Example sentences of "they [verb] make the [det] " in BNC.

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1 But diversifying companies found it much harder to exploit economies of scale and scope in these new fields — usually , says Mr Chandler , because they failed to make the same kind of first-mover investments they had made in their primary businesses .
2 But the white-and-holy showed them off like prized exhibits , for they liked to make the most of their scanty history .
3 Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter .
4 They will need to check whether they have made the same amount of each and if they are not able to count , then they can correspond one-to-one ‘ tops ’ with ‘ bottoms ’ .
5 The Horbys themselves say they have to make the most of what they have with Leah .
6 Steve White … says he did n't expect to be going back to Wembley but now they plan to make the most of it
7 The formality of the container itself gives herbs the precision they need to make the most of their subtle colourings and aromas , and to display their foliage shapes at their best .
8 We reject the compulsory route that is favoured by the Labour party , which will never understand that the way forward is to motivate and to encourage and to give people the incentives that they need to make the most of the opportunities that are available to them , not simply to rely on the dead hand of compulsion .
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