Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOST LARGE PRODUCERS have their own presshouses conveniently situated in the vineyards , otherwise growers take their grapes to co-operative presshouses or perhaps make private arrangements with other producers . |
| 2 | The other type of expressive effect found in contexts where only make is possible can be illustrated by ( 154 ) — ( 156 ) : ( 154 ) … beautiful canvases of mountains and forms . |
| 3 | The following examples , where only make is possible , are more difficult : ( 157 ) … the famous Howe sewing machine . |
| 4 | Overall , in Britain , more than one in three of all journeys are made door-to-door on foot and pedestrian journeys of half a mile or less make up one-sixth of total personal transport demand . |
| 5 | You can more or less make soup from anything , though a good home-made stock adds a certain flavour . |
| 6 | We are thinking about those children who , whatever their socio-economic background , have parents who have the time , or somehow make the time , to talk with them , to read to them , to read for themselves , and so to offer an example . |
| 7 | Are we going to hide the ravages of time as cleverly as we can for a few more years , or gradually make the necessary adaptations in order to create a new image that is not a faded version of the old but corresponds in an attractive and lively way to the new stage in life which we have reached ? |
| 8 | You may wish to give yourself up , or possibly make a getaway through the window . |
| 9 | You may bequeath your Entire Estate , a Specific Sum of Money , Specific Property , or all or part of the Residue of your Estate — or even make a Conditional Bequest in the event that another potential beneficiary pre-deceases you . |
| 10 | Why should I require animals to join me in some mutual admiration society or even make them honorary members ? |
| 11 | As well as printing circles , the children might discover that it is possible to print a pattern of concentric circles , or print in sets of each size , or even make ordered sequences . |
| 12 | You could choose a plain dark colour and cover it with a pale piece of lace , or even make a patchwork background on which to place your flowers . |
| 13 | ‘ To disable at least one , Sir — or even make use of it ? ’ |
| 14 | There are farmers who with the existing lack of any political support are looking at different avenues to improve their profits or even make a profit . |
| 15 | You select the facts that are telling ( pun intended ) , the facts that will advance your story or make clear your characters or even make your locations easy to assimilate , and you hope that from them you can produce something that is not too far distant from the unwritable reality . |
| 16 | On the other hand , to describe a person as a " friend " , or a " colleague " , or a " cousin " , etc. is implicitly to presuppose the existence of non-relational features of some kind or other , physical and/or non-physical characteristics , actions , attitudes , etc. , without which such descriptions would not be applicable , or even make sense . |
| 17 | For example , the allocation of land in a development plan for a school will probably reduce the value of houses on this land or even make them completely unsaleable . |
| 18 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 19 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 20 | If they are worried about the possibility of aggression in the visit they must tell their supervisor of their expected time of return or alternatively make arrangements for telephoning the office by a specific time . |
| 21 | We are some way yet from Autumn but that is no reason not to consider the way we can change colours on the needlebed to use up left over yarn or simply make a splash with colours we 've always wanted to knit together . |
| 22 | This need not be an onerous task — but local groups are always in need of volunteers , whether to raise funds , clear ditches , plant trees , give lectures , act as treasurer or serve on the committee , deliver newsletters , type — or simply make the tea ! |
| 23 | ‘ Is that … please we 'll be married , or please make love to me ? ’ |
| 24 | Here the washerwomen find , or sometimes make , by moving some of the smaller stones , a kind of basin through which the water flows , and in which they can dip the linen . |
| 25 | I have never heard a tufted duck quack , or indeed make any kind of noise so I was intrigued to learn that the female bird growls . |
| 26 | This teleprinter machine was a temperamental beast and had to be carefully watched to make sure it did n't run out of paper , or chew it into shreds or otherwise make a mess of things , and it was one of our duties as Met Assistants to keep it in order . |
| 27 | In the present case the Crown Prosecution Service were informed of the order made by Buckley J. including paragraph 33 and were asked whether they wished to intervene in the hearing before the Court of Appeal or otherwise make representations in the appeal . |
| 28 | In order to restrict the circulation of information memoranda , we require recipients of the memorandum to supply us with a letter confirming that they will treat the information contained therein as strictly private and confidential and will not disclose or otherwise make it available to third party . |
| 29 | Not at any time disclose or otherwise make available to any third party without your prior consent any of the information other than : |
| 30 | Not at any time disclose or otherwise make available to any third party without your prior consent any of the information other than : |