Example sentences of "make for [det] " in BNC.

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1 They may suggest that you have no confidence in your argument or even that you ca n't make up your mind — and that does not make for much of an argument .
2 What choice would you make for each and why ?
3 But see the difficulties the riders will make for each other .
4 But it had been fixed for days in its usual place and she was sure they would make for that .
5 Sitting at right-angles to them ( on either side of the corner of a table ) or even alongside them will make for more harmony .
6 It would only make for more difficulties later on .
7 The fact is , transition to the simpler rules will involve costs , though at the end of the day it will make for more cost effective regulation than the present encyclopedias . ’
8 ‘ Slower speeds , fewer accidents ’ Parked cars on roads surrounding Darlington Memorial Hospital would make for fewer car accidents .
9 Here was an example of an AE who was perfectly " revved " up This is why he was never sacked , even though his bullishness did n't make for enough sales .
10 She was surprised to notice that they did n't make for either of London 's airports ; rather they seemed to be flying west into the rapidly darkening sky .
11 It may make for some good headlines , but De Niro certainly does n't come on like a tycoon , talking about his company as not so much a business , more an ‘ artistic community ’ where people can freely exchange ideas .
12 If the cat sees a shed nearby , or some other hiding place , it will make for this and then stay concealed , alone , waiting for the threat to pass , for the pain to ease .
13 We can not as readers see this as a fault , since it made for such richness of scene and mood , though Marryat seems to have felt it so .
14 Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children .
15 This was relatively easy in the published bibliography , but made for many tiresome expansions online .
16 This was relatively easy in the published bibliography , but made for many tiresome expansions online .
17 Ten feet in the other direction a staircase rose directly up by the side of the end wall and she made for this .
18 Incidentally what er arrangements er if any , have Mike and have Mike and Dawn made for this er summer ?
19 Heavy going at Heathfield made for some slow times at the South Down & Eridge , where Chris Gordon scored a double for the second successive Saturday on Kirstenson and Please Explain .
20 This made for some tight weightless riding .
21 He had no short-term memory , which made for some strange dishes but it kept her safe from him .
22 Muttering incomprehensibly , he made for some bushes where he disappeared from Emily 's view .
23 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 . ’
24 Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn .
25 Most of them seemed to be the kind that took the prepaid cards that he never had , but there were a couple of pay booths at the end of the row and he made for those .
26 One such was an Ajdabiyan municipal policeman , one of the body of men employed to enforce local traffic and marketing regulations , rules about the disposal of garbage — all those minor matters which make for such amenity as the growing towns manage to achieve .
27 The usual recreations to be found tacked onto entries make for such tedious reading : walking , Wagner and golf .
28 And , you , you make for that and on i on the sand there 'd be number seven you see , so you could got to dive for there if you were lost .
29 No , it is the sale Scots make for all the girls and boys
30 Make for all the exits !
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