Example sentences of "[noun] make [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 2 | Jagger 's only real success was Performance , Bowie gave a critically applauded performance in The Man Who Fell To Earth , Sting made Quadrophenia for Franc Roddam and then drifted into minor , unsuccessful films . |
| 3 | Eddie Youds made way for sub keeper Clive Baker who held out for Ipswich 's eighth draw . |
| 4 | However , Aglen 's appointment as inspector-general coincided with the anti-Manchu revolution of 1911–12 which resulted in the breakdown of the administrative arrangements of the Chinese , and faced by these unprecedented difficulties , Aglen made arrangements for the safety and integrity of customs revenue by placing it in foreign banks in his own name . |
| 5 | Within this general consensus , the armies of individual states made plans for their own circumstances . |
| 6 | These Acts make provision for two types of surrogacy , the first by a regent , the second by counsellors of state . |
| 7 | Mum made clothes for people . |
| 8 | The growth of broadcasting hours made opportunities for lunchtime news in 1972 and an extended early evening news in 1976 , with similar BBC expansion and a distinctive approach from Channel 4 . |
| 9 | The Queen and Prince made etchings for their own amusement , intended only for their own private entertainment , although they sometimes had prints made to give to friends . |
| 10 | Though the book was illustrated with photographs , Minton made drawings for the extracts published in The Leader ( 13 May 1950 ) . |
| 11 | Oysters make pearls for less . " |
| 12 | Blocks on side make ledge for media support tray |
| 13 | At the beginning of the year , the drivers make application for their super-licence , a recently introduced , sensible measure designed to make it more difficult for the totally unqualified to buy themselves drives . |
| 14 | Although both sets of authors make recommendations for the creation of a broadcasting ( and media ) system to cater for the British public and its needs and wants , they differ enormously in their interpretations of what those needs and wants are . |
| 15 | It asserted that Steffi Graf made excuses for her losses . |
| 16 | The serious damage occurs under cover of darkness , when the little blighters make tracks for the flower buds and burrow into them which , if it does n't ruin them completely , means a damaged and distorted flower when it opens . |
| 17 | The accord made provision for a new prime minister and a " national consensus Cabinet " to negotiate with the OAS for the lifting of sanctions . |
| 18 | Marilyn Quayle , wife of the vice president made £6,800 for Embrace the Serpent , her novel about political life in Washington . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , if that 's where warmth gets you — a lonely old age , with your only pleasure making trouble for other people — then I 'm glad I 'm cold ! ’ |
| 20 | Burns was left out of the drawn League match at Wolves on Saturday to make way for loan signing Alan McLoughlin . |
| 21 | The Frenchman ruthlessly forced the young bloods on the couch to make room for him beside her . |
| 22 | The room was still in the mess in which the incident squad had left it , the desks pushed together to serve as mortuary slabs and the movable screens stacked to one side to make way for the meat sacks being carried out . |
| 23 | This subsection makes provision for the death , bankruptcy or incapacity of a licence-holder during the currency of a licence . |
| 24 | In 1256 Henry III granted by charter to the burgesses of Scarborough that ‘ no forester may enter the borough to make attachment for trespasses within the Forest [ of Scalby ] ’ and in 1348 Edward III made a similar concession to the burgesses of Penrith for Inglewood Forest . |
| 25 | ( 10 ) Throughout Stages 1 and 2 , DCSLs may be involved in advising schools , librarians , or library committees on practical matters , from suggesting trends in library layout ( for schools relocating or refurbishing their libraries in anticipation of , or as a result of , receiving a project grant ) to advising on precise requirements of order forms , the need to " weed " old stock to make space for the new acquisitions , and the desirability or updating or devising a new catalogue . |
| 26 | At this point optimism makes way for a new kind of awareness , tragic awareness , which can only be borne through art in the shape of myth . |
| 27 | He dreamed of a society where there would be no capitalist bosses ; no unemployment ; with food ; housing and medical services for all ; where old women would not be thrown out of their lifelong homes to make way for richer tenants and children would never go hungry . |
| 28 | In Denmark , work has already begun on demolishing homes to make way for the bridge . |
| 29 | FAMILIES are claiming they are being turfed out of their homes to make room for a hostel for the homeless . |
| 30 | How can we expect people from developing nations to make sacrifices for the good of mankind , while we continue to squander and pollute ? |