Example sentences of "[vb mod] make [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , let's make a rough guide . |
| 2 | Such beauty may make a strong impact , but , if it has little relationship with the inner nature , it is precarious . |
| 3 | Where a choice is available , however , the librarian will pick his booksellers carefully , trying to gain access through each to some particular advantage : a good shelf stock in certain subjects , from which the librarian may make a personal selection in the shop ; a link with the American book trade ; a quick service for urgent requests ; an agency for required series of foreign books ; a technically knowledgeable and reliable staff ; an annual sale of slow-selling books at reduced prices . |
| 4 | At this point it is likely that we may make a second mistake and go for a purely positivist view of law , the view that the nature of law can be appreciated purely by reciting the elements of positing and applying law without reference to its objectives or functions , so that we have a legal system as long as there are institutionalised ways of selecting mandatory rules and some arrangement for an authoritative application of those rules to particular situations . |
| 5 | When a loan is partly paid off , the lender may make a second loan , for the same amount as the original sum . |
| 6 | Amaze , the impressive , wide-margin winner of a competitive handicap at Newbury last Friday , may make a successful step up in class in the Fielden Stakes ( 3.05 ) . |
| 7 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 8 | I think our new government may make a tremendous mistake here by not realising this and failing to send any writers to prison . |
| 9 | If she is fond of animals , providing her with a cat or a small dog of her own , if she can look after it ( and if your household as a whole would find its presence acceptable ) , may make a tremendous difference to her life . |
| 10 | If we drop a tin can probably nothing will happen ; at the worst we may make a small dent . |
| 11 | If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor . |
| 12 | If these occasions are known , the worker and supervisor may make a joint decision that only one member of staff from the Department may go . |
| 13 | The water is poured off and the base is dried when it may make a cracking noise — hence ‘ crack . ’ |
| 14 | If so , the arbitrator may make a separate recommendation to The Post Office that they give you an ‘ ex gratia ’ payment . |
| 15 | Computer-aided design may make a good designer out of a sloppy one . |
| 16 | Dry deposition may make a major contribution to the acidity problem . |
| 17 | and not the back of the photograph , otherwise you 'll get yourself in all sorts of difficulties and it may make a nice editorial , nice letters to the editor , but it would be very irritating to the editor , because they hate having mistakes pointed out to them , and that 's picture perspective . |
| 18 | Where a party can not protect his position by a payment into court , he may make the other party a written offer filing a copy with the court , but not to be brought to the attention of the court until costs fall to be decided ( Ord 12 , r 10 ) and similarly , where contribution arises a party may make a written offer to contribute ( Ord 12 , r 7 ) . |
| 19 | Thus the fast process may make a permanent contribution during the sensitive period , while its influence later would adjust the cortical feature detectors , tending to make them respond most to the unusual combinations and coincidences in their input . |
| 20 | For under conditions of largely unrestricted discretion , factors such as the character , attitude , training and social background of sentencers may make a considerable difference to the way their discretion is exercised . |
| 21 | The landowner , estate agent or speculator may make a direct approach to the developer . |
| 22 | Lynch may make a flying visit to the French festival but he 's a busy man , preparing three new films — a real life action version of UK kids comic strip Ronnie Rocket , a version of Kafka 's Metamorphosis and a second Twin Peaks movie . |
| 23 | short two years may make a big difference at this stage now , erm |
| 24 | The most plausible mechanism by which punishment may be thought to achieve this aim is general deterrence , although other reductivist effects such as instrumental denunciation and incapacitation may make a secondary contribution . |
| 25 | The target may make the usual response just as if it had been charged in the normal manner . |
| 26 | Several plants grouped together will create their own humid micro-climate , though overcrowding may make the combined effect too much . |
| 27 | Where a party can not protect his position by a payment into court , he may make the other party a written offer filing a copy with the court , but not to be brought to the attention of the court until costs fall to be decided ( Ord 12 , r 10 ) and similarly , where contribution arises a party may make a written offer to contribute ( Ord 12 , r 7 ) . |
| 28 | For example , taking the October calls and puts we may make the following division between intrinsic and time values : |
| 29 | This may make the additional expense worth while , though after the initial O 1 , the sample becomes less and less representative of the population as individuals are selectively lost through death , migration , etc . |
| 30 | What I hope — very much hope — is that you , after consideration , may make the same choice . |