Example sentences of "[adv] make for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 2 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 3 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 4 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 5 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 6 | Of course the addition of a stereo processor would require a slightly bigger case but would still make for a manageable little rig . |
| 7 | And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way . |
| 8 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 9 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 10 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 11 | The combination of malted wheat and the type of yeasts used by this region 's brewers can sometimes make for a spicy , clove-like character . |