Example sentences of "that [modal v] make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Applying that test , and bearing in mind that there are persons on the fringes of subversion that may make it difficult to draw the line ’ , the Commissioner has been satisfied that the Home Secretaries ' warrants have always been justified . |
| 2 | Slightly clumsy hard rock that may make it in America later . |
| 3 | Last week , NCR added some new features to Top-End that should make it more attractive to customers moving from mainframe-based systems or mixing mainframe and open systems environments . |
| 4 | Where is the self-interest that should make it attractive to us ? |
| 5 | I 'll have something ready that should make you feel better , and , before you ask me , yes , I did undress you and put you into my shirt . |
| 6 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 9 | She must never ever do anything that might make them fight . |
| 10 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 11 | Yet others may lack both religious belief and any experience that might make them dubious of their secularism . |
| 12 | so the most-talked-about terrace-player gets another half-page over here — if Frank play well in the US that might make it easier for him to get a new club . |
| 13 | We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’ |
| 14 | If , in defence of your own attitudes , you do n't wish to examine them and believe that they are fixed , it 's not worth exposing yourself and listening to anything that might make you think differently . |
| 15 | What else is going on in this person 's life at the moment that might make your intervention ‘ the last straw ’ ; for example , family illness , death , anniversaries of death , separation or divorce , loss of job , being accused of abuse of some sort ? |
| 16 | The senator had beaten down my last defences , and now offered me a compromise that might make my surrender to his wishes more acceptable . |
| 17 | I shall then use a little bit of language that 'll make their hair curl up and dye . |
| 18 | I hope you 've heard something that 'll make you think , and think positively and perhaps act positively . |
| 19 | Nikos , the owner , has developed an informal and relaxed style of service over the last eleven years that 'll make you feel quite at home . |
| 20 | At the end of the day , you want something sunny and cheerful , something that 'll make you smile when you walk in the room . ’ |
| 21 | So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down . |
| 22 | And in their spirit lay the dormant power that could make them proud , free men again ! |
| 23 | She had dark curly hair with no sign of grey , and a certain shyness that could make her manner seem brusque . |
| 24 | A sadness that could make her give up acting for good . |
| 25 | Still prefers to work by himself — a trait of which he is aware , but one that could make him retreat into a bubble when he most needs help . |
| 26 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Also , too many slow payers and bad debts will shrink capital and profits to levels that could make it hard to stay open for more business . |
| 29 | That kind of damp , chill August day only Blighty can produce , a large , scrubby field , a bill that could make you weep it was so poor . |
| 30 | Reuben Haredale 's steward , who murders his master for money , and also the latter 's gardener in circumstances that shall make it seem that the body , when discovered , is that of Rudge himself . |