Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flashes of hostility between them could only make things worse . |
| 2 | They may also make projections as to their own future behaviour and the likely response of other international participants , in the expectation that a treaty between other States will be performed . |
| 3 | Therefore they must necessarily make reference to that history . |
| 4 | But it 's the war , ’ she added without guile , and because the chief had taken a liking to the woman with the thick Liverpool accent who met her gaze without flinching , she told them to cut along to the galley ; if they were lucky they might just make standeasy . |
| 5 | But once these new mechanisms are in place , managers are left with little guidance from business ethicists about how , precisely , they might best make use of them . |
| 6 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 7 | Thus if they sold the same number of beds next year they would only make £3,000 assuming they bought all those beds at the current price . |
| 8 | Even if firms were completely market orientated , they would still make errors of judgement from time to time . |
| 9 | Raised beds make attractive garden features , and if you are beginning to find that bending is difficult , they can also make gardening a more practical and pleasurable hobby in the years ahead . |
| 10 | However , they can equally make people or other animals extremely ill , perhaps fatally so , if they are eaten . |
| 11 | By so doing they can often make modifications which buy off subsequent opposition . |