Example sentences of "can [adv] make [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Many Foundations etc. can only make donations to non profit-making organisations , 2 .
2 Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level .
3 Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes .
4 In the current absence of information about problematic matters from the teachers ' point of view , one can only make assumptions based on impressions about the kind of issue that is uppermost in their minds .
5 People lower down the hierarchy can only make claims if the deceased did not have relatives who rank above them ; and a distinction is made between full and half-blood relatives , the former having prior claims ( Cretney , 1984 , pp. 698–700 ) .
6 Under the current wording of the legislation , companies can only make profits from supplying electricity and building new power stations .
7 As Bateson ( 1973 ) argues , the psychological frame appropriate in discussing play or games is more akin to a picture frame than to the logical frame of a mathematical set : what is outside the picture frame is irrelevant and one can only make judgements of comparison and contrast on matters within the frame .
8 In Germany , both the Minister for Internal Affairs and the Ministers of Culture in the Lander can take independent decisions , while the Russian part of the commission is a consultative body and can only make recommendations which are subsequently ratified at State level .
9 The conference has no other powers , it can only make recommendations .
10 On fixed frames , the weaver can only make rugs in sizes smaller than the inner dimensions of the frame ; adjustable frames allow one or more of the beams to be extended so that larger items can be woven .
11 or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals
12 But eventually the truth will emerge in areas where now we can only make guesses .
13 The sudsy water continues working while it is slippery and you can still make bubbles by agitating it , no matter how grotty it looks .
14 Even where this does not happen , colleges can still make courses more accessible to unemployed people by experimenting with the timing and publicity for courses and supporting them with creches and easy access arrangements .
15 I mean , one can always make conditions .
16 We can usually make visits to the set and take our own pictures .
17 You can also make motifs for sewing onto garments .
18 If you got mice i , you can also make things easier by actually moving that arrow around until you get to the individual word that you actually want to find and actually then you stop your cursor there .
19 The Court can also make Orders about where the child is to live and who is to see him or her in the event of a relationship breakdown .
20 By so doing they can often make modifications which buy off subsequent opposition .
21 BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL We can now make plastics which can break down and disappear into the soil .
22 It is , for the viewer , the perfect world through which you can even make friends .
23 Newspaper technology is so sophisticated we can even make politicians say things they do n't know they 're saying .
24 You can then make drills about these activities , e.g. house-building in Kusaal , Ghana : If you have a series of drawings or photographs of these stages of house-building , you can use these in your drill .
25 Yet it can sometimes make things bloody difficult . ’
26 Tens of millions of passengers pass through busy airports like London 's Heathrow every year , which can sometimes make travellers furious , but not very fast .
27 In fact , I think in Bournemouth you can actually make locals on Mercury now at the normal rate which is good !
28 As well as being able to select from an even wider range of information , Prestel customers can actually make bookings and have them confirmed and will , increasingly , be able to buy a wide range of goods and services using their credit cards to pay .
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