Example sentences of "try to make [noun sg] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To try to make sense out of the vast amount of raw material intercepted each day the NSA uses computers that are programmed to search for key ‘ trigger ’ words , names , and numbers amongst the hundreds of thousands of circuits being continuously analysed . |
| 2 | Schmidt-Richberg had been ordered to try to make contact again with Tito forces , meanwhile to order all " troops moving NORTH to stand fast for 24 hours " and to return to " HQ 5 Corps for order 1600hrs 14May " . |
| 3 | Some entrepreneurial showmen then decided they would try to make money out of his popularity and they caught him with the hope of transporting him to London to put on display . |
| 4 | They 're trying to make money out of people 's ignorance but there is nothing they do which licensees could n't do for themselves perfectly well . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm trying to make order out of this chaos , but it 's a losing battle . ’ |
| 6 | I remember trying to make sense out of these ghostly darting signs that overlaid the story of the film , which most of the time I could n't follow . |