Example sentences of "be make [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Dzerzhinsky had been made Commissar for Transport in the first place to deal with internal troubles among the railwaymen , many of whom had opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and nearly brought Lenin 's government to its knees after the October Revolution . |
2 | THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay . |
3 | And we are making provision for executive housing in our area as well as erm er outside the area . |
4 | One reason for trying to reduce government spending is to make room for tax cuts . |
5 | Lyons was made chairman for life . |