Example sentences of "could [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flashes of hostility between them could only make things worse . |
| 2 | Labour 's policies , which are partly monopoly and partly over-regulatory , and aim to damage the industry 's profits and investments , could only make matters worse . |
| 3 | It could only make recommendations that did not challenge the basic structure of the system . |
| 4 | You could feel the crowd willing it in but it did n't make it and I was beginning to feel it was slipping away , and especially when we could only make par at the 17th . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ He connected a wire to his computer , ran it under the carpet downstairs and soldered it on to the line so he could still make calls . |
| 7 | What ‘ sociological punch ’ had amounted to was that actors could still make films work . |
| 8 | Really , if such a preposterous notion could ever make sense Everything fitted . |
| 9 | It could also make loops , which , although they could be sewn in during making up , would spoil the smoothness of the work which is the main purpose of partial knitting . |
| 10 | Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months ! |
| 11 | It could also make process of up-dating too demanding to sustain . |
| 12 | ‘ We could really make waves ! |
| 13 | Only the experience of freedom could now makes slaves fit for it . |
| 14 | Such individuals counselling is not very suitable for covering in this feature because advice which may apply to one case of aggression may not apply to another … and so could even make matters worse , or put owners at risk . |
| 15 | It could well make life more awkward for ministers . |
| 16 | The bank could then make loans to third party investors contingent upon all or part of the loan being used to purchase shares in those companies underwritten by the securities affiliate . |
| 17 | I could never make head or tails of that . |
| 18 | We could sell his story but we could never make money from other people 's suffering … ’ |
| 19 | But Surere could never make love to a woman . |
| 20 | She just lay thinking how wonderful it would be if she could actually make Pete notice her . |
| 21 | Proof that investing in energy saving measures could actually make sense to an electricity producer came from an American expert . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be great if we could come up with a way of treating some disorders , we could actually make use of cannabis in some way therapeutically , that would be tremendous . ’ |