41. But Sydney recognized it was time to mend fences , in part for economic reasons. 42. Taiwanese newspapers say these visits may signal a Chinese willingness to mend fences with Taiwan. 43. Iran may make some headway in using the summit to mend fences with Arab states. 44. The past two days have been used to try mend fences between France and Germany. 45. Necessity will likely force the U . S . and Chinese governments to mend fences . 46. Then he's off to rope cattle, mend fences or work the fields. 47. He would have to mend fences with Long to get into the Conservative Party primary. 48. Luzhkov has sought to mend fences with Putin, as have other powerful regional leaders. 49. The two attempted to publicly mend fences in recent years, but deep differences remain. 50. Through Lily's efforts, Sonny mends fences with his father, Mike Corbin.