Example sentences of "might [adv] make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Developments in China , on the other hand , might just make a difference . |
| 2 | Even after paying £6,000 over 10 years , you might still make a loss — though Equitable paid £12,877 , and several other companies paid more than £9,000 . |
| 3 | Although the agricultural departments may make competent judgements about the suitability of hill land for agriculture or forestry it is difficult to comprehend how they might also make an assessment of the potential wider impact of a change in land use without considerably more evidence than is currently available . |
| 4 | He might even make a strong and able king , for he had his virtues , even though being a good husband was scarcely one of them ! |
| 5 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 6 | Having a nosy reporter around might well make a difference . |
| 7 | Port Glasgow and Leith , the main centres of trade , were the ports with the best-paid officers , but equally , they would also require the greatest amount of work from the incumbents , who would be much more under the eye of the supervisory staff based at Edinburgh , which might well make a less well-paid , but remote , port more attractive to the more independent officers . |
| 8 | Looked as though she might well make a good Vicar 's wife . ’ |
| 9 | A subordinate might therefore make a well-informed decision to win a short-term advantage when a different decision would have been preferable in the longer-term view . |
| 10 | She guessed it would be Nicky Kai , eager to hear her singing the praises of her beloved island once more , and she might be willing to stay and share the light supper she had been planning for herself as it was Sunday , the one evening of the week on which Florian might occasionally make a concession to the fact of his breakfast show slot and retire soon after dark . |