Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] make for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Australian system makes for a much stronger betting market on course and the vast increase in revenue gives owners , big and small , a greater incentive . ’ |
| 2 | The correct shaft makes for a better shot and added length . |
| 3 | Angry telephone calls followed and a strong case made for a review of Japanese regulations . |
| 4 | ( Right ) On a commemorative scabbard made for a senior officer , Augustus appears in the pose of Jupiter , and receives a statuette of Victory from Tiberius . |
| 5 | But nice , attractive , desexualised people having a bad time makes for a ‘ white bread ’ product , a cop-out . |
| 6 | In Dunton v. Dunton ( 1892 ) 18 V.L.R. 114 ( Supreme Court of Victoria ) , the Court ( Higinbotham and Williams JJ. , Hood J. dissenting ) held that an agreement between ex-spouses whereby the former husband undertook to pay the former wife £6 per month , ‘ so long as she … shall conduct herself with sobriety , and in a respectable , orderly , and virtuous manner ’ was a valid contract made for a consideration . |