Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] could make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strong direction could make him more disciplined and accurate , but Peter Hickton was not well placed to bully George Birkitt . |
| 2 | Another try this afternoon could make him only the second Englishman to score in all four internationals in a season ; COULD , because Dewi Morris , whose mobile scrum half play has done much to transform England this season season is also on course to match the feat Carston Catcheside of Percy Park achieved in Wakefield 's 1924 side . |
| 3 | Interference of this sort could make difficulties . ’ |
| 4 | Why can not that proposal be brought forward , so that the local offices of the Department of Social Security could make the decision about topping-up arrangements ? |
| 5 | The rate went back up as expected , but the British crew could make no impression , trailing home in fifth as the United States took the gold . |
| 6 | It is in these situations that proper training could make the difference between possible success and unfortunate failure . |
| 7 | This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily . |
| 8 | The US Defence Secretary , Dick Cheney , said on Oct. 13 , 1989 , that the technology had placed an effective anti-missile system within US reach and described it as " the single most important military bequest this generation could make to the future " . |
| 9 | The reformers argued that since departments built up their philosophies over a period of time and since new measures took a considerable period to negotiate , these processes should be opened up so that the informed public could make its reactions clear while principles were still being settled . |
| 10 | The spokesman for the Liberal Democrats will probably agree that to go into further detail could make it less easy to get the type of consensus that we want . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Above : Where you decide to site your marine tank could make all the difference between a thriving system , like this , or a disaster zone . |
| 13 | Roma Smith , a 44-year-old part-time merchandiser from Brewood in Staffordshire , said she thought high office could make a man more attractive . |
| 14 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 15 | Well one of the variants that , that was applied , you see under the , under the old er er time workers ' er arrangements where it was only the foreman who by visual contact you know with the amount of items produced at each machine could make any reasonable assessment in regard to the individual 's effort . |
| 16 | It was noted by the team that , although this was tolerable in the accommodation then occupied , a forthcoming move of both departments to a new central complex could make the volume of files difficult to accommodate , office space being more restricted . |
| 17 | and Central South could make a clean sweep in the Gold Cup meeting … the going will be good tomorrow … the first big race is the Champion Hurdle … |
| 18 | On the subject of granny flats , if you are caring for elderly parents there may come a time when a little bit of outside help could make all the difference . |
| 19 | Olive Fitzpatrick suffers with Alzheimer 's disease and went into a nursing home so her 72year-old husband could make the ill-fated trip to America with their son Liam . |
| 20 | The development of self-study materials which cater for a range of expertise is an important contribution central government could make . |
| 21 | And with the exception of Davy Mallon , none of the reserve team could make the step up to the senior squad if we had a few injuries . |
| 22 | A drastic measure considering electromagnetic pollution has , as yet , taken only a handful of lives , but compliance with a new European Directive could make or break and electronics company . |
| 23 | But his ability to avoid any obvious stereotype could make him an attractive candidate for Labour members worried that the leadership election is being orchestrated to Mr Smith 's advantage . |
| 24 | I feel the greatest contribution the National Council could make to the Rottweiler in Australia is the stabilizing of type , but in the present climate , with a flood of imports from various destinations , this will be all the more difficult . |
| 25 | It begins strong , and louder than a sick person could make ; the second cry is lower , but not less doleful but rather more so ; the third yet lower , and soft , like the groan of a sick man almost spent and dying . |
| 26 | And last night the Met Office flashed a weather warning across the region saying a hard frost could make things even worse this morning . |
| 27 | And once we take notice that in reality individual holdings in companies , other than in exceptional cases , give the holder negligible rights of control it becomes clear that ownership of corporate property could make no distinctive contribution to the realisation of whatever individual interests might be specified . |
| 28 | The multimedia dimension which bolts onto the existing industry could make those alternatives both more extensive and more compelling . |
| 29 | The mountainous terrain could make it slow going for the ground rescue teams . |
| 30 | First , the ‘ hard look ’ test is contrasted with the ‘ kid glove ’ standard of review within the United Kingdom under the Wednesbury test which is said to demand no more than that a decision be not so unreasonable that no reasonable body could make it . |