Example sentences of "make for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 2 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 3 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 4 | When it was first mooted that maybe a team of Tropical Plants staff would make for good television on Busman 's Holiday , several folk were keen to take part . |
| 5 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 6 | Of course , only the bad stories are told ; obviously , the good ones do n't make for good copy . |
| 7 | Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story . |
| 8 | The position of BAT leaders as assessors , funders and evaluators of projects and their role as the key link to other sectors of government may make for administrative efficiency . |
| 9 | Some of my colleagues will regard this gesture on the part of the Board with pleasure that will make for whole-hearted co-operation on their part . |
| 10 | Compared with shifting coalitions of Independent councillors , party groupings can make for coherent policy planning and administration . |
| 11 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 12 | And even that did not make for encouraging listening . |
| 13 | Erm , as well as introducing care in community we also have the joy of putting a new standard form of accounts for social services during the current year , and this is a national requirement that I think does make for logical presentation , and does differentiate between what is termed service strategy and regulation , before put management functions that you will be required to incur whether you are a direct provider of the services or not , and then the costs of actually providing or commissioning services for the various client groups . |
| 14 | But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture . |
| 15 | This is in line with the editorial style of the magazines , and with design fashions , but it certainly does n't make for easy reading . |
| 16 | Without following Jakobson 's analysis in detail — it does not make for easy reading — I shall simply give examples of the sort of relationship he identifies under each of these headings . |
| 17 | The Building Regulations themselves do not make for easy reading , but there are various guides designed to explain them and the DoE now produce a Manual to the Building Regulations . |
| 18 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 19 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 20 | That might make for excellent drama — but be prepared for it . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought … ’ is the last record 8 Storey Window will make for Mad Minute . |
| 22 | I only have one general complaint about the justification of both margins with disproportionately spaced fonts ; it does make for difficult reading . |
| 23 | Differing constraint structures , we might expect , will make for different performance . |
| 24 | The disconcerting ‘ first-disk ’ string sound may be down to miking difficulties ; likewise the booming timpani and overly forward woodwind , and these things do not make for comfortable listening . |
| 25 | It does not make for comfortable listening if one spends the First Act jumping up and down to raise the volume a notch , and the Third , mindful of the neighbours , turning it down again . |
| 26 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 27 | Theories do not make for liberating music . |