Example sentences of "[noun] make for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this , as I have indicated , does not in all cases make for the construction of a more liberal society . |
| 2 | Does dismissal of God 's existence make for greater openness and enquiry , or does it have the effect of closing the door on trying to understand what is strange or threatening to itself which might be , for example , the claims of other religions ? |
| 3 | Jerome made for him , heavy and urgent with news . |
| 4 | Flatworms , tapeworms or threadworms make for lurid and colourful pictures in the horror section of Koi manuals , but their life cycle is invariably so complex that not all the vectors will be present in the pond . |
| 5 | Kicking the body off his machete , Mortimer made for Carrefour , who was frantically scraping at the grave . |
| 6 | On-shore activities make for a lively and exhilarating festival . |
| 7 | The family says the seats are lovely and comfy , I say the driving position is good and commanding and the light , quick steering and instant V8 torque make for an effortless drive . |
| 8 | Well executed joiner work and solid timber nicely matched with face veneers of bulkheads make for a very pleasant ambience in the saloon . |
| 9 | Walls in dark , warm colours , with rich fitted carpets or traditional rugs make for a quietly splendid effect . |
| 10 | The usual recreations to be found tacked onto entries make for such tedious reading : walking , Wagner and golf . |
| 11 | What provision did the ATS make for discharged personnel of this nature ? |
| 12 | No , it is the sale Scots make for all the girls and boys |
| 13 | The guitar 's low profile , slight body and super-thin neck make for a very lightweight playing experience and I could n't detect any balance problems , either . |
| 14 | Peter had heard all this , sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea , and a sandwich made for him by Anna to sustain him to the far side of compline . |
| 15 | Affidavits from the defendants ' solicitors established that the photocopy affidavit was supplied to them by the second defendant for the purposes of seeking legal advice in circumstances where litigation was contemplated , but did not indicate whether the photocopy sent was a photocopy which the second defendant made for the purpose of instructing his solicitors or a photocopy which had been sent to the second defendant by the employee himself , prepared for the employee 's own purposes which had nothing whatever to do with the defendants obtaining legal advice from their soliticors . |
| 16 | And once again , there was a welcome on the streets as the cars made for Freemantle . |
| 17 | The very simplicity of the structure meant that even formal break-up might be only a temporary interruption since the survival of the essential units made for easy reconstruction . |
| 18 | But this is a sprawling , occasionally crawling album made for the New FADS ' fans more than Mr & Mrs Casual Punter . |
| 19 | to establish a Benevolent Fund and a Medical Benefits Provident Fund and other such Funds either contributory or non-contributory , to be administered by the Executive Committee in accordance with bye-laws made for that purpose ; |
| 20 | This is exactly the prediction made for geometrically identical animals of different size by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson in his classic ‘ On Growth and Form ’ published in 1917 . |
| 21 | Once ashore , the attacking force made for and took the remains of the Fao oil-export complex . |
| 22 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 23 | Most Berliners made for the network of lakes surrounding the city , the waterside promenades and the pleasure steamers , putting from their minds the threat of European conflict . |
| 24 | He had heart-shaped cuff-links and a heart-shaped ring made for him by Child & Child , and in 1888 commissioned a heart-shaped , leather jewel box for his daughter Margaret . |
| 25 | The coup though , out in the main hall , is the set of four of Prospero 's 24 Books made for the controversial Peter Greenaway film which revamps Shakespeare 's The Tempest . |
| 26 | SF300–400,000 ; £135–155,000 ; $200–265,000 ) and a set of six candlesticks made for the King of Poland around 1750 ( est . |
| 27 | It must have been a term that went without saying , a term necessary to give business efficacy to the contract , a term that , although tacit , formed part of the contract the parties made for themselves ( Trollope & Colls Ltd v North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board [ 1973 ] 2 All ER 260 ) . |
| 28 | On the other hand , five boys in one huge farmhouse bedroom made for a self-regulating , self-sufficient little kingdom . |
| 29 | When the sun went down and the evening turned chill the cider-heads made for the warmth of the Wheel Tapper bar . |
| 30 | Blue smoke , two cigarettes in an ashtray , I I love you , curling with tarry blue clouds from lips made for romance . |