Example sentences of "make of [art] " in BNC.

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1 Yet what do we then make of a Gallup finding ( 21 — 6 May 1987 ) that , when asked to choose between inflation and unemployment as the greater threat to them and their families , 49 per cent chose inflation and only 43 per cent unemployment ?
2 all that godliness , honour and love could make of a knight was combined in Don Rodrigo …
3 Turned upside down on the floor , it became my boat , my cart , a railway engine — it 's amazing what a child can make of a simple object in imagination .
4 Benny glared , and wondered maliciously what this narrow-minded type would make of a Draconian , or a Centauran .
5 It is of course very difficult to predict all the uses you might make of a new technology until you have had time to experiment with it , so the same golden rule applies to recording as to playback : start small with a basic system to which you can add .
6 There are several tried and tested arrangements of units and appliances which will give an idea of the use you can make of a given shape : The one-wall kitchen , the U-plan kitchen , the L-shaped kitchen and the galley kitchen .
7 If you read with such issues in mind — and how they actively affect what sense you can make of a text — introductory notes often become relevant and interesting in unexpected ways .
8 How confident he is , or affects to be , about their disinterestedness , their alertness , the range of their sympathies , the use that they will make of the gentlest hint or nudge !
9 Similarly , for all the huge majorities claiming to prefer more government spending , even if this involves paying more taxes , what does one make of the finding that voters , when asked which mattered more to themselves and their families , ‘ more public spending or tax cuts ? ’ , a majority preferred the tax cuts ( Marplan , March 1987 ) .
10 Given that this is so , what sense can we make of the way in which God , as opposed to John or Jane Smith , is personal ?
11 Pigs had piglets , Trent thought and called up , ‘ What do you make of the weather ? ’
12 Now , what do you make of the pencil entries at the start of the new year ? ’
13 There is also no way of knowing what use the authorities will make of the information if and when the VAN team does give them a warning that another Richter-7 earthquake is due in 7 or 11 hours time .
14 What , then , do we make of the substantial and growing literature on informal carers ?
15 So what do we make of the anger response ?
16 What will they make of the tips from the late 20th century ?
17 I wondered how comfortable he would be and what he would make of the covers I had borrowed from the farmer 's wife .
18 Covenants also appear in leases where the person letting the property includes terms in the lease which restrict the person renting the property as to the use he or she can make of the property , e.g. the premises are to be used only for storage , not for retailing goods .
19 I think that one of the outstanding erm criticisms that I would make of the whole programme , in research with animals , is the fact that only two licences have been revoked I think you said
20 What , then , can one make of the various explanations for the growth of government' ?
21 What sort of estimate did you make of the time of death ? "
22 The powers attaching to a Prime Minister are considerable , but what can we make of the thesis about prime ministerial government ?
23 What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ?
24 What did he make of the threat from Black Africa ?
25 At the end of period t - 1 the best guess any agent can make of the values of v t and t(z) t the aggregate and relative demand shocks in the coming period , is that they will be zero .
26 We can not dictate what our children will make of the Community , but we must leave them in a position where they can effectively influence the shape of Europe , and that Europe must be one in which we retain our distinct national identity .
27 I repeat what I have always said : 175 is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the number required after the transitional period to carry out the duties that I have described .
28 My figures were the best estimates that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the numbers required to carry out the policy that I have laid before the House .
29 The only criticism one might make of the Labour party 's proposal is that it is not large enough .
30 Amiss wondered what the average reader would make of the club .
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