Example sentences of "the [noun] make for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remainder made for the Trig al Ab , a desert track running inland about thirty miles south of the coast . |
| 2 | People making decisions for you at that level , but the point I 'm trying to make is our society 's much more complicated and much more sophisticated now in the way that arrangements are made , the decision making for the community . |
| 3 | In retrospect , it is now rather easier to see that the cases made for the identification of structural change at the beginning of the 1970s were exaggerated or , at least , rather premature . |
| 4 | When the sun went down and the evening turned chill the cider-heads made for the warmth of the Wheel Tapper bar . |
| 5 | Once inside the house the child made for the kitchen , but Peggy stopped her , saying , ‘ You wo n't find Rosie there . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |
| 7 | However , in the arrangements made for the investiture of Henry , the king 's eldest son , as prince of Wales , Salisbury , now lord treasurer , saw an opportunity for Cranborne to win royal favour and he was summoned home to share the privilege of holding the king 's train at the ceremony on 4 June 1610 . |
| 8 | ‘ Since I had all the arrangements made for the trip , I thought it would be a good opportunity to get some sponsorship to help replace the missing equipment . ’ |
| 9 | He was well fed , well soused , bursting in strength and eagerness for life , King of the mountaintown making for the pot-house and Joanna . |
| 10 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 11 | If your employer has crêche facilities on offer , and your ability to work depends on them , find out well in advance of taking the job what hours the crêche is open , the standard of care offered , and the charges made for the service . |
| 12 | Counsel on both sides seem to have accepted that an Anton Piller order could have extra-territorial reach ; the challenge made for the defendant rested partly on an argument that an English court could not deal with title to or possession of foreign immovables ( rejected as there was an equity between the parties ) and partly on a plea of forum non conveniens ( rejected on the facts , and because reliance on an application in an alternative forum would cause a delay during which assets could be disposed of ) . |
| 13 | The others made for the kitchen with me following , but once there Oliver took off his waistcoat , donned an apron and long yellow gloves , and began washing dishes . |
| 14 | Some institutions like the World Bank employed many economics ‘ experts ’ who were thoroughly sympathetic to the claims made for the efficiency of planned economies , regardless of the empirical evidence . |
| 15 | The validity of the claims made for the efficacy of market forces will , therefore , be assessed on the basis of their inherent plausibility in the context of the complex circumstances in which they operate . |
| 16 | However the buyer then perhaps raises a problem , which decreases the level , or perhaps doubts arise in the buyer 's mind as to whether the claims made for the product are completely justified . |
| 17 | The policy of Augustus towards Britain was to maintain Caesar 's conquest together with the alliances made for the development of trade , and also to ensure that the coastline vital to a successful Roman landing remained in friendly hands . |