Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] make for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her name was derived from ‘ diviana ’ ( the shining one ) , and glittering shrines of gold and silver were made for her temple at Ephesus . |
| 2 | Crowe and Anthea Warburton lay parallel , Anthea pale only by contrast with Lady Rose 's bright darkness , and with the sunburnt red earth colour of Crowe , who had the look of a man bronzed against nature by willpower and decisive planning , a man whose ruddiness was made for peeling crimson but who had constrained his skin to stay on — even the thin shiny tonsure — and go terra-cotta . |
| 3 | Consequently a search was made for histamine antagonists which blocked the H2 receptor . |
| 4 | A search was made for camp-stools , and about half a dozen were found . |
| 5 | A search was made for an apt sock-it-to-him opening remark , yet nothing came . |
| 6 | The boat was making for Tower Bridge , round the distant bend to Rain 's right ; the tide was running out towards Limehouse Reach , beyond the long sweep of river to her left . |
| 7 | Consequently , the other entries had to be shuffled and no entry was made for K2 500m and K4 1km . |
| 8 | And her soft , full-lipped mouth was made for kissing . |
| 9 | Her nose was too small to balance her high flat cheekbones , and her mouth was made for a face at least two sizes larger . |
| 10 | According to an anecdote told in Herbert 's autobiography , copies of the portrait were made for the queen , for Richard Sackville , the third Earl of Dorset , and , in miniature by Isaac Oliver , for Lady Aeres ( a copy at University College , Oxford , may be one of these ) . |
| 11 | The suggested solution to this problem was to use the symbol , which does not represent any single phoneme ; a similar proposal was made for . |
| 12 | The Emperor 's armour was made for him by Dwarf smiths and incorporates some of the actual armour worn by Magnus the Pious at the battle of Kislev . |
| 13 | Such a laugh was made for very few . |
| 14 | I do n't think any of us have ever seen it my Lord , erm the erm , the just , the , in this was a case where you will find er that er a reference was made for guidance as to the scope of the broadcasting directive |
| 15 | Possible tests would include testing the wheat from which the poisonous bread was made for the presence of the fungus , cultivating the fungus on some specially prepared wheat and testing the nourishing effect of the bread produced from it , chemically analysing the fungus for the presence of known poisons , and so on . |
| 16 | No adjustment was made for multiple tests of significance . |
| 17 | It just added further proof to Branson 's growing conviction that Virgin and the airline business were made for each other . |
| 18 | At Conques she stayed , and a beautiful shrine was made for her which still survives . |
| 19 | Paley compares the eye with a designed instrument such as a telescope , and concludes that " there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision , as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it " . |
| 20 | United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August . |
| 21 | Paley compares the eye with a designed instrument such as a telescope , and concludes that " there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision , as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it " . |
| 22 | The Commission had taken much of its case from the evidence of the BBFC , differing only in proposing that the private exhibition of films on domestic occasions should not be subject to criminal sanction provided that no person under 16 was present and no charge was made for the exhibition or for anything provided in connection with it . |
| 23 | A charge was made for the abstraction , and this was based upon the maximum figure on the licence . |
| 24 | A second charge certificate will be issued to the husband , and the Land Registry will serve notice of the second charge on the first mortgagee ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s30 as amended by Law of Property ( Amendment ) Act 1926 , s5 ) where the first charge was made for securing further advances ( in addition to the original advance ) . |
| 25 | Holly found a place at the end of a table , extra room was made for him . |
| 26 | The room was done whenever she , the room was made for her ! |
| 27 | These privileges were enjoyed by the king 's grace , and not of right ; various payments in money , produce or labour service were made for them . |
| 28 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
| 29 | Shamir insisted that the alliance was made for purely pragmatic reasons and that his government remained firmly opposed to the policy of " transfer " . |
| 30 | The parade was making for the Assembly Hall . |