improved his score each day — 75 on Thursday , 73 on Friday and a splendid 70 yesterday — but it is most unlikely that even a golfer of his calibre could make up seven shots in one round . |
| 5 | You could make up some theoretical examples . |
| 6 | Based on crossbar switch technology , a Giga-switch solution could make over six million dynamic connections a-second with point-to-point connections between systems and switches , enabling multiple FDDI networks to be interconnected . |
| 7 | Overall the Profitboss is openminded to the possibility he could make even more profit . |
| 8 | A piece of thick , stiff cardboard about 40 cm × 15 cm for each tank — you could instead modify the design , using pieces of hardboard or preferably thin plywood , in which case you could make slightly larger aquaria ; a roll of transparent plastic sandwich bags ; one large , wide rubber band for each tank ; Bostik or other glue suitable for gluing the cardboard — if you are using plywood or hardboard , use a wood glue and small panel pins to fix the sections together ; a supply of jars or plastic containers with screw-on or snap-on lids . |
| 9 | Julia could make out dark green stretches of the river as it wound between the ochre and terracotta of the buildings . |
| 10 | I could make out four men . |
| 11 | Its surface was worn and rough , but her fingers could make out irregular indentations and shallow groove markings . |
| 12 | He could make out all the separate conversations . |
| 13 | Rex could make out all the fine detail of its undercarriage . |
| 14 | I could make out two soldiers standing in a slit trench , they look like Airborne troops judging by the type of steel helmet they are wearing . |
| 15 | Beyond the stained glass window he could make out two male silhouettes . |
| 16 | Magee could make out two figures crouched on the steps near the top , quite close to the door of the church . |
| 17 | I could make out two figures in the boat , one male , one female . |
| 18 | Going over to the window , she could make out odd moon shadows on the garden . |
| 19 | Far off on the horizon I could make out tiny figures : galloping beasts , scurrying men ; and faint sounds came down to me of barking dogs , irritated bellowings and shrill cries of " Haow , haow ! " |
| 20 | The window was so small that until his eyes became accustomed to the dim light Fowler could make out few details . |
| 21 | Grant could make out some pretty sophisticated-looking electronic hardware massed down one wall in addition to a cardiac visual display monitor and the usual paraphernalia of an intensive care unit . |
| 22 | Therefore an arbitrageur could make virtually riskless profits by exchanging sterling for Deutschmarks , Deutschmarks for dollars and dollars for sterling : . |
| 23 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 24 | She could make quite sure that he did , and then he could stay with her ; at least for a little longer . |
| 25 | For example the pattern recogniser could make much better use of partial information , and more accurate information is needed from higher levels of analysis . |
| 26 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 27 | We could make more efficient use of power generation too . |
| 28 | Illustrations , I could put some illustrations in , I could use more , I could use colour , I could make more detailed illustrations , yes |
| 29 | In the late 1960s theorists began to acquire a more precise concept of the role of the W particle in weak interactions , and could make more precise predictions about its mass . |
| 30 | Of course , other concepts , other properties and attributes , could make more significant use of the properties of number systems other than their ability to classify . |