Example sentences of "make for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three piece leather does make for a lot of stitching at the sides and this suffered quite badly after a few days on rough moraine . |
| 2 | This made for a kind of harmony and a kind of confidence . |
| 3 | He made for a line of scrub between two gates and waited until the street outside was fairly clear , then climbed the railings and dropped down . |
| 4 | The announcement of our success , subject to the specific changes agreed during the validation being made , was welcomed by all concerned but the realisation that we had now committed ourselves to commencing a new course on 5 September 1988 made for a summer of hard curriculum development work . |
| 5 | Vern made for a bench in a concrete space with trees and shrubs scattered around in pots , and sat down . |
| 6 | So her shops with their carefully designed clothes sat on top of great orders for dresses and suits that Belmodes made for a handful of big stores who marketed them under different trade names , sometimes their own , but never Belmodes . |
| 7 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 8 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 9 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 10 | Provision was made for a crew of five ; pilot and co-pilot side-by-side in an open cockpit , a flight engineer , wireless-operator and gunner . |
| 11 | 5.9 provides for application being made for a certificate of completion , which application is to be granted if the works as completed comply with the warrant under which they were executed . |
| 12 | Definitely an acquired taste was a clunky Spanish colonial gilt-metal mounted mother-of-pearl , tortoiseshell , pewter , ebonised and parcel-gilt cabinet made for a viceroy of Peru , and dating from the second half of the seventeenth century . |
| 13 | Provision is made for a range of access rights , entry ownership , organisation and work management . |
| 14 | I do not believe that the case has been made for a change in our policy . |
| 15 | A powerful case has been made for a change in the law . |
| 16 | Arrangements are made for a person to ‘ sit in ’ in the older person 's home . |
| 17 | Provision is made for a follow- up survey to monitor changes during the period of the project . |
| 18 | He had added that his new possession would need ‘ a bit of doing up ’ , but other engineers working at Nigel 's firm seemed almost as fascinated as he himself , and once it arrived on the premises Nigel remarked jokingly , ‘ Not too many lighthouses were made for a couple of years . ’ |
| 19 | United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August . |
| 20 | On March 19 Bolivia announced the appointment of a consul but no decision was made for a resumption of diplomatic relations [ for Bolivian sea outlet issue see p. 37488 ] . |
| 21 | To multiply human cells in tissue culture on the scale necessary presented considerable difficulties , but enough material has been made for a variety of clinical trials against many different viral diseases and certain cancers . |
| 22 | Although ‘ mixed ’ marriages between people of different races or cultures are made for a variety of reasons , conscious and unconscious , some are necessitated by the need to have constant reassurance of difference : for example , a skin of another colour . |
| 23 | Demands have been made for a withdrawal of the invitation to controversial historian , David Irving , to address student societies in Dublin University , University College Dublin and University College Cork . |
| 24 | As she watched , a small car drove slowly past and made for a cottage at the far end and on the other side of the narrow track . |
| 25 | Plans for 1991 are being made for a reunion on a Saturday as near to the middle of June as possible . |
| 26 | The greatest surprise , however , was lot 187 , the 3½ foot , 784-ounce Tiffany presentation piece , made for a builder of a South American railroad , and modelled in the round , with figures of peons and an allegory of America , parcel-gilt in three different colours of gold . |
| 27 | Despite the vehement opposition to the passage of the Act by the tuna industry , steady progress was being made for a while by the US tuna fleet to reduce dolphin kills , until the election of ex-Californian governor Ronald Reagan as US President . |
| 28 | Economic decline is tangled up with political turmoil in a way that has made for a crisis of the constitution . |
| 29 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 30 | At the 36 hour point the suspect must be charged , released or an application made for a warrant of further detention . |