Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] makes [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And every human being has the right to fail ; it is what he or she makes of that failure which counts . |
| 2 | Choosing the most appropriate things to eat and in the case of man the most effective materials for tools and weapons is adaptive in the sense that it makes for biological survival : organisms which practise the keenest discrimination flourish at the expense of those less discriminating in their choices . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman is in danger of becoming like a vulture scavenging around every incident , irrespective of the facts and of the accusations that he makes against other people . |
| 4 | This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency . |
| 5 | This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading . |
| 6 | Timidity in pop will get you nowhere , but it makes for great listening . |
| 7 | Nikolayeva certainly does not have the Horowitzian panache generally associated with Russian virtuosos — it is her mind and ears which are transcendental rather than her fingers — but that ‘ handicap ’ is actually a positive attribute since it makes for painstaking care and originality in all of her interpretations . |