Example sentences of "would make [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked as if he 'd make a Rottweiler pause for thought . |
| 2 | You 'd make a politician blush . ’ |
| 3 | She decided that she would make a phone call just to check that Jenny had left home and knew the right time of her arrival . |
| 4 | Such speculation was of a ‘ one-way ’ nature in terms of risk ; the holder of these ( sterling ) balances would make a capital gain if the currency was devalued but would suffer no losses if the exchange rate remained unchanged . |
| 5 | Members of two Norwegian environmental groups have staged spectacular protests against oil exploration in the Barents Sea , which they claim is too risky because the inhospitable climate and months of winter darkness would make a clean-up operation impossible in case of a pollution accident . |
| 6 | The Imperial couple returned to Paris with a promise that their hosts would make a return visit to Paris in August . |
| 7 | A colourful raconteur , his adventures would make a feature film I would pay money to see . |
| 8 | The purpose of the pit would appear to be to provide the maximum headroom using the minimum raw materials in the superstructure ; this would make a ground level plank floor something of a nonsense , an opinion shared by Welch ( 1985 , p. 23 , n.1 ) . |
| 9 | Normal results on breast examination and the mammogram would make a breast primary even less likely . |
| 10 | It nestled on the southern shore of Loch Torridon , with a view that would make a bouncer turn poet , since the living-room windows were filled with Beinn Alligin and the western tail of Liathach , both reflected breathtakingly across the water . |
| 11 | There are three aspects which would make a world class bobsleigher . |
| 12 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 13 | It is only natural that his pace has slowed and perhaps that gazelle-like mind , which was such an influence on the young George Best , may have dulled , but if I had eleven Dave Doyles in my side then we would make the Guinness Book Of Records and cause referees and opponents utter confusion . |
| 14 | The Labour leader told her that no matter what changes she had in mind , nothing would make the poll tax fair . |
| 15 | A pipeline link between the UK and the Netherlands would make the UK part of the European gas grid . |
| 16 | Concern has been expressed over the bid which , if successful , would make the UK travel industry a duopoly with Airtours and Thomson as the market leaders . |
| 17 | He was chosen for Scotland 's tour of North America in May , played in four of the six games , including the two non-cap Tests , and scored three tries : ‘ I was delighted to go but I never thought for a moment that I would make the Test side . |
| 18 | To include that issue in the forthcoming Student Loans Bill would make the measure hybrid and deny it any prospect of a swift passage through Parliament . |
| 19 | Experienced as these riders were , they could not believe that the drugs would make the captives docile . |
| 20 | What was needed was the kind of laws and regulations , and tax structure , that would make the market society work , or allow it to work , and the kind of state services — defence , and even military expansion , education , sanitation , and various sorts of assistance to industry , such as tariffs and grants for railway development that were thought necessary to make the system run efficiently and profitably . |
| 21 | It was hoped that his speech would make the lead item on the BBC 's Nine O'Clock News . |
| 22 | What number of miles would make the value zero ? |
| 23 | Because it would make the table bend . |
| 24 | Congress , this motion would make the rulebook obligation for all shop stewards to honour that duty and to freeload members not just from the exploitation of employers , but also the exploitation of freeloading . |
| 25 | This would make the spot rate fall and thus adjust the difference between spot rate and forward rate such that the cost of forward cover would increase . |