Example sentences of "can [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've done various things on my computer today and I can successfully make ASCII files . |
| 2 | After all , one can only make peace with one 's enemies . |
| 3 | Many Foundations etc. can only make donations to non profit-making organisations , 2 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | What we also see is a description of this underlying God which can only make sense in personal terms . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Personal spirituality can only make progress if it is in partnership with social spirituality . |
| 10 | Tell that to Mike Teague , who can only make money if he can work . |
| 11 | Under the current wording of the legislation , companies can only make profits from supplying electricity and building new power stations . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The conference has no other powers , it can only make recommendations . |
| 15 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 16 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | or you can ha , tap another code in and it 'll only make local calls and another code you can only make nationals |
| 19 | But eventually the truth will emerge in areas where now we can only make guesses . |
| 20 | On the other hand , there are those who have only an imperfect formal competence in a language but who by a combination of guesswork and intuition can somehow make contact with the aesthetic qualities of a foreign poem . |
| 21 | I erm I 'll make , I can easily make Charlie feel guilty cos he , I mean he 's a bit of a try-hard , you know , he thinks he 's a lad but I mean underneath I think he does feel something sometimes . |
| 22 | P&O Roadtanks ' safety record is excellent but if one of their vehicles gets into trouble — be it breakdown , crash or spillage — police and fire services can quickly make contact with key personnel who are on call day or night . |
| 23 | The sudsy water continues working while it is slippery and you can still make bubbles by agitating it , no matter how grotty it looks . |
| 24 | However , remember that in working with check lists it is n't crucial , to start with , if you ca n't arrive at an exact technical phonetic description straight off — as long as you can distinguish between same and different you can still make progress . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I mean , one can always make conditions . |
| 27 | His successor , Yuri Andropov , who died after only 15 months in office , initiated a national debate on reform , though still in guarded terms ( today 's undergraduate students who have become accustomed to Gorbachev 's candour can hardly make sense of an Andropov speech — yet at the time his pronouncements seemed rich in fresh insights ) . |
| 28 | We can usually make visits to the set and take our own pictures . |
| 29 | You may want your partner to know that there is something important you want to discuss , so that you can both make time in advance . |
| 30 | Raised beds make attractive garden features , and if you are beginning to find that bending is difficult , they can also make gardening a more practical and pleasurable hobby in the years ahead . |