Example sentences of "[be] make [adv] for the " in BNC.

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1 Full allowance must be made also for the costs of the liquidation ( to be distinguished from the costs of realising the assets ) .
2 If a decision has been taken to sell or terminate an operation and the reporting entity is demonstrably committed to the sale or termination , then provisions should be made only for the direct costs of the sale or termination and any operating losses of the operation up to the date of sale or termination ; provisions for future operating losses may not be made in other circumstances .
3 It also presents the most difficult problem for those who , like myself , are convinced on practical grounds that a sufficient case can not be made out for the restoration of capital punishment .
4 It is sobering to reflect that a case could be made out for the judgment that the last extensive exercise of the English poetic sensibility was Wordsworth 's Prelude . ’
5 A case can be made out for the 1918 election as a Unionist victory rather than a coalition victory .
6 However , it is necessary to consider this in a little more detail , for it might be argued that a rather better case could be made out for the materialist theory than the dismissive remarks of the preceding section seem to suggest , provided certain additional facts are taken into consideration .
7 But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today .
8 Once inside , their objective would be to make directly for the basement as speedily as possible , to seize and hold the Control Room , thus preventing the detonation of the fire bombs .
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