Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] could make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there 's a few sort of non-local calls I could make to get |
| 2 | Through the haze of half-closed eyes she could make out his face hovering darkly over her . |
| 3 | By taking six simple steps you could make your home snug fur half the price . |
| 4 | If they strained their eyes they could make out the clusters of houses and farmyards that were Suardal to the north , the pencil-thin bars of smoke already rising from them and the meagre herds moving across the open country like ants . |
| 5 | A touch of restraint on his horse 's reins to reduce its gallop and an extravagant sign of the cross were the best amends he could make this time for his inability to comply . |
| 6 | Perhaps I was showing too many teeth which could make me appear roguish and untrustworthy . |
| 7 | If you feel more comfortable having at least a visual dividing line between sitting and dining areas you could make a dividing ‘ wall ’ with a low storage unit . |
| 8 | Most of the criticisms one could make concern errors of omission rather than of commission . |
| 9 | That could cause difficulties and if such an inhibition operated which did not apply to other bus companies it could make it difficult for management-employee buy-out teams to raise funds . |
| 10 | But why would anyone choose to buy pornography with performers who could make Roseanne and Tom Arnold seem sexy ? |
| 11 | She still wanted to look as she did in waking life , but there were improvements she could make . |
| 12 | Adam had been right about the contacts she could make , but her mind was no longer in tune with business this evening . |
| 13 | ‘ I started training modest horses and in those days you could make it pay by running them in selling races . ’ |
| 14 | We welcome suggestions for any further improvements we could make , so please let us know your views . |
| 15 | The other exception to accept the erm the the savings identified as possibilities relate to item thirty structural and maintenance of of the roads we could make a cut of of half a million . |
| 16 | what other things you could make just by multiplying these together now . |
| 17 | She did not know what assumptions she could make . |
| 18 | He was fortunate in having few relatives who could make any serious encroachment on his endowments : he had no brothers ; his uncle Jasper died in 1495 ; and his elder son Arthur died in 1502 , leaving him with only one surviving son for whom provision had to be made . |
| 19 | If only we could draw in nine dimensions we could make each dimension correspond to one of the nine genes . |
| 20 | But what I , I specifically worded this , what actions we could make , could take to make progress |
| 21 | The muffled bellows were the only sounds he could make as his face was pushed closer and closer to the glowing rings . |
| 22 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Volmac Software Groep NV , 58%-owned by Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , which reported a 37.8% decline in 1992 net profits , said that in view of uncertain market conditions it could make no forecast for 1993 ; the net profit was depressed by extraordinary charges from the integration of Volmac and Cap Gemini 's Benelux operations ; the 7.4% fall in turnover exceeded the 6.1% decline in the number of employees ; the results were still better than expected and the shares jumped 19% on the Amsterdam stock exchange . |
| 23 | See how many different ways you could make three sixty . |
| 24 | It would be equally grave if it had been a burglary charge but he was facing one of the most serious allegations you could make . |
| 25 | Even during World War II , a very large proportion of child care ( and the entire work of housework and shopping ) remained the province of the women worker , subject to whatever private arrangements she could make with friends and relatives . |
| 26 | Are there any helpful comments you could make ? |
| 27 | Contact with famous name international firms undoubtedly encourages local manufacturers , impressed by the demonstration effect of the success of prestigious foreign firms , to consider seriously the uses they could make of the new technologies . |
| 28 | Therefore , most of the King 's resources must have been bound up in those ships and the various uses he could make of them . |
| 29 | Organisers boasted of a technically unsurpassed ‘ compact ’ Games which could make a profit of £65 million . |
| 30 | Of course , there is a place for one or two chief executives , but I can think of several names , which I will not mention , of former Labour and Conservative council leaders who could make an enormous contribution . |