Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . ’ |
2 | It must also make a submission to parliament containing proposals relating to the policy to be followed next year in respect of the dealing with the state assets . |
3 | But , even if the All Blacks are subconsciously tempted to relegate the Irish to an after-thought , it might not make a bit of difference . |
4 | Indeed , as Paul Du Noyer noted in NME , it might not make a sausage of difference to your diet but it 's guaranteed to leave a feeling of guilt in your head as you tuck into that rump steak . |
5 | Which basically found it could n't make a railway service run and dropped it . |
6 | ‘ The thing is , there 's so little time in between tournaments and already I spend so little time in Bruhl and in Boca Raton , and it would n't make a lot of sense . |
7 | I found this sweet little man who fixed up a non-reflex 35 for me slowed down the motor wind so it would n't make a sound fixed in a timer to take a shot every thirty seconds . |
8 | But it would still make a bomb that could flatten much of a city and drench the place with fall-out . |
9 | And I 'm afraid there is no way you can you , if you try and force the caf to be more a sort of caf that people who come to the cinema will patronize then it will not make a profit in my view . |
10 | Insurer pledges it will not make a drama out of a crisis |
11 | Well we had eight different presentations , er i warmed , I suppose , to two of them erm was a small engineering company in the motor trade which , while it will never make a fortune will probably make a living and the people seem to need help . |
12 | Provided the court is satisfied with your petition it will then make a bankruptcy order against the debtor , placing his assets in the hands of the Official Receiver ( a civil servant from the Department of Trade and Industry , known as the OR ) . |
13 | This 'll be my first attempt I would imagine that it wo n't make a lot of difference I could be wrong . |
14 | ‘ If your own family is so badly brought up , ’ thundered a Scottish columnist , ‘ so lacking in moral fibre that it can not make a go of its marriages , what price all those Christmas homilies ? ’ |
15 | Within a given political economy where there is a ‘ free ’ market for labour ( taking this , hypothetically as given ) , labour becomes so plentiful and therefore cheap that it can not make a living . |
16 | When making a care order it can also make a contact order under s34. ( a ) Care orders A care order places a child in the care of a designated local authority which must then receive the child and keep him in care while the order remains in force ( s33(1) ) . |