Example sentences of "make [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A few of the offers to made during the first trading session have already been publicised .
2 Gouzenko 's involvement in the allegations against Sir Roger Hollis was the result of statements he made during the lengthy debriefing following his defection when he claimed there were two Russian spies both with the codename Elli .
3 The row could make for a strained atmosphere as Mr Major spends the Premier 's traditional weekend with the Queen .
4 One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time .
5 Without doubt the two best Cup teams in the country have reached Twickenham this season and it should make for a superb final .
6 It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition .
7 It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition .
8 Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 .
9 None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life .
10 Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage .
11 Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one .
12 There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago .
13 In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture .
14 Religious networks could make for a unified effort or become the vertebrae of different segments of reformers whose conflicts were expressed in organisational diversity and competition .
15 50 races … solos and sidecars … should make for a thrilling showdown .
16 Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable .
17 Perchance , as he sees it , such will make for a stronger monarchy . ’
18 So I thought an illustration of Mark 's later playing , as demonstrated on Dire Straits latest album ‘ On Every Street ’ , might make for a welcome change .
19 I would make for the Federal Republic . ’
20 It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year .
21 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 . ’
22 But it did n't always make for an easy life .
23 Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though .
24 It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’
25 I 'm going with a Scum season ticket holder and Newcastle Utd fan should make for an interesting evening all round .
26 They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution .
27 She could n't relax ; she could hear every move he made through the flimsy wall , and each one stretched her nerves tight .
28 He 's always fore he 's forever contrasting er these these er centres in Highfields with his village halls and er small village halls and that and that 's very , the very truth , I 'd like to refer him and he knows as well as I do that what he should really be comparing with are the youth and community provision across the county which is an enormous amount in excess of the amount we put into old people 's homes and as Mr so rightly said , they 're problems were gon na have to grapple with in the future and so you then look at what has been suggested , what has been proposed and the point that Professor made about the Labour party having to make it work , is because it is they and everybody knows it 's they have been five membering this thing all the way through .
29 The main assessments we made about the structural situation of the economy and the direction of change needed for both the economy and society have been verified .
30 I am afraid that her reply was not as sympathetic as the contribution that she made as a Back Bencher when talking about Florence Smith .
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