Example sentences of "make for [art] [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 | Perhaps even more destructively , the Philharmonic Hall acoustic does not make for the clarity of diction experienced in the average theatre . |
| 3 | I am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that the latest estimate we can make for the spend on computerisation this year will not be £20 million but £25 million . |
| 4 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
| 5 | This made for a kind of harmony and a kind of confidence . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Vern made for a bench in a concrete space with trees and shrubs scattered around in pots , and sat down . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 12 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
| 13 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 14 | Signalling the sighting to the Home Fleet in Scapa Flow , he turned his vessel and made for the shelter of a fog bank . |
| 15 | He turned and made for the stern of the boat , and disappeared below . |
| 16 | He also made for the grotto at Stourhead in Wiltshire the figure of a river god which , painted white to resemble marble , glows splendidly in the cavernous gloom . |
| 17 | In recent times gilt has been widely used to create the effect of gold , but during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there was a fashion in Europe for silver thrones , like that made for the coronation of the Queen of Denmark in 1731 . |
| 18 | He had no sense of give and take ; no idea of the concessions one made for the sake of social comfort . |
| 19 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 20 | Given the claims that many alternative therapies make for the treatment of ‘ incurable ’ conditions , many of which are suffered mainly by older people , it is perhaps time for those responsible for the care of older people to investigate the potential of such treatments as homoeopathy , acupuncture , chiropractic , osteopathy , herbalism and many others . |
| 21 | But this , as I have indicated , does not in all cases make for the construction of a more liberal society . |
| 22 | I saw Yet drag himself up , eyes charged with fear , and make for the door to the lower regions . |
| 23 | He watched him move quickly across the alley , and make for the patch of deep shadow under the iron stairs . |
| 24 | ‘ Roads , park , dispensary , institute , and so on — a hundred and twenty thousand pounds ; repairs and upkeep , recurring , four thousand … ’ and so on through all the elements that make for the running of a town , ending with the caution that it was ‘ all very round-figurey . ’ |
| 25 | What can be added , however , is that structural aspects of the world capitalist economy make for the dependency of developing on developed countries — a fact which tends to perpetuate inequalities . |
| 26 | They make for the stairwell with Crilly firmly in hand , blasting upwards like stiff navy rockets . |
| 27 | Dropping hints that an initial public offering could be on the cards , the company pointed to figures showing that the majority of software start-ups make for an IPO at between $10m and $20m of venture funding : Neuron Data is capitalised at $16m . |
| 28 | All these ingredients make for an outpouring of love and care when she is confronted by a terrified Behrendt one day . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |