Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | States may make subsidiary agreements based on their expectations of performance by other States . |
| 2 | Equally , The Smiths counterparts in the rock field , say , U2 may make fine music but they shy away to hide behind subtleties of abstract lyricism . |
| 3 | ACTRESS Julia Roberts should make Pretty Woman 2 quickly to revive her flagging career , a magazine survey has urged . |
| 4 | It was anticipated , however , that at least during the first stage Gorbachev would make extensive use of emergency powers , granted to him in September , to introduce reforms by presidential decree . |
| 5 | The image was well established ; and it is hardly surprising that when , in 1521 , the canny and obsessively fair-minded scholar John Major produced his book entitled A History of Greater Britain , in which he argued that better relations with England would make good sense , for political and economic reasons , the plea fell on ears deafened by the awareness that a little nation had fought off a monster by courage and tenacity . |
| 6 | Analysts are forecasting that Zeneca will make taxable profits of about £500 million in the current year , with ICI expected to come in at around £250 million . |
| 7 | Stoddard 's working capital has remained tightly controlled and the new controls at Sekers will make substantial inroads into its borrowings . |
| 8 | Election ‘ 92 : How Ashdown could make Labour sweat |
| 9 | Over the next three years the UK would make available £26,500,000 in drug-related aid to developing countries , with £4,500,000 earmarked in 1990 for Colombia . |
| 10 | Daak could make deep incisions in places round the edge , but he did n't have enough leverage to cut off slices of the strange metal . |
| 11 | But there is one sense in which Iran and Iraq could make common cause . |
| 12 | MIDDLESBROUGH manager Lennie Lawrence will make sweeping changes for the Second Division promotion clash at Swindon tomorrow . |
| 13 | Fermilab and CERN will make new efforts to catch homegrown neutrinos changing their colours . |
| 14 | Malawi can make good use of mountain water by piping supplies under gravity to lowland settlements , at a cost of £3 per person . |
| 15 | Evans should make pre-tax profits of £12m this year , putting the shares at 223p on an earnings multiple of 6.1 . |
| 16 | ‘ Jackie could make sure Biff was pickled and we could all sneak out together . ’ |