Example sentences of "to make [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many men ( but few women ) deny the existence of subtle impediments that make it particularly difficult for women , blacks , Hispanics and even those talented Asians to make it to the top . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | For those like me who fail to make it to the banks of the Styx , there is compensation at Vlykhada to the north , near Areopolis . |
| 4 | Looks , money , a penchant for power and a great wardrobe — they 're what it takes to make it to the top . |
| 5 | Do n't expect the high rear wing , fitted to the test car to measure airflow , to make it to the UK . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ambitious to make it to the top , she divorced her first husband , became one of the country 's leading models and in 1946 had her first screen test with Twentieth Century-Fox . |
| 8 | If you 've been contemplating the unthinkable just because Lemmings did n't look like it was going to make it to the C64 , think again ! |
| 9 | It could be worse — you could live in the US where a would-be president must prove to be an Olympiad to make it to the White House . |
| 10 | The row centres on subsidies to French farmers — whose votes are vital if Delors hopes to make it to the French Presidency . |
| 11 | She had to get a move on if she was going to make it to the city before noon . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You must have that " something extra " — not just to make it to the top but to get employed in the first place . |
| 15 | This statement was approved by the law officers , who very properly insisted that Profumo should also be advised by his own independent solicitor ( a partner in the well-known firm of Theodore Goddard ) who , having read the statement , also approved it and recommended Profumo to make it to the House . |
| 16 | So , a 1,200dpi by 1,200 page printer is currently unlikely to make it to the market and searchers after increased resolution must turn to other technologies such as optics . |
| 17 | ‘ You were lucky to make it to the lav , ’ observed Lydia , meaning that she was very grateful that Betty had made it to the lav , since one of the rules is that the afflicted person does not mop up her own vomit and Lydia was absolutely no good at doing this . |
| 18 | She only had to make it to the airlock , seal the inner door behind her and wait … . |
| 19 | ‘ We want to make it to the restaurant some time this century ! ’ she heard him informing her . |
| 20 | He tips the giant striker to make it to the top . |
| 21 | Both potting department sides beat teams from the dipping house and glost warehouse in a league table to make it to the final . |
| 22 | This is the favourite place for Romanians who want to make it to the West . |
| 23 | ‘ Probably hoping to make it to the States in some way . |
| 24 | When an hour later she did surface , she knew at once that there was no way she was going to make it to the office on time . |
| 25 | She was just a young kid fronting a band , determined she was going to make it to the top — like her idol . ’ |
| 26 | The Queen Mother is of course impeccably bred , though she 's failed to make it to the last 3 Chelsea Flower Shows and looks as if she 'll remain at home again this year . |
| 27 | Yinka , a World Championship Finalist twelve months ago , overcame glandular fever earlier this year to make it to the Olympics . |
| 28 | Adam and Harriet Hunt are hoping to make it to the big time . |
| 29 | Northern Ireland are all but out of the competition , needing a miracle to make it to the US , Scotland are already out and Wales are still in with a chance . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games . |