Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 3 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 4 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'm going with a Scum season ticket holder and Newcastle Utd fan should make for an interesting evening all round . |
| 6 | They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution . |
| 7 | In other words , interactivity is really just another word for the ways in which a user can search and browse through an electronic database , the process being more or less constrained by the control software . |
| 8 | Christopher Attwooll , prosecuting , said the cousins got some friends to help knock through an internal wall between the sitting room and kitchen of Crook 's flat . |
| 9 | The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis . |
| 10 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 11 | Oh I could think about an awful lot of them I think . |
| 12 | And from the ‘ land of oranges ’ , the new exiles arrived in the West Bank and in Lebanon and in the Kingdom of Transjordan with an identity — as ‘ Palestinians ’ — that applied to a country that no longer existed , that indeed never did exist as an independent nation . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , in what most people would regard as an obvious case of rape , the victims had to suffer a traumatic experience in court and have their humiliating experiences reported to millions . |
| 14 | The leader has special functions and can not therefore behave as an ordinary group member ( ie be ‘ one of the boys ’ ) . |
| 15 | It seems unlikely that mere packaging and grading of produce would qualify as an industrial process giving essential characteristics . |
| 16 | If the securities firm is a bank which has a banking branch in the UK , it will nonetheless still qualify as an overseas person if it does no investment business from that branch ; ( 4 ) Inter-dealer brokers acting as such ; ( 5 ) Listed money market institutions . |
| 17 | The Brodskys in striking contrast go for what I can only describe as an unconventional line-up to match the photo on the cover . |
| 18 | It would be highly unwise to attempt using them , and in consequence we have on our hands what I can only describe as an old-fashioned case of acute lobar pneumonia . |
| 19 | The bankruptcy order does not act as an automatic stay of all proceedings against the bankrupt . |
| 20 | This could act as an evolutionary warning device to ensure only top specimens mate and pass on thriving genes . |
| 21 | Would they not act as an invaluable bridge extending to the Baltic states and other parts of central and eastern Europe ? |
| 22 | This would act as an agreed convention against which programmes of study could be evaluated . |
| 23 | Thus a disordered sequence of clauses or sentences can act as an iconic representation of material or emotional disorder . |
| 24 | Transmitter substances appear also to be released at neuromuscular junctions : there is evidence that glutamate is responsible for transmitting excitation from nerves to muscle ( e.g. Beranek and Miller , 1969 ) and that GABA may act as an inhibitory transmitter at these sites . |
| 25 | For this reason , TNF can act as an antineoplastic agent . |
| 26 | Paternalism therefore deflects the dissatisfaction of the farm worker and can act as an effective guarantor of a ‘ family ’ atmosphere on the farm . |
| 27 | This threat of takeover may act as an effective discipline in some cases , although it is hard to prove . |
| 28 | In a competitive situation , this would act as an effective discipline . |
| 29 | One possible reason for the cure is that the alcohol may act as an anti-inflammatory agent , stopping symptoms like a runny nose . |
| 30 | The one hope is that Sir Patrick Mayhew will finally deliver on his promise to give the talks process ‘ direction and focus ’ , rather than act as an interested observer . |