Example sentences of "[pron] may [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 2 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 3 | ‘ I hope I may never make an enemy of thee ! ’ |
| 4 | Lewis fuses a blend of soul , jazz and rock to haunting effect which may well make him the hottest new talent since Seal . |
| 5 | However , Mr Lamont , who may also make a cut in betting duty , is set to sanction the VAT registration of owners , enabling the recovery of VAT incurred on buying horses and on training fees . |
| 6 | We realise that you may well make your Family Fast Day offering through your parish . |
| 7 | If you are very energetic you may even make your way to the Postalm , the largest alpine plateau in the Eastern alps . |
| 8 | The wind must be blowing from them to you , since this not only minimises the noise you may inadvertently make but it prevents your scent blowing towards the rabbits and giving them advance warning that all 's not well . |
| 9 | They may even make a permanent identification with it , and this can cause problems when the children leave home . |
| 10 | Of course , if his tasks are badly designed they may well make unnecessary demands . |
| 11 | Well he 's gone on seven days of the week complaining about so and so we 'll just narrow that down to one article about his his complaint that they may just make a little note he 's complained seven times about this ! |
| 12 | Not only do writers develop the innovations of their predecessors but they may also make more or less explicit references to their works , sometimes in highly elaborate forms . |
| 13 | They may also make projections as to their own future behaviour and the likely response of other international participants , in the expectation that a treaty between other States will be performed . |
| 14 | They may also make short term cut backs in expenditure such as advertising and repairs , to the longer term detriment of the business . |
| 15 | They may also make such shareholders " insiders " . |
| 16 | They may never make it to Wembley , but just remember girls , all the frustrated football commentators among them just might get it out of their system when they 're actually on the pitch ! |
| 17 | If people try to apply a ‘ turning off the tap ’ strategy when they are hopping up and down in scalding water they may merely make themselves feel worse . |
| 18 | With too few rows worked between it will probably look too fat and squashed ; it may even make the work very solid . |
| 19 | It may even make the chip in the future . |
| 20 | Amongst children it may even make begging more lucrative than going to school or helping the family in the fields . |
| 21 | After hearing so much about objects and Oracle Version 8.0 — object prototyping work has been going on at the firm since 1988 — at the moment it does n't look as though Oracle will create a separate object-oriented database product , although Oracle 's object guru , David Beech , believes it may eventually make marketing sense to do so . |
| 22 | It may also make little sense for the social services to sever the birth links of say a ten or eleven year old , when the law gives that child the right on reaching the age of eighteen to seek out the birth parents and relatives . |
| 23 | This will be a more expensive way of producing feature material but it may also make it more acceptable . |
| 24 | It may also make a s8 order and/or a family assistance order ( see ( e ) below ) . |
| 25 | That 's exactly what I was going to say , Mr Chairman , it 's , it might be as Mr says , or it may , it may well make matters worse , I do n't think we should get into the debate on how the national government are doing , |
| 26 | It may just make one of the down-market dailies and thus please the marketing director , but it is probably not going to sell very much of the product . |
| 27 | It may immediately make you think of ‘ candle ’ — ‘ power-cut ’ — ‘ strike ’ — ‘ inflation ’ — ‘ rising costs ’ — ‘ bank balance ’ , or ‘ light ’ makes you think of ‘ long light evenings ’ — ‘ summertime ’ — ‘ gardening ’ — ‘ lumbago ’ — and so on . |
| 28 | Doubtless this means the end of straight arithmetical calculation , but it may still make sense to speak of informed judgements as to which patterns of pleasurable experience form more pleasurable lives . |
| 29 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 30 | But if a cat is cornered and can not run away , even though it wishes fervently to do so , it may then make a sound which transmits the message : ‘ I fear you , but do not push me too far , or I will turn on you despite my fear . ’ |