Example sentences of "[noun] can [adv] make [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking can only make use of the patterns we have acquired in the past . |
| 2 | From a practical point of view the cost of administration can often make interest charging and collecting more of a minus than a plus . |
| 3 | Personal spirituality can only make progress if it is in partnership with social spirituality . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 7 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And the problem is exacerbated with the level of competition on the market increasing all the time — many hardware vendors , for example , are trying to boost dwindling profits by moving into this arena — many observers question whether IBM Corp can actually make money from facilities management . |