Example sentences of "[prep] make their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six weeks after making their solemn covenant-pledge with God the people are clamouring for a replica of the old gods of Egypt . |
| 2 | A spokesman for the British UN forces in Vitez said the men gave themselves up into their protection after making their way from Travnik , where they had been held . |
| 3 | When he graduated Hugo took a succession of low-paid jobs in 7th Avenue and the optimism with which he had set out began to be dimmed by the sheer sick-making banality of what he had to do — cutting samples in the disgusting fabrics with which the greedy cutthroat manufacturers he worked for made their living . |
| 4 | From her knowledge of the artists ' attitudes to their work , she pointed to the part that uncertainties played in the process of making their sculpture . |
| 5 | In the challengers ' section Japan 's odds of making their finals plunged when her boom snapped six minutes before the start against Il Moro di Venezia . |
| 6 | ( v ) In redrafting their writing , pupils should be encouraged to think about ways of making their meaning clear to their intended reader . |
| 7 | An incurable optimist , she was sure that they would find some way of making their living , but she knew that her sister was afraid they would n't — and in that case , of course , they would have to let the cottage , and separate after all . |
| 8 | The Reives are kind and solicitous hosts who obviously enjoy the challenge of making their guests ' holidays as relaxing and pleasant as possible . |
| 9 | THE NATIONAL RAILWAY Museum 's library is pioneering a new method of making their extensive negative collection available to the public . |
| 10 | If the doctrine was broken and officials could explain their views freely in public , then ministers would have the much more formidable task of making their case against men who were seized of the key counterpoints and who knew that their arguments were accepted by many in the ministry . |
| 11 | Although he became critical of the methods of the old bone-setters , and especially of their views on diseases of the joints , he had learned from watching his father 's manipulative practices , and in his workshop he followed their practice of making their own splints . |
| 12 | Demands were now being made that the people , or at least the educated and property-owning classes , be given more effective means of making their wishes felt . |
| 13 | The banks want us to pay them for the privilege of making their money from our money . |
| 14 | This is intended to publish a wide range of action research and related studies , with the aim of making their outcomes widely available and exemplifying the variety of possible styles of reporting ( ie not just another narrow , jargon-laden talking shop for academics ) . |
| 15 | Er nearer to home we 've recently have adopted a similar strategy of making their . |
| 16 | Spokesman told the News Motoring Column : ‘ On average AA members are back on the road within 62 minutes of making their call for help . ’ |
| 17 | It is important that recruits have experience of living away from their home area and that they are independent people capable of making their own decisions . |
| 18 | Emigrants — what proportion of them we do not know — dreamed of making their pile abroad and returning home , rich and respected , to their native villages . |
| 19 | Free men on the frontiers of industry , shocking the respectable of all classes , the heroes of an unofficial folklore of masculinity , they played the same sort of role as sailors and frontier miners and prospectors , though earning more than the ones , and lacking the others ' hope of making their fortune . |
| 20 | A circular from the Department of Environment has encouraged councils to think of ways of making their area more attractive to visitors . |
| 21 | In contrast with the patient and virtuous English , the French were portrayed as , at best , dissembling , unscrupulous and bellicose ; in fact , the patriotic exuberance of some clergy so overwhelmed Christian charity that they had to be warned against making their prayers too bloodthirsty ! |
| 22 | His restriction of liberty and her impending removal to Portsmouth and the Wrens looked like making their relationship another casualty of war . |
| 23 | Birds like making their nests there because it 's so quiet and safe . |
| 24 | The Woolleys have channelled all their creative effort into making their house a work of art |
| 25 | However , in April 1988 Teo , along with eight other original " conspirators " , issued a public statement claiming that they had been coerced into making their televised confessions [ see p. 36353 ] . |
| 26 | Several of them showed signs of injury , leading to claims in the US and the UK that they had been coerced into making their statements . |
| 27 | It is normal for a transfer price to be imposed and then to let the divisions get on with making their own decisions . |
| 28 | There is however , no justification in making their establishment an essential pre-condition for initiating rural development programmes . |
| 29 | May we try to play some part in making their task easier . |
| 30 | In making their choice for the use of land , farmers have thought like this . |