Example sentences of "can make [pron] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | Environment Guardian analyses this week 's proposals All muck but little money POLLUTION : The plans read well , says Julie Hill , but there is little evidence that the Government can make them work . |
| 2 | The Japanese take more trouble to find out how the US system really works , and who can make it work for them . |
| 3 | Four times people at higher levels tried to kill it off , and four times the people working on it came back and fought for it , argued for it , provided justification and evidence for why it should continue : ‘ Just give us a little more time ; we know we can make it work . ’ |
| 4 | but you 're the only one who can make it work by practising it and by trying it . |
| 5 | Our unfortunate young friend seems to know the principle , whether he can make it work or not . ’ |
| 6 | But the converse is that if you can make it work you 'll have bought a fair lease on a prime site that you could never have afforded in the ordinary way . |
| 7 | It 's better than nothing and between us we can make it work . ’ |
| 8 | So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ . |