Example sentences of "to make for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generalisations about the education level and skills of the migrants are difficult to make for such a numerous and varied section of the population . |
| 2 | The point we want to make for immediate purposes has to do with the way in which methodological problems arise from particular conceptions of the " order of things " . |
| 3 | The reason they recruit , or try to recruit , black policemen like you is that it 's supposed to make for better relationships between the black community and the police . |
| 4 | There are some studies which support the claim that early acquisition also seems to make for better syntactic ability " ( Romaine 1989 : 214 – 15 ) . |
| 5 | I have a bid to make for additional assistance , and I suggest that there are three means by which we could help people without work more than has been possible in the past . |
| 6 | What , then , were seen as the essential elements of the British party model , and how do these elements add up so as to make for responsible party government and the popular control of public policy ? |
| 7 | More trouble appeared in the shape of an ill-judged television film , which Charles and Diana agreed to make for Independent Television News in 1985 : seemingly innocuous , with a bland , not to say sycophantic , interviewer in the shape of Sir Alastair Burnet . |
| 8 | Against this wage trend , the rising prices of the latter part of the century were bound to make for severe reductions in living standards . |
| 9 | Even when only historic costs are being recognized there are still subjective judgements which have to be made to produce balance sheets and income statements : how much depreciation to charge ; how to calculate the closing stock figure ; what provision to make for doubtful debts , etc . |
| 10 | Understandable , but it is unlikely to make for exciting three-quarter play , players running with the ball . |
| 11 | So he ordered to be brought to him the finest silk cloth and brilliant threads , and made for pleasure what he had once needed to make for harsh necessity . |
| 12 | Such a situation was likely to make for untold complications . |