Example sentences of "would [verb] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Derek Hatton , Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council put it , ‘ We 'd want to make sure that … those who are employed to manage and carry out the policies which we decide are those who are in general sympathy with those policies ’ ( Gyford , 1985b , p. 58 ) . |
| 2 | A child takes an awful lot of work , and I 'd want to make sure I was through the bulk of my career stuff . |
| 3 | Frankly , if I 'd had any forewarning of this then I 'd have made certain that our paths would never cross again ! ’ |
| 4 | Ted thought we 'd have made short work of a mere hundred thousand Hun . |
| 5 | Somehow she 'd have to make sure they kept on coming after the novelty of her fame wore off . |
| 6 | So what , we 'd have to make sure it was exactly the right , the same amount and , in the same flame and the same and see how long it took and whatever took the longest went I du n no whatever ? |
| 7 | This called into question the government 's chances of winning a two-thirds majority , which it would need to make constitutional changes , and which every government had achieved hitherto , except in the 1969 elections . |
| 8 | Initially Colin 's argument seems unusual ; the uncertainty of scientific understanding would appear to make religious faith more difficult to come by ; however , Colin argued |
| 9 | Early this year the Ministry of Health and Welfare ( MHW ) announced that it would begin making regular payments to haemophiliacs infected with HIV . |
| 10 | A study of the implications and status of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis , for example , would begin to make explicit many of the assumptions and claims of language teaching . |
| 11 | The executive share option scheme is now nearing the end of its ten-year life and following successful introduction of the savings related share option scheme in the UK , the Directors would like to make similar arrangements available to employees in other countries . |
| 12 | I would like to make useful things , such as jumpers , cardigans , or big floppy tops for the youngsters . |
| 13 | The other thing I would like to make sure and this applies also to the members of the public as well as those people who are participating in the discussion , could you please make sure that you have registered for the day . |
| 14 | We all know what was happening , and er , and we , we , I personally would like to make sure that er , fire fighter valiance is , is congratulated in this Committee too , because there was extreme bravery on that occasion . |
| 15 | Ray Jones , of McDonnell Douglas , said : ‘ There is a lot more to this than meets the eye and I would like to make extensive comment , but I can not . |
| 16 | ‘ I would like to make clear the importance I attach to the continued availability of advice , from within and outside the NHS , in contributing to the development of the health service in Scotland , ’ said Lord Fraser . |
| 17 | In early December 1989 Malan had stated that the SADF would stop making cross-border raids and that there was no longer any need to support anti-government groups in other countries . |
| 18 | We would hope to make large contributions each years and we would hope deliberate non standing this year for an increase year 's . |
| 19 | Dunes , palm trees , mud-brick villages , children and animals would have made good picture postcards , but , for all its beauty , the desert was terrifying . |
| 20 | As a magazine article , any one of these chapters would have made good reading . |
| 21 | It would have made good drama to pit Bernard 's projection of mass production against Laura 's fears that this would threaten to destroy the ethnic and cottage industry appeal upon which the business was based . |
| 22 | There was no reason for a beleaguered host to be gentle when hauling two spies into their precincts , and in their anger and disappointment and fear , the men who handled the drag-ropes would have made sure , but for Lomellini , that these climbers never climbed again . |
| 23 | Ironically their votes would have made sure Lord Mayor Reg Empey did not make the trip , but as it was the proposal was defeated anyway by votes to 15 . |
| 24 | Normally the thought would have made timid little Miss Fogerty quail . |
| 25 | I do n't know though , it would have made great television . |
| 26 | Neither Long not Chamberlain would have made great changes in the party , and the election of either would not have seemed to signify a great change . |
| 27 | Had the two been at their prime in the same era Scotland 's midfield would have made Dirty Harry look like a wimp . |
| 28 | It was very possibly from that actual spring that Mary would have made daily journeys to fetch water . |
| 29 | Carmen would have made short work of Michael too . |
| 30 | You would have made short work of the lock if you were inclined that way . ’ |