Example sentences of "[modal v] make [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say , as Mr Hibbert did , that statisticians can not publicly dispute any misleading use politicians may make of official information is a weaselly argument . |
| 2 | The position of BAT leaders as assessors , funders and evaluators of projects and their role as the key link to other sectors of government may make for administrative efficiency . |
| 3 | It may make for easier government and public convenience to restrict the tradition of marching and assembling for protest , but it would be a dangerous and a foolish idea to believe that public protest can somehow be laid aside as belonging to a bygone age . |
| 4 | In his poetry , Wordsworth uses the language of faith years before his ‘ prose mind ’ can accept Christian doctrine ; this is why his ‘ conversion ’ is impossible to date , and why there is so much divergence between the poetic and prose statements he may make at any stage in his progress . |
| 5 | Erm the reasons that we were er anxious about this allocation to Harrogate erm stemmed from the point that I think somebody should make on this occasion and that is that it does seem there are two local authorities within North Yorkshire that have particularly distinguished er issues to deal with on employment . |
| 6 | In theory , this should make for greater understanding between the two , but teenagers are usually deeply absorbed in their own body and mood changes and have every excuse for not realizing that their mothers are suffering similarly and need some consideration too . |
| 7 | That they should make of one body a site where the variousness of all other bodies is in some way received . |
| 8 | For Quine there are data and there is theory , and whatever desirable internal characteristics the theory may have , its justification is achieved , if at all , in the way our verificationalist semantics taught us that it should be ; that is , by appeal to the difference that the truth of the theory should make to possible experience and by direct ( strong ) verification of whether experience does in fact go the way the theory says it should . |
| 9 | I asked Mrs a question about the appropriate approach that I should make to this site in her opinion . |
| 10 | That might make for excellent drama — but be prepared for it . |
| 11 | There are two responses that defenders of the behavioural approach might make to this argument . |
| 12 | I wonder what Johnson might make of this press release from the British architects RMJM ? |
| 13 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |
| 14 | The only point I 'd make on that sir , you 'll see from that that the ten mile limit does extend across the county boundary into Humberside . |
| 15 | Editing could make for better sound . |
| 16 | The unintended consequences of the diminished role of the MCC were to erode the very functions of Field Chairs which made the post worthwhile , to make them less informed by removing opportunity for MCC debate and replacing it with reports of MMRC , debates , and to reduce the contribution that fields could make to Modular Course development . |
| 17 | Even as far back as 1978 the white paper on the nationalized industries welcomed the development of audit committees and the contribution they could make to improved efficiency . |
| 18 | There are various complaints one could make about this division , most of which are justified . |
| 19 | Towards the end of our conversation he asked me what use I would make of documented evidence that the Japs in Burma had a far-reaching plan to destroy the Buddhist system of monasteries and monks . |
| 20 | The only exception I would make to this rule is if there are special guests who actually should be ‘ on-show ’ because they enhance the programme , for whatever reason . |
| 21 | When it was first mooted that maybe a team of Tropical Plants staff would make for good television on Busman 's Holiday , several folk were keen to take part . |
| 22 | ‘ Slower speeds , fewer accidents ’ Parked cars on roads surrounding Darlington Memorial Hospital would make for fewer car accidents . |
| 23 | They can calculate not only how much business I 'm doing but exactly how much money they will make on each piece of business . |
| 24 | This will make for greater safety for pupils of Currie High School crossing the road . |
| 25 | This will make for greater safety for pupils of Currie High School crossing the road . |
| 26 | Some of my colleagues will regard this gesture on the part of the Board with pleasure that will make for whole-hearted co-operation on their part . |
| 27 | But see the difficulties the riders will make for each other . |
| 28 | The fact is , transition to the simpler rules will involve costs , though at the end of the day it will make for more cost effective regulation than the present encyclopedias . ’ |
| 29 | Sitting at right-angles to them ( on either side of the corner of a table ) or even alongside them will make for more harmony . |
| 30 | Differing constraint structures , we might expect , will make for different performance . |