Example sentences of "[adv] make for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 2 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 3 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 4 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 5 | The minority , in particular the 1540s , also produced a concentration of the more ‘ normal ’ bonds by the magnates , hitherto made for local purposes but now reflecting the need for support in a major political crisis . |
| 6 | It is one of the old dishes especially made for potted char , the freshwater fish once a celebrated delicacy of the Cumberland lake district . |
| 7 | ST IVEL has come up with the first fresh yoghurt range especially made for young appetites . |
| 8 | Sun E45 from Crookes Healthcare is a new range of sunscreen lotions especially made for sensitive skins . |
| 9 | Court permission has been granted to sell the property and advice is being sought as to the best way to approach this but the state of the building and the effects of the economic situation do not make for easy decisions . |
| 10 | Court permission has been granted to sell the property and advice is being sought as to the best way to approach this but the state of the building and the effects of the economic situation do not make for easy decisions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 14 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 15 | But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And even that did not make for encouraging listening . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Theories do not make for liberating music . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Tools , after all , extend the very possibility of humanity as productive agent , and thus make for obvious analogies with biological function . |
| 23 | The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons , but from financial necessity . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , the contrast is best made for introductory purposes by thinking about the middle of the range , where individuals take the stage in a social capacity , as , for instance , Prime Minister or Secretary of State . |
| 25 | It 's just chat — how 's the family , here 's the latest joke , how 's it going — and that somehow makes for great entertainment . |
| 26 | This can hardly make for distinguished results . ) |
| 27 | Provision for deferred tax is only made for any differences when they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future , and no provision is usually made for deferred tax assets . |
| 28 | Look out for programmes specially made for young children , like Playdays and See-Saw . |
| 29 | Formula specially made for bottle-fed babies with a cow 's milk allergy is based on soya beans and should not be given without talking to your doctor or health visitor first . |
| 30 | Lumping all screen violence together , Gladiators , Tom and Jerry and Rugby Special hardly makes for disciplined analysis . |