Example sentences of "would [adv] make [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear that she was n't wanted by Charlotte , and if Ernest did want her with them , then that would only make matters worse . |
| 2 | It would only make matters worse , she said . |
| 3 | Explanations would only make matters ten times worse . |
| 4 | Such a step , he said , would only make matters worse . |
| 5 | While the Treasury was warning of a " continuing mountain of difficulties " for some years to come , the Foreign Office argued that to reduce overseas commitments would only make matters worse . |
| 6 | But the flexibility would obviously make jobs ‘ more secure ’ . |
| 7 | But again , it is no use just burning sugars : that would merely make things hot . |
| 8 | Or perhaps anything you said would just make things worse ? ’ |
| 9 | Their unpicking of our trade union law reforms , which would deliberately make strikes easier , longer and more frequent , their support for every last dot and comma of the European Commission 's social action programme , just one directive of which could add £5 billion to the costs of British employers — |
| 10 | Even if firms were completely market orientated , they would still make errors of judgement from time to time . |
| 11 | Mr Blunkett also says the conservatives replacement for the poll tax , the council tax would still make families worse off than labours scheme . |
| 12 | But on the other hand , the approach would also make learners realize ( in the sense of recognize ) the significance of grammar , and raise their consciousness of its relevance . |
| 13 | An increase in transfer of power from the state to local government would also make institutions more accountable . |
| 14 | The council would also make arrangements to collect damaged food stuffs from commercial premises . |
| 15 | One chieftain , Wittikind , fled north to take refuge with the Danes , a race hardly known to the Franks at that time , but who would later make inroads into the empire . |
| 16 | Several years ago , I embarked on a course in life drawing at a reputable London college , where the tutor would often make comments such as , ‘ Splash it on , art is purely self-indulgence ! ’ |
| 17 | Several years ago , I embarked on a course in life drawing at a reputable London college , where the tutor would often make comments such as , ‘ Splash it on , art is purely self-indulgence ! ’ |
| 18 | Remember that one of these options is to do nothing , though you may well feel that this is one of those cases where this course of action ( or in action ) would simply make matters worse . |
| 19 | But although there may be little that another Tory government could do to lower interest rates , Labour would undoubtedly make matters worse . |
| 20 | Already she knew him well enough to realise he would never make threats he was n't prepared to carry out . |