Example sentences of "might [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , two — perhaps three — who might eventually make the grade . |
| 2 | If we get involved , we might only make things worse . ’ |
| 3 | But once these new mechanisms are in place , managers are left with little guidance from business ethicists about how , precisely , they might best make use of them . |
| 4 | The fog was too thick for any of the heavies to attempt takeoff , but it was thought that the lighter , smaller and more manoeuvrable Mosquitoes might just make it . |
| 5 | Maybe it might just make his mother realize he was alive . |
| 6 | But it 's the war , ’ she added without guile , and because the chief had taken a liking to the woman with the thick Liverpool accent who met her gaze without flinching , she told them to cut along to the galley ; if they were lucky they might just make standeasy . |
| 7 | You might just make it — if you know someone with a balloon ! |
| 8 | Developments in China , on the other hand , might just make a difference . |
| 9 | Curran also revealed that the Dublin soccer writers , most of whom appear to have written-off Derry 's challenge , have provided the motivation that might just make the difference . |
| 10 | At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him . |
| 11 | Such a vision is as microscopic as Paul Scott 's is panoramic ; and a future historian , reading the Raj Quartet or J. G. Farrell 's Siege of Krishnapur ( 1973 ) , which tells of the Indian Mutiny , might easily make the mistake of supposing that the British are nostalgic for lost empire . |
| 12 | Even after paying £6,000 over 10 years , you might still make a loss — though Equitable paid £12,877 , and several other companies paid more than £9,000 . |
| 13 | This advice , suited to small craft-masters or farmers , might still make some sense in the moderately small counting houses of even quite large bankers and merchants , and remained valid in as much as instruction was an essential aspect of management in newly industrialising countries . |
| 14 | Although the agricultural departments may make competent judgements about the suitability of hill land for agriculture or forestry it is difficult to comprehend how they might also make an assessment of the potential wider impact of a change in land use without considerably more evidence than is currently available . |
| 15 | These same factors might also make it more likely that a person will experience the sorts of events to which they will be vulnerable . |
| 16 | One might equally make the query of many humans ! |
| 17 | A witness writing about an event which happened long before , or a witness using hearsay , rather than first hand experience of an event , might unintentionally make errors . |
| 18 | It might even make you a star . |
| 19 | This is a pain that will inevitably turn to anger and might even make them wife or child batterers themselves . |
| 20 | He might even make a strong and able king , for he had his virtues , even though being a good husband was scarcely one of them ! |
| 21 | If he pacifies him skilfully enough , he might even make another sale on his colleague 's behalf . |
| 22 | Well do n't worry if you ask him nicely he might even make you a bacon sandwich . |
| 23 | The justices accepted that publication of those documents would harm the national interest , and might even make the newspaper guilty of a criminal offence . |
| 24 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 25 | She might even make room for Louise on her float . |
| 26 | I wan na get out there , and I might even make some sacrifices . |
| 27 | Anything but a lucky accident might well make him look an idiot . |
| 28 | Having a nosy reporter around might well make a difference . |
| 29 | He was advised by Charity to brace up because the effect on the Colonel of tonight 's little scene might well make him change his mind . |
| 30 | I have quoted this passage in full , not because I think it is particularly inspired or even well-written , but because it is the nearest attempt I have come across to suggest some of the subjective , hidden meanings that might well make up a performer 's luggage when he expresses himself on stage . |