Example sentences of "might make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , ‘ Reading-wise it 's got to be Bookwise ’ might make a useful slogan . |
| 2 | Rufus might make a good interrogator . |
| 3 | This might make a good science fiction story — The White Cloud , it could be called — but for our purposes a computer model like the monkey/Shakespeare model is easier to grasp . |
| 4 | ‘ You can argue that a change in rates might make a decisive turnround in the next six months or so … but recent behaviour of the foreign exchanges suggests that government control is not possible . |
| 5 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 6 | In Latin America , Africa , and Asia , peasants might make a similar journey to market with a few chickens or other stock and produce if the fare were low enough to leave some profit . |
| 7 | It seemed at first that Hepworth , too , might make a telling contribution when he began with three maidens , in the course of which he comprehensively bowled Pearson . |
| 8 | A stressful situation , such as having to catch a train or make a speech , might make a normal person 's stomach churn a little , but in the IBS sufferer it can provoke a violent attack of diarrhoea . |
| 9 | 2 ringers do n't make a right , although they might make a mainstream centre left traditional Conservative . |
| 10 | As the bears go after salmon , not sticks , one might make a powerful ally in the Fishermen 's War . |
| 11 | like , I might make a determined effort , but I know what a |
| 12 | On the other hand , it was sometimes difficult to be certain of this , for there were some lairds who took a very unfavourable view of such officers , and there was a danger that a politician who desired to win a friend might make a mortal enemy . |
| 13 | ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ . |
| 14 | The superficial similarities might make a lesser man than Mikhail Gorbachev tremble . |
| 15 | Otherwise one might make a statistical correction or even hope that its effect is small , i.e. discrimination might be good enough even when light is lost due to blocking . |
| 16 | Course , I 'll never talk to you again if you catch the big feller , but might make a fun afternoon . |
| 17 | There were two routes to follow : on the one hand he could try and solve the murder , but that might make a bad situation worse . |
| 18 | There is a range of potential responses : the delimitation may be respected and acted upon , for example through application for mining licences to either A or B according to the terms of the agreement ; other States might tacitly acquiesce in the delimitation ; others might make a formal protest that it conflicts with a legal interest of their own , for example , claims of sovereign rights over part of the same area . |
| 19 | Consequently , they might make a significant contribution to the development of computer-aided instructional materials and delivery systems for machine-readable information which will be found increasingly in the commercial as well as in the academic worlds . |
| 20 | All in all , not everyone 's idea of authenticity ; nonetheless , the record might make a jolly Christmas present for children . |
| 21 | The plaintiff must go further and show that the doctor is not suitably qualified or that the examination is not necessary or that he has a reasonable apprehension about the particular doctor which , if realised , might make a fair trial more difficult than if another doctor were to examine him . |
| 22 | To understand why , the image of a tumbling wall might make a fitting emblem . |
| 23 | When you carry out the initial survey to check just what you have got and what you want , do n't discard anything that might make a positive contribution to the garden later on . |