Example sentences of "can make [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 Eight-inch ( 20 cm ) flying lizards that live in the forests of Sumatra , Java and Borneo can make glides of up to 66 ft ( 20 m ) on membranes supported by elongated ribs that spread out from the body in flight .
2 Master locksmiths can make duplicates of most keys — including those for cars , safes , padlocks , etc .
3 In some systems of law the disability of persons under full age is helped out by the powers of the parent or guardian , who can represent the child , and , by acting on his behalf or giving concurrence to his acts , can make dispositions of his property and contracts binding on him .
4 Whenever conditions arise in which a new kind of replicator can make copies of itself , the new replicators will tend to take over , and start a new kind of evolution of their own .
5 From this reserve and from the immediate disposal of existing assets , trusts can make acquisitions of new assets .
6 Heartshaped pastrycutters can make candykisses of common or garden cookiemix .
7 New volunteers who may not be aware of hospital policy can make errors of judgment .
8 As Kassalow argues , ‘ without a fair understanding of the social , economic and political setting of the industrial relations system in a given country one can make errors of analysis or judgment , or , even more likely , learn only half truths about the significance of particular industrial relations policies or practices in a foreign country ’ ( 1968 : 99 ; cf. Shalev 1980 : 40 ) .
9 You could you could make loads I can make loads of them !
10 Where they can make cups of tea or snacks for themselves .
11 Despite the fact that they are at the most 6 in ( 15 cm ) long , they can make leaps of up to 6 ft ( 1.8 m ) .
12 This means in effect that , provided both partners are taking advantage of their full exemption limit , a couple can make gains of £11,600 a year free of capital gains tax .
13 Feminist psychology 's predominantly numerical approach to sex differences and the psychology of women , can make issues of methodology and theory seem irrelevant .
14 You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations .
15 These are things that we can measure ; we can make measurements of the welfare of an animal ; the term ‘ welfare ’ refers to its state , and its state in particular in respect of its attempts to cope with its environment .
16 There is a range of behavioural methods which animals use to try to cope with the conditions , and again we can make measurements of how much they are having to use these .
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