Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] make for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An expatriate Iranian satirist , Hadi Khorsandi , later claimed in fun to have had the ear of Rafsanjani , who told him that his discussions with McFarlane ‘ were meant only for him to practise the English language … all the contacts he had had with Americans over the past year had been made for the purpose of learning irregular verbs . ’ |
| 2 | At the English Reformation Tyndale naïvely hoped that , after provision had been made for the surplus clergy , the revenues misused by the Church would be devoted to relief of the poor , not to the enrichment of Henry VIII 's courtiers . |
| 3 | No such efforts had been made for the children who preferred to be white or by those parents who brought up their children ‘ entirely white ’ . |
| 4 | Since the beginning of the war demands had been made for the internment of naturalized aliens , and a spy mania developed . |
| 5 | Somerset won the toss and batted , but within 1¾ hours they were bowled out for 88 — this after 60 had been made for the loss of only one wicket . |
| 6 | The ADSW claimed current arrangements for arm 's length inspection were proving successful and no case had been made for the change . |
| 7 | The special arrangements that had been made for the new pathway students had caused resentment among other students , who felt that they were being treated like second class citizens , and enthusiasm from staff members who had been involved in the parallel track had reassured other faculty members . |
| 8 | They separated and , on their joint application for divorce , the Family Court of Australia granted a decree nisi and expressed itself satisfied that proper arrangements had been made for the children 's welfare , namely , that they would live with their mother during the week and be supervised by the father at weekends . |
| 9 | I do not agree with Stella Lowry that ‘ special arrangements that had been made for the new pathway students had caused resentment among other students , who felt that they were being treated like second class citizens . ’ |
| 10 | We were told that although up to this point no account had been made for the effects of new policies , the counties were at liberty to estimate the effects of new policies — either theirs or the Government 's via planning policy guidance and the work of development agencies , TECs etc . |
| 11 | In addition to the sugar cubes a large jelly had been made for the occasion , indicative of 1950s kids on a spree . |
| 12 | But he stressed that no formal approach had been made for the former football ground . |
| 13 | No allowance had been made for the physical difficulty of getting heavy guns over a battlefield where all roads had been obliterated and every inch of ground thrown up into huge mounds and craters by the attackers ' own bombardment . |