Example sentences of "make out a " in BNC.

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1 The Commission observed that it was held in the order of 10 October 1989 in Commission of the European Communities v. United Kingdom ( Case 246/89 R ) [ 1989 ] E.C.R. 3125 that it had made out a prima facie case for its view on the nationality requirements .
2 It was held that C had made out a prima facie case of unlawful interference with its contract with B , notwithstanding that the direct inducement was not , as in Stratford v. Lindley , one step removed from the contract but three steps removed .
3 Traditionally , literary criticism — which generally has supported the conservative idea of the period as a time of disruption and rebellion has made out a case for the poem 's balanced quality in praising both Cromwell and Charles I. Marvell may have later been an employee of Cromwell 's Latin Secretariat , but his poem shows an independent impartiality which avoids political commitment .
4 A. You can still make out a Deed of Covenant , and send the money directly to Save the Children by Postal Order .
5 ‘ AT THE top of Wears Hill we could just make out a signpost , pointing inland to Ashley Chase .
6 The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks .
7 Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car .
8 I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive .
9 The light gradually faded , allowing a clearer view of the craft — Bash could now make out a thin outline , a panel or … a door !
10 As they drew nearer John could just make out a plate on which the number 173 was discernible .
11 I could make out a couple of dozen large buildings .
12 Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell .
13 The area had been given an unfair image by ‘ so far as I can make out a group of tearaways who are , at the moment , completely uncontrollable .
14 Maura could see Terry 's lips moving but could not make out a word .
15 One may make a comparison here with his attitude towards the poor ; for one could evidently make out a case that , in relation to the poor , he preached the need for revolution .
16 But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway .
17 As illustrated in Figure 1.9 , we can make out a number of levels more basic than this ; the electronic circuits themselves , the logical functions ( such as gates and flipflops ) , and the functional units ( such as adders and registers ) .
18 As Millett J. observed in In re Tucker ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1988 ] 1 W.L.R. 497 , 502B , the plaintiff must make out a sufficiently strong case to justify his being given leave .
19 In the dim upper reaches of the roof , she could now make out a cylindrical object with a dulled metallic glint .
20 The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees .
21 And David Evans , all white and stammering , do n't you tell me my father 's a bloody animal I 've got to kick out of the way , and G.P. saying I 've never hurt an animal in my life , you can always make out a case for hurting human beings , but human animals deserve every sympathy .
22 I could make out a younger Conchis in the centre , wearing a straw hat and shorts , and there was one woman , a peasant-woman , though not Maria , because she was Maria 's age in the photo and it was plainly twenty or thirty years old .
23 I could make out a sort of close-fitting purple cap on the back of her head .
24 Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat .
25 The curving windows at the stern are freckled with spray ; through one of them you can make out a set of fat capstans and a listless macaroni of sodden rope .
26 We could vaguely make out a few buildings as we caught the bubble up to La Saulire , and then headed down into Courchevel .
27 The cubicle was thick with fragranced fog but he could just make out a dark hunched shape on the floor near the door .
28 You concealed knowledge of a deserter , you actually helped him stay deserted , and They can make out a case for saying you still are .
29 Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable .
30 At Procedure Roll a defender may , very occasionally , succeed in persuading a Court that the pursuer 's case is so hopeless that it is not worth allowing evidence to be heard because even if that evidence was heard , it would not make out a case which would entitle the pursuer to succeed .
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