Example sentences of "make [noun pl] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made demands for a cheap canteen on the site , for nurseries and better maternity provisions . |
| 2 | Have YOU made arrangements for a new class yet ? ? ? |
| 3 | ‘ Horology is the study or measuring of time or making of clocks ’ — that 's what our dictionary says and the latter is what we do ; we make clocks for a large company called the London Clock Company , but we had very humble beginnings … . |
| 4 | With talk of the Iranians having mobilized half a million combat troops , Iraq made arrangements for a formidable assembly of Soviet helicopter gunships and other matériel to be waiting for them . |
| 5 | 5.3 Electricity gas and other services consumed To pay to the suppliers and to indemnify the Landlord against all charges for electricity gas and other services consumed or used at or in relation to the Premises ( including meter rents ) In a footnote to the precedent it is stated that this clause is possibly superfluous in the case of a separate building as the tenant would make arrangements for a separate supply to be provided to the premises , but there is no objection to its inclusion . |
| 6 | Ian Neill FHCIMA , former managing director , Rank Restaurants , and his partner Jonathan Dell MHCIMA , formerly franchise director , Pizza Express , are making plans for a new middle market ethnic group of restaurants . |
| 7 | Moscow , USSR : At the same time , 12,000 miles away , a delegation from Amnesty 's International Secretariat is making plans for a fledgling Moscow Group to participate in the Women in the Front Line campaign . |
| 8 | At first the spy thought he had stumbled on something worth investigating : Wordsworth carried a telescope , and Coleridge was surveying the river ( he was in fact making notes for a projected long poem , The Brook ) ; furthermore , Coleridge 's oft-repeated references to ‘ Spy Nosy ’ were assumed by the Home Office spy to be aimed at him personally — he had presumably never heard of Spinoza , the philosopher of the moment . |
| 9 | It 's pretty obvious that American producers , catering to a market which buys 950 million tickets a year , are going to find it a lot easier to raise money than British producers , who are , by comparison , making films for a tiny coterie . |
| 10 | The difficulties in making forecasts for a fast-growing technology can be seen here . |
| 11 | While both approaches were being pursued with little success , the government made preparations for a new offensive against Germany and Austria-Hungary . |
| 12 | The ILP leadership , feeling it had a mandate from the Easter Conference , made preparations for a Special Conference at which it would make : a recommendation for disaffiliation , and for the re-organisation of the ILP as an independent Socialist Party with a programme aiming at a decisive change from Capitalism to Socialism . |
| 13 | On this he was adamant and unswerving , however much his father might extol the supreme chance at Oxford to make contacts for a future career , as yet undefined . |
| 14 | In February 1961 a summit meeting of the six Common Market governments agreed to create a commission to make proposals for a political union . |
| 15 | Oliver Sweeney , who makes shoes for a select range of stores worldwide , believes there 's no excuse for having to break in new shoes : ‘ You are simply reshaping them to suit the shape of your feet , and weakening the construction . |
| 16 | After much discussion , the decision is to make arrangements for a three-year transition , with batches of courses being transferred to the new format in time for student enrolment in September 1990 , 1991 and 1992 : in the latter year , all initial student enrolments will be for new-style courses . |
| 17 | Of employed women who needed to make arrangements for a pre-school child , 34 per cent used the child 's grandmother and 9 per cent used another relative . |
| 18 | If there is a defect in the title , it is as well that it be dealt with and agreed from early on in the transaction , and if the defect can not be put right , it may be necessary to make arrangements for a defective title indemnity policy . |
| 19 | On Sunday night there 's a traditional smoking concert in the Town Hall but the organisers have to be up and about again early on Monday morning to make arrangements for a full carnival-type procession featuring decorative floats , juvenile jazz bands and various fancy dress competitions . |
| 20 | Iveco ONE COMPANY MANY LAWS Iveco makes trucks for a single European market , but the lack of harmonisation in company and tax law is creating unnecessary obstacles for this pan-European company |