Example sentences of "[noun] to make [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many men ( but few women ) deny the existence of subtle impediments that make it particularly difficult for women , blacks , Hispanics and even those talented Asians to make it to the top . |
| 2 | Northern Ireland are all but out of the competition , needing a miracle to make it to the US , Scotland are already out and Wales are still in with a chance . |
| 3 | There is an urgent need to improve the training of our young people to make them among the best trained in Europe , in the skills needed for industry , for the present and for the future . |
| 4 | And then he did it again in 1944 , that time from east to west , the first man to make it across the top of Canada in both directions . |
| 5 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
| 6 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 7 | I would just about have the strength to make it through the gates — to the rest and smoke which I badly needed because my legs were beginning to seize up . |
| 8 | However , Britain struggled elsewhere with Christian Burge , fourth on the boys sailboard , the only other team member to make it into the top half of the fleet . |
| 9 | This statement was approved by the law officers , who very properly insisted that Profumo should also be advised by his own independent solicitor ( a partner in the well-known firm of Theodore Goddard ) who , having read the statement , also approved it and recommended Profumo to make it to the House . |
| 10 | Yinka , a World Championship Finalist twelve months ago , overcame glandular fever earlier this year to make it to the Olympics . |
| 11 | He tips the giant striker to make it to the top . |
| 12 | Both potting department sides beat teams from the dipping house and glost warehouse in a league table to make it to the final . |
| 13 | Oh yes and a filter to make it like the cap of my handcream tube looking out of my handbag and on the dressing-table . |
| 14 | It could be worse — you could live in the US where a would-be president must prove to be an Olympiad to make it to the White House . |