Example sentences of "[adv] make [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that ‘ those sensations must be all that we can , at bottom , mean by their attributes ; and the distinction which we verbally make between the properties of things and the sensations we receive from them , must originate in the convenience of discourse rather than in the nature of what is signified by the terms ’ . |
| 2 | On 6 March the Copyright Office conducted the second of two hearings to gather testimony for the recommendations it will eventually make to Congress on artists ' re-sale royalties . |
| 3 | Provisions listed in the second column below and those of regulations etc. made under them , remain in existence until replaced by regulations made under the Order . |
| 4 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 5 | Ted jumped at the chance to work with Eva and Dad , partly out of nosiness — to see what freedom had made of Dad , and could perhaps make of Ted — and partly out of the returning appetite for labour . |
| 6 | One called shock horror and the tabloids in action and one called power without responsibility because I think you could perhaps make in fact the , the taste that in terms of circulation the tabloids actually have the power to influence significantly to in int influence public attitudes so but how they exercise that power is without responsibility . |
| 7 | Those in a correlated condition experienced the light only after a correct response in the presence of one of the cues ( and thus , as the task was learned , increasingly often along with this cue ) ; those in an uncorrelated condition received the light after 50 per cent of rewarded responses whether these were in made in the presence of the tone or of the clicker . |
| 8 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 9 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 10 | It would only make for more difficulties later on . |
| 11 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 12 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 13 | Today 's tourists naturally make for Dorchester and its surrounding villages . |
| 14 | I remain tight-lipped , but there 's a smile on my face , so make of that what you will . ’ |
| 15 | So make of that what you will . |
| 16 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 17 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 18 | Hand-made panels do not necessarily make for better cars . |
| 19 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 20 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 21 | The structures below made by Aaron ( 4.5 ) demonstrate an extension of the experience which interlocking bricks provide . |
| 22 | With a stifled cry , she dropped the bolt , stepping back on legs that were suddenly made of water . |
| 23 | If there were any Venusians ( perhaps made of asbestos ! ) they would have no immediate knowledge of other worlds . |
| 24 | In Picasso 's subsequent move towards a more abstract kind of painting , the work of Braque may once again have been a stimulus , and Picasso 's remark to Braque , quoted by Michel Georges-Michel , ‘ I have tried your methods and I feel one can do excellent things with them ’ was perhaps made in connection with the new kind of painting Braque had invented in his still lifes of the first half of 1910 . |
| 25 | Sticking plasters , perhaps made from paper or sticky tape , again in different shapes and sizes , offer choice and comparison . |
| 26 | The lovebirds in her mind fused into a watching parrot , perhaps made by the metal leg . |
| 27 | Not all syllabubs were necessarily made with wine . |
| 28 | Whatever the rules were , they were not necessarily made to be broken , but they were n't necessarily there to be obeyed either . |
| 29 | The micro-political dimension of budgeting is based on the view that budgetary decisions are not necessarily made on rational — economic grounds but that the deciding factors may be other influences such as the power base of individuals or groups and their value systems . |
| 30 | Marriages , contrary to belief , are not necessarily made in heaven . |