Example sentences of "that make for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 2 | On the negative side , funerals were becoming so much more secular in outlook , appearance and context that the surviving guilds and fraternities found themselves hard-pressed to provide all that made for an average funeral of the new type ; the rules were being rewritten by a public which no longer wished to perpetuate the simple ritual hitherto provided and which were looking for a pageantry close to that of the great baronial funerals as performed by the College of Arms , a corporation of heralds and part of the Royal Household . |
| 3 | For the client , the advantage was that he could go direct to those various tradesmen who , collectively , could provide all that made for an average funeral . |
| 4 | I think that often it was jealousy — mixed with booze — that made for a lethal cocktail , with Bogie as the stirrer . |
| 5 | The model being erected was that made for the Olympia Aero Show in 1929 . |
| 6 | As Jim Kantelis , an OUS representative on the team , says : ‘ Members of the group were extremely strong willed and independent types and that made for some very healthy debate . ’ |
| 7 | The fact that many made inquiries so early in secondment suggests an anxiety about the future that made for insecurity rather than stabilisation . |
| 8 | I have mentioned particular examples of qualities that make for high survival value among memes . |
| 9 | The cottages were small and damp , with earth floors and none of the cooking or sanitary arrangements that make for domestic comfort . |
| 10 | Accepted authorities on the writing of good English prose — the Fowler brothers and Arthur Quiller-Couch — agree on three rules that make for effective writing : |
| 11 | Then your detective should have much more of the qualities that make for success in a real police officer , and much less vulnerability to comic events . |
| 12 | ‘ Roads , park , dispensary , institute , and so on — a hundred and twenty thousand pounds ; repairs and upkeep , recurring , four thousand … ’ and so on through all the elements that make for the running of a town , ending with the caution that it was ‘ all very round-figurey . ’ |
| 13 | To have both a family and interesting work means a terrible struggle , and yet I think that those are the things that make for human happiness . |
| 14 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 15 | Far more than incipient political change , it is the random violence that makes for the sense of dread among whites . |
| 16 | It is the peculiar human ability to re-organize and re-describe and re-evaluate from novel points of view that makes for the superiority of the consultants over any set of bibliographical instruments , as well as the human ability to recognize a question as misconceived or stupid . |
| 17 | The importance of this should never be underestimated : it is a vital ingredient in raising morale , reducing stress , harnessing energy and commitment and in building the teams and teamwork that makes for an effective school . |
| 18 | A recent investigation of moorhens is one of the first studies to show exactly what it is that makes for a high quality mate ( Science , vol 220 , p 413 ) . |
| 19 | One can hear why Rheinberger was a respected teacher : the compositional technique is well-nigh faultless , there are no surprises , none of the aural wrong-footing that makes for memorability . |
| 20 | Five years later it was modified as the Trionic Attak , and some boots were given a ‘ sprung ’ , or slightly curved sole — a simple device that makes for far easier walking , first used in Brasher Boots . |
| 21 | The performance , too , often lacks the sort of tension that makes for a live musical experience . |
| 22 | It 's er erm a little bit more straightforward a we 're looking straight onto this wall , looking straight onto the steps , and we 're looking straight onto the door , so everything is looking , sort of erm full-faced as it were and I think that makes for a less interesting composition than the previous one . |
| 23 | Ad hoc groups like the North-South and Israel/Palestine Working Groups head up different projects with a style that makes for continuity . |