Example sentences of "[noun pl] make their " in BNC.

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1 The French fabliau in England may take one of two basic forms : fabliaux composed in Old French in France of which copies made their way to England , and fabliaux composed ( in most cases re-composed ) in the Anglo-Norman dialect , presumably in England .
2 Our view is that we should let local authorities make their own decisions about their priorities .
3 Darlington and South West Durham health authorities made their pledge while unveiling plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington .
4 The details are still missing , but the main outlines are becoming clear as United States and European statesmen make their pronouncements and tour the capitals of their Middle Eastern allies in an atmosphere of ever greater confidence .
5 Like banks , the discount houses make their profit by a process of maturity transformation : by borrowing short and lending long — or to be more precise , by borrowing very short indeed and lending slightly less short .
6 The following afternoon — i.e. the day the Germans made their most menacing gains — he telephoned that the attack had ‘ slowed down and it looked as though we would be able to hold out and even make a counter-attack ’ .
7 The walled gardens surrounding Boscean Country Hotel are a shelter for wildlife — badgers , foxes and a wide variety of birds make their home here in the shadow of two ancient Celtic crosses .
8 Gregory wrote before Columbanus and his monastic foundations made their impact on Frankish society ; but everywhere monks and nuns — not only of Irish origin — helped to give some moral and devotional definition to the Christianity of royal courts , aristocratic households , and small local communities .
9 Everyone has heard that the mustard giants make their money from the amount of the condiment that is left on the sides of our plates .
10 Many institutions make their own audio recordings of dialogues .
11 Rioting continued , however , and immense crowds made their way to Mehrabad airport for Khomeini 's return from france on 2 February .
12 1990 was such a year , when successive waves of these birds made their appearance from late July until well through September .
13 Will employers make their main cuts in recruitment of poly graduates ?
14 So local authorities make their own policies , which sometimes leads to conflict with central government and always to diversity of provision .
15 If , in addition , they could hire for private patients the very expensive facilities in the way of X-ray machines , operating theatres and the like , to be found within the National Health Service , this too made their lives very much easier and in many cases made their private practice a possibility .
16 The courts make their calculations on the basis of the current provisions and do not speculate on future changes .
17 Long before button badges made their punk-inspired debut , Gedge and Co had realised the earning potential of such merchandise .
18 Several other groups made their way south in the 1630s to establish new settlements on the south shore between the Plymouth region and the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam at the mouth of the Hudson River .
19 The Crues make their UEFA Cup debut against Swiss side Servette Geneva at Seaview on Tuesday with no fewer than five of their regulars classed as ‘ foreigners ’ .
20 The Royal Commissions and official committees of inquiry have maintained a reticence on such matters that has at times made their recommendations Appear naïve — as if one could consider the reorganisation of Political institutions in isolation from politics !
21 Cuckoo-bees make their way into the nests of other kinds of bees and leave their eggs there to be tended and reared by others .
22 The project is following up those young people who have left the Association 's training schemes in the last few years and is investigating , through questionnaires and interviews , how the employers of those ex-trainees make their recruitment decisions .
23 It is tempting to fantasise that leaders and parties make their reputations through finely tuned arguments in the House of Commons or speeches in far-flung halls .
24 The feeling persists that sport is still of peripheral concern when the parties make their manifesto pledges ; that in the struggle with the arts for the hearts , minds ( and pockets ) of politicians , it comes a poor second , but that government is more than happy to accept the millions of pounds in various forms of tax generated by this ‘ art of the masses ’ .
25 Northerns made their debut a week later at the same venue and defeated Transvaal 22–14 .
26 Designed by Carlo Chiti , later to build some explosively temperamental F1 engines for Alfa Romeo , the ATS cars made their debut at the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix .
27 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 .
28 Some such animals make their own poisons ; others take them from sources in their environment .
29 Plenty of other modern animals make their living in conditions where seeing is difficult or impossible .
30 Almost immediately referee , Paul Taylor blew his whistle , the poor Portsmouth fans made their sad way home to the south coast , the players with heads drooped , left the field and many of the United fans were already leaving the ground in the crowd of five hundred five thousand , two hundred and twenty six when Andy Melville scored that vital goal which gave United three very important League points .
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