Example sentences of "[noun] can [adv] make [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The agent can also make a deal with the promoter on the gross and not the net figures .
2 Retributivism claims that it is in some way morally right to return evil for evil , that two wrongs can somehow make a right .
3 Boss Laughton insists his troubled team can still make a charge for the Stones Bitter First Division title .
4 It is suggested that this is an addition to a breach of CA 1985 , s263 which provides that the vendor can only make a distribution out of profits available for the purpose .
5 Shifts in population can soon make a nonsense of the best efforts of the boundary commissions and it is not at all unusual for the largest constituency to be over three times the size of the smallest .
6 A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) .
7 ‘ One rotten apple can soon make a basket o' maggots , lad , ’ said the Old Stager crisply .
8 Despite the sympathy expressed by the judge in court , there is no way in which that business man can legally make a claim against the Northern Ireland Office .
9 ( 6 ) The Panel can also make a report of any wrongdoing to the DTI which may then use its own extensive powers to investigate the matter .
10 Cheerful little odds and ends arranged with flair can often make a room seem far more interesting than much grander collections .
11 As a facilitator of management activities this imposes an opportunity — cost framework in that it encourages the reappraising of how differing expenditure patterns can best make a contribution to achieving organisational objectives .
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