Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] make [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) . |
| 2 | Here the public law validity of the rule would make it a relevant ( although not conclusive ) factor in the determination of the content of the common law or equitable rule in that particular context . |
| 3 | The chemical companies are also betting that the Greenhouse Effect will make them a killing . |
| 4 | Thames Valley police are hoping their action will make it an unhappy time for thieves . |
| 5 | Deregulation could make it an exciting prospect , as Mary Fagan reports |
| 6 | The self-styled Scottish convention was self-appointed and is unrepresentative , and the introduction of tax-raising powers for Scotland would make it the highest-taxed part of the United Kingdom and would destroy and inward investment that has done so much for its standard of life . |
| 7 | Walker 's ball skills could make him the ideal link between Tim Horan , who switched from centre to fly-half when Lynagh damaged his shoulder against Ireland , and Little . |
| 8 | But his ability to avoid any obvious stereotype could make him an attractive candidate for Labour members worried that the leadership election is being orchestrated to Mr Smith 's advantage . |
| 9 | ‘ Grey ’ issues of money occur whenever enterprises that are short of funds to pay their obligations insist that the banks should make them the necessary advances to restore their ‘ liquidity ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ He should then become more of a team player than just a superb individual , and maybe that shift will make him a lot more attractive to a lot of people , ’ he added , apparently alluding to England manager Graham Taylor . |
| 11 | From this stage until the plants are large enough to take care of themselves , filamentous algae may make itself a nuisance , becoming entangled in the delicate young foliage . |
| 12 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 13 | Its combined output will make it the second biggest in Britain . |
| 14 | " Still , I guess her head will make us an unusual little trophy . " |
| 15 | The form of Royal Gait 's narrow defeat of Oh So Risky in the Champion will make him a very short price today , but he should not be opposed despite a lengthy lay-off . |
| 16 | This view of scientific theories may make me an instrumentalist or a positivist — as I have said above , I have been called both . |
| 17 | Willsford , Riverside Boy and Richard Dunwoody 's expected mount Wo n't be Gone Long are others to look at but I feel that the class of Chatam could make him the bet of the race . |
| 18 | Acting independently Tilda Swinton 's latest film role could make her a star , not just a darling of the avant-garde . |
| 19 | How to fit specific hilltops into a statistical model is a problem , but the predictability of the pattern would make it a useful tool in evaluating leys . |
| 20 | If the company did , then sales would no doubt increase , but the costs of achieving those sales would make it an unprofitable exercise . |
| 21 | Besides , jumping bail would make her a criminal . |
| 22 | The latter , who had helped clear a space and set up the seating , had so enjoyed it they said that if the vicar would make it an annual event he could count on their support , they would organise their outing to coincide with it . |
| 23 | SOUTH Africa 's re-entry of the rugby scene promises much extra interest ( their general approach could make them the ‘ French ’ of the Southern Hemisphere ) , but I was concerned to see that a few of them , Naas Botha in particular , were wearing shoulder pads . |
| 24 | At a meeting of local Serbian leaders in Orašac , in mid February , the thirty-six-year-old Djordje Petrović ( Karadjordje ) was asked to lead the rebellion , although legend has it that he twice refused , excusing himself on the ground that his violent temper would make him an unsuitable leader . |
| 25 | Their proposed bill would make it a criminal offence to plant surveillance devices on private property to gain personal information , and an offence to take long-distance photos of people on private property — such as those of the Duchess of York topless with her ‘ financial adviser ’ , John Bryan , last year . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend the Member for Leicestershire , North-West and the ordeal suffered by the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West will make it a matter , rightly , for public debate . |
| 27 | The drawback is that if your debt is under £3000 you can only recover your costs on the County Court scale and the difference in scale can make it an expensive exercise . |
| 28 | Who can save the world now ? 99 tea of course — slip a few tea bags into his utility belt tonight , Alfred can make him a cup downstairs . |
| 29 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which has n't said yet if it 's using NT , has Microsoft helping it support HP 's 4mm digital audio tape ( DAT ) drives for backup and archiving : Microsoft Corp will make it an icon on the NT screen . |
| 30 | But a more puritan era of egalitarian austerity could make them a lot shyer — and for some time to come . |