Example sentences of "to make [pers pn] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , however , shareholders have rubber-stamped the choices of the company 's top brass , who usually elevate loyal company bureaucrats who have failed to make it to the managing board . |
| 2 | An alpha version of NuTcracker is scheduled to make it to the outside world by the end of June followed by a beta by the end of July . |
| 3 | Adam and Harriet Hunt are hoping to make it to the big time . |
| 4 | ‘ I think from then on it was fairly clear that he was going to make it to the very top , ’ one retired civil servant recalled . |
| 5 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 6 | The row centres on subsidies to French farmers — whose votes are vital if Delors hopes to make it to the French Presidency . |