Example sentences of "making its [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court must take into account , in making its assessment in the case of any particular plaintiff , of the pain which he has actually suffered and will suffer and the suffering which he has undergone and will undergo . |
| 2 | Far below me the sea was making its lacework on the water and flinging wreaths of gold on the shore . |
| 3 | Making its debut on the Summerfield stand at this year 's British Music Fair was an attractive new range of acoustic guitars . |
| 4 | Well , the Doc Marten has now been granted official recognition — it 's one of the words making its debut in the new Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 5 | The housebuilder and Channel tunnel contractor is making its decision on the dividend in the face of a dismal trading outlook in Britain . |
| 6 | He can take no more pleasure from a second initiative that is making its rounds on the Hill . |
| 7 | In Brighton , the Prince Regent 's city , people do not go to bed early , and an observer would have noticed a small group of revellers making its way along the strand to the accompaniment of snatches of song and bursts of loud laughter . |
| 8 | I could see her face very clearly in the wisp of cloud that was now making its way across the sky . |
| 9 | When Tom the cabin boy went out again into Witchball Street , to fetch the cat in this time , he saw a very different procession making its way across the churchyard . |
| 10 | Within an hour of embarkation , the ‘ Saint Andrew ’ had turned and was making its way across the Firth . |
| 11 | The crew hailed a fishing-skiff who gave them information that a French ship had been seen making its way up the Firth the previous day . |
| 12 | Somewhere outside , an oxcart was making its way up the steep hill upon which the Quinta de Santo António stood , and its wheels creaked and groaned abominably . |
| 13 | Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water . |
| 14 | However , at the time of writing , a new Children Bill is making its way through the legislative process , and will , once enacted , form the basic legislation relating to childcare in the 1990s . |
| 15 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 16 | Mr Grover was as good as his word and on Christmas morning soon after breakfast a very strange procession began making its way from the market . |
| 17 | A spokesman for the Department of Transport said last night that the DoT would be making its response to the National Audit Office report today . |
| 18 | Desktop publishing is also making its mark on the professional publishing industry with products like Quark XPress , PageMaker , Ventura and , for more specialised users , Talbot 's Dialtext system . |
| 19 | Kaifu 's revised package , including further compromises and in particular meeting Komeito 's insistence that the entire sum should not be raised by tax increases , was publicly accepted by Komeito on Feb. 16 , thereby making its approval by the end of March almost inevitable . |
| 20 | Hewlett-Packard Co moved in on Compaq Computer Corp yesterday , making its entry into the iAPX-86-based server business . |
| 21 | Australia has a marsupial " mole " , superficially almost indistinguishable from the familiar moles of other continents , but pouched , making its living in the same way as other moles and with the same enormously strengthened forepaws for digging . |