Example sentences of "make [pron] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their tactical naivety and non-dynamic ‘ donkeys-and-backs ’ approach made them no match for the super-fit ‘ new age ’ stars from Down Under . |
| 2 | There was the lure of the big stores , though clothing coupons and shortage of money made them a feast for the eye only . |
| 3 | The conduct of the foresters made them a by-word for oppression and extortion . |
| 4 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 5 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 6 | The resources they command make them no match for national and transnational corporations . |
| 7 | But one feels now that the man who stood on the soapbox and who made himself a target for eggs is ready for it . |
| 8 | He made himself the centre for information during the Red Raids that followed , brutal nights when civil liberties were swept aside . |
| 9 | The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . |
| 10 | That could have made him a candidate for murder , could n't it ? ’ |
| 11 | The Goodison Park striker claimed manager Howard Kendall had made him the scapegoat for all the problems besetting the Mersey giants and blamed the absence of a midfield creator for the lack of goals . |
| 12 | The sheer scale of the service sector has made it the focus for attack by the proponents of the de-industrialisation thesis . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 14 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 15 | Her forthright depictions of female passion made her a target for satire , most notably as Bridgetina Botherim in Memoirs of Modern Philosophers ( 1800–1 ) by Elizabeth Hamilton [ q.v. ] , and as Lady Gertrude Sinclair in Edmund Oliver ( 1798 ) by Charles Lloyd [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | His boyish good looks , his jet-black Beatle cut and the unusual film-star name which was a product of his Italian parentage , made him a magnet for instant attention . |
| 17 | Young and eager , he was well placed to capture the emergent UK rap scene , and his forthright personality also made him a match for America 's often egoistic rap stars . |
| 18 | Here Revelstoke was in his element ; acute intelligence and charm , capacity for meticulous work , presence and eloquence , fluency in French and Spanish , and , above all , financial acumen made him a match for the wiliest of South American presidents , North American railway barons , European finance ministers , and the members of the British cabinet with all of whom he had to deal at one time or another . |
| 19 | Dublin 's goals and aggressive style made him a target for several top clubs . |
| 20 | He accepted that his return made him a target for the IRA . |
| 21 | You made him a replacement for Judd . ’ |
| 22 | Peter admits his looks make him a target for casuals , the designer thugs who constitute one element in urban violence . |
| 23 | Given a DC identifier and LIFESPAN username , the procedure PI_VIEW_DC_ASSESSMENT will request the assessment information ( assessor 's comments and the list of modules which make him an assessor for this DC ) . |
| 24 | This option enables you to view a Design Change ( DC ) assessor 's comment and the list of modules which make him an assessor for this DC . |
| 25 | DAYFLOWER a strong finishing fifth in the Newmarket 1000 gns , may find conditions more to her liking at the Curragh tomorrow and I make her the selection for the Irish ‘ 1000 ’ . |
| 26 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 27 | It is sometimes said of Parliament that , say , it can make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris , or that it can not turn a man into a woman . |
| 28 | It is , however , equally true that Parliament can not stop Frenchmen smoking on the streets of Paris ( or , for that matter , Englishmen smoking on the streets of London ) and that it can make it a crime for a man not to turn into a woman . |
| 29 | Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) . |
| 30 | Thus the 1980 Education Act made it a requirement for all schools to provide public information on the curriculum . |