Example sentences of "and [v-ing] to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fast and clever , Roy was a typical inside man of his day , but he was better than most and had a successful career with Palace , providing the ideal foil to the mercurial Johnny Byrne and helping to make us a respected side in Division 3 before leaving for Portsmouth in the summer of 1963 . |
| 2 | Plain curtains can be decorated lavishly with braid , cord and fringing to make an eyecatching feature |
| 3 | For 16 months , like a prince in medieval England who succeeds to the throne before he comes of age , he was tied to a particular past and regime , hedged by his predecessor 's courtiers and advisers , living through his minority and aching to make his own mark . |
| 4 | It will normally be in the best interests of a child of sufficient age and understanding to make an informed decision that the court should respect its integrity as a human being and not lightly override its decision on such a personal matter as medical treatment , all the more so if that treatment is invasive . |
| 5 | Section 34(2) provides for the application to be made by the authority or the child and the question has been raised whether the child , in that context , means the child himself if he is of sufficient age and understanding to make the application . |
| 6 | The idea of proceeding the other way round — discovering what we do well , and whole-heartedly , and contriving to make a living by it — seldom occurs . |
| 7 | It 's about being young and terribly embarrassed and wanting to make an impression but not knowing what it is . |
| 8 | If business is all about making money and wanting to make money , why be a lecturer in a business school ? |
| 9 | The solution is now ‘ supersaturated ’ , ready and waiting to make crystals , but with no seed crystals to start the process going . |
| 10 | It was economical , thought Lydia , and reassuring to make your dwelling place of the same indigenous material as your grave . |
| 11 | Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan says and I might say so , slightly mischievously , well after all he 's going to appoint the appointers and going to make the short list , short list for the Right My Right Honourable Friend to appoint , but of course somebody 's got to appoint the appointers and er that would be done by the by my Right Honourable Friend , but that does n't mean to say for goodness sake that they 're in his pocket . |
| 12 | Last week , the hon. Gentleman was trying to be a lawyer and attempting to make me read out on the floor of the House a document that he wanted me to table . |
| 13 | By the second year three of the districts were moving towards what Ham and Matthews call " real " purchasing : needs assessment , evaluating service effectiveness , establishing priorities and beginning to make changes in ways which take account of consumer views ( Ham and Matthews 1991 : 21 ) . |
| 14 | We are used to fitting into ready-made jobs ; the idea of finding out what we do well , and aiming to make a living by it , rarely occurs |
| 15 | Often , too , this team is dealing in material which ICI will sell before it even gets it — and aiming to make a profit thereby . |
| 16 | He 's known as a bit of a trouble-maker but he 's really helping and striving to make things work well . |
| 17 | You can either be very timid and start in a small way , building it up gradually and expecting to make a profit in the first year . |
| 18 | It added that the committee would consult the Scottish Museums and the Scottish Arts Council before making any decisions on ‘ restructuring staffing arrangements and proceeding to make an appointment ’ . |
| 19 | If it had diminished then , disbelieving the evidence and wishing to make sure , the radiologists might have another go . |
| 20 | The rules of intestacy are very rigid and neglecting to make a proper will can have serious consequences for those whom you might wish to benefit . |
| 21 | But despite his personal problems , in true show business style Les Dawson always carried on working , hiding his own sadness and suffering to make others laugh . |
| 22 | Until he won the Paris Open earlier this month — where he also beat world No 1 Courier — he was n't even certain to qualify for this ‘ best eight ’ in the world ’ tournament , having fallen to 10th in the rankings for the first time in eight years , and failing to make a Grand Slam final for the first time in five . |
| 23 | He did n't like the tedious business of routine , and rapidly became notorious in the group for missing meetings and failing to make appointments . |
| 24 | Medical help is not then the main requirement , but it may be relevant : advice , advocacy and co-operating to make new resources available may all be deeply appreciated . |
| 25 | Long before Quex died , however , Edward Carrington had discovered better reasons than inter-service rivalry and backstabbing to make him doubt the quality of the organization he had been so proud to join . |
| 26 | Britain was still recovering from the long hard years of the second World War and the population had long felt the pinch of rationing and having to make do . |
| 27 | They 'll , they 'll be happy with this situation with fielders around the bat and having to make decisions . |
| 28 | Peter Mantle thinks so , and MEG is heartened by the fact that the handful of farmers in the area who are sitting on the fence and hoping to make a fast punt out of an imminent El Dorado are outnumbered by a mass of people for whom gold holds no allure . |
| 29 | Ludens , very stirred , very touched , by these precious and unexpected outpourings , and hoping to make them continue , said , ‘ But did you get on well with your father ? |
| 30 | Playing with the things I 've learned from Diebenkorn , and hoping to make it back to London next year . |