Example sentences of "make their [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the outstanding men who first made their name in the amateur game , turned professional — Tilden , Perry , Budge , Gonzales ‘ Sedgman , Trabert , and then Rosewall , Hoad , and finally Rod Laver . |
| 2 | That is to say , Libyans whose families had settled in the cities some generations before were perhaps exempt from this process ; but the majority of Libyans made their history in the same way , and shared this picture of the past . |
| 3 | The Gorengs made their home in the former diplomatic quarter , the area which had , to the glee of the Chinese in the Toku-ru warehouse , been accidentally shelled by the malai navy on invasion day . |
| 4 | This made their defeat in the one-day internationals easier for them to bear . |
| 5 | After robbing the van , they made their getaway in the red car , which was abandoned a few hundred yards away . |
| 6 | Until the 1980s , the majority of nationalist conservative and ultra-right elements in West Germany made their homes in the right wings of the mainstream conservative parties , the CDU and its Bavarian sister-party , the Christian Social Union ( CSU ) . |
| 7 | If you have a literary bent , there is a lot that will appeal to you here ; Wordsworth , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter all made their homes in the vicinity and today these ‘ shrines ’ are open to the public . |
| 8 | Here , they are taken by the ocean currents into the Gulf Stream , in which three years pass as they slowly drift towards Europe and make their homes in the rivers , lakes and pools , far distant from their place of birth . |
| 9 | People who make their living in the informal sector are also required to pay all kinds of petty taxes , including business licenses , market charges and fees to government officials before permits can be issued . |
| 10 | Several members of the present touring party have made their reputations in the teams which have done so well in the Fira Championship . |
| 11 | Which are in the Rays of the Sun , which have made their abode in the Waters . ’ |
| 12 | While the national team were put through their paces at Fort Stanley , base for the Black Watch , who are on a two-year tour of duty here , the Scottish Survivors , a team largely consisting of former internationalists , drawn together by Iain Milne , were making their debut in the Carlsberg Tens competition at the Hong Kong Football Club . |
| 13 | A brother and sister are making their mark in the chess world … at the age of eleven and fourteen . |
| 14 | Husameddin uses this statement to link Molla Fenari with the turbulent political scene toward the end of Mehmed I 's reign , writing that because of his predilection for mysticism ( with particular mention of the " [ Molla Fenari ] attracted the attention of the ulema and men of state , since there were those [ of them ] who saw the statements of Molla Fenari as influencing the actions and feelings of the Melamis and Hurufis who were making their appearance in the regions of Rumeli and Anadolu . " |
| 15 | The Daleks have surrounded the TARDIS , so the time-travellers are forced to make their escape in the space yacht belonging to Mavic Chen . |
| 16 | The Chinese tended to make their kites in the outlined shapes of either fish such as the blue or red card or as birds such as the stuffed owls and vultures shown here . |
| 17 | The best way to create jobs in the telecommunications industry is through liberalisation , our duopoly review , opening up the market , allowing the new products to come through and allowing customers to make their decisions in the marketplace . |
| 18 | Five years ago , in our 5th birthday issue , THE FACE named American photographer Steven Meisel ( left ) as one of the fifteen talented individuals poised to make their mark in the coming decade . |
| 19 | After the Second World War , Rottweilers in the USA , as in Europe , started to make their mark in the obedience arena . |
| 20 | ‘ The change ( Johnsen instead of Fjortoft , my remark ) is a signal that even the worlds second best national team must improve to make their mark in the World Cup . |
| 21 | Indeed their interests lie in assisting young people to make their way in the world and they have no interest or desire to become business entrepreneurs . |
| 22 | His function was to provide early support , or early encouragement , to artists beginning to make their way in the market , or unable to sustain some particular project within it . |
| 23 | Look after the twins and try to make sure they negotiate the reefs of puberty and adolescence , set them up to make their way in the world , and do so without becoming just like me … |
| 24 | Even now , when the boys responsible had become young men and gone off to make their ways in the world . |
| 25 | It is interesting to analyze why individuals choose to make their careers in the Middle East . |
| 26 | By heavy amercements and by imprisonment he had compelled the regarders to make their regard in the ‘ purlieus ’ — that is , in districts which had been disafforested ; he had prevented the forest inhabitants from exercising their rights , even those conceded by royal charter and writs , unless they paid fines therefor before the Forest justices , and at Forest inquests he had compelled Forest officers and juries , under threat of imprisonment , to indict persons whom they knew to be innocent . |