Example sentences of "[be] make out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a clear day the Black Mountains of Wales can even be made out to the north-east . |
| 2 | Checks for the above publications should be made out to the Good Housekeeping Institute . |
| 3 | There was money to be made out of the destruction of pests in a country place . |
| 4 | The body louse may lay its eggs in clothing or bedding , while the head louse , like the crab louse , cements its eggs on to hairs forming ‘ nits ’ , which are the size of a pin-head and can just be made out with the naked eye . |
| 5 | It also presents the most difficult problem for those who , like myself , are convinced on practical grounds that a sufficient case can not be made out for the restoration of capital punishment . |
| 6 | It is sobering to reflect that a case could be made out for the judgment that the last extensive exercise of the English poetic sensibility was Wordsworth 's Prelude . ’ |
| 7 | A case can be made out for the 1918 election as a Unionist victory rather than a coalition victory . |
| 8 | However , it is necessary to consider this in a little more detail , for it might be argued that a rather better case could be made out for the materialist theory than the dismissive remarks of the preceding section seem to suggest , provided certain additional facts are taken into consideration . |
| 9 | But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today . |
| 10 | Molassi had passed through a tiny opening that could just be made out in the dim light . |
| 11 | The Needles could just be made out in the distance . |
| 12 | Now one of the tall windows on the front room stands open to the warm evening air , but there is nothing to be made out in the darkness of the room beyond . |