Example sentences of "[was/were] make [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested .
2 I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before .
3 The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic .
4 Maradona , who captains the defending World Cup champions , was quoted in several Italian newspapers yesterday as saying that ‘ World Cup groups had been predetermined and the draw was made just for the fun of the television audience ’ .
5 While Nyasha bravely went into the temple and there sitting on the throne that was made only for the chiefs there sat not a king not a prince
6 Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics .
7 The boy was making straight for the stone , holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him .
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