1.   Art and business have always made uneasy allies, and at the moment, in the classical record business, relations between the two camps are rather chilly.

2.   By taking the initiative and offering these carrots, Allen took the pressure off the council and made some allies.

3.   Eilers mentioned International Business Machines Corp., Sybase Inc., and the Gartner Group as the type of company Apple is interested in making allies.

4.   During his days on Capitol Hill, Lyndon B. Johnson made allies of senators of both parties, including the flinty Margaret Chase Smith, R-Maine.

5.   Fortunately for the poor nations, the debt crisis has made unexpected allies.

6.   If politics makes strange allies, so does real estate.

7.   In his closing remarks, Eisner hit upon the real theme of the day, the allies that opportunity makes.

8.   She is disinterested in politics but adept at brokering deals and making allies.

9.   The effort has made allies of the Christian Coalition and human rights groups like Amnesty International.

10.   The president made allies of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the leading Democrats on education.