Example sentences of "can [adv] make a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market . |
| 2 | It is well established that the courts can not make a contract for the parties . |
| 3 | ‘ If your own family is so badly brought up , ’ thundered a Scottish columnist , ‘ so lacking in moral fibre that it can not make a go of its marriages , what price all those Christmas homilies ? ’ |
| 4 | A record-player will translate information carried as undulations in a groove into sound , but not back again : you can not make a record by shouting at the loudspeaker of a record-player . |
| 5 | We can not make a judgment without knowing what your resources are . ’ |
| 6 | If they can not make a living from the Herdwick the breed will disappear , which would be an irrevocable loss of an animal which is such an important part of the Lakeland landscape . |
| 7 | ‘ You can not make a habit of coming here . ’ |
| 8 | A company can not make a loan to a director of the company ( see s. 330 ) . |
| 9 | As a facilitator of management activities this imposes an opportunity — cost framework in that it encourages the reappraising of how differing expenditure patterns can best make a contribution to achieving organisational objectives . |
| 10 | Shifts in population can soon make a nonsense of the best efforts of the boundary commissions and it is not at all unusual for the largest constituency to be over three times the size of the smallest . |
| 11 | ‘ One rotten apple can soon make a basket o' maggots , lad , ’ said the Old Stager crisply . |
| 12 | ‘ You can still make a bit of money and enjoy yourself without ripping people off . |
| 13 | Boss Laughton insists his troubled team can still make a charge for the Stones Bitter First Division title . |
| 14 | If things get too complicated , he told himself , not for the first time in the last few months , I can always make a run for it . |
| 15 | He can also make a point of talking to Mr Yeltsin and other republican leaders to offer them moral support . |
| 16 | The agent can also make a deal with the promoter on the gross and not the net figures . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) The Panel can also make a report of any wrongdoing to the DTI which may then use its own extensive powers to investigate the matter . |
| 18 | What they write can also make a difference to the way the legal plans for the curriculum are translated into classroom practice . |
| 19 | Despite the sympathy expressed by the judge in court , there is no way in which that business man can legally make a claim against the Northern Ireland Office . |
| 20 | You can accordingly make a decision about using it 's or its on the basis of what you gain and what you lose . |