Example sentences of "[not/n't] make for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without following Jakobson 's analysis in detail — it does not make for easy reading — I shall simply give examples of the sort of relationship he identifies under each of these headings . |
| 2 | The Building Regulations themselves do not make for easy reading , but there are various guides designed to explain them and the DoE now produce a Manual to the Building Regulations . |
| 3 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 4 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 5 | But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture . |
| 6 | Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story . |
| 7 | And even that did not make for encouraging listening . |
| 8 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 9 | Theories do not make for liberating music . |
| 10 | The disconcerting ‘ first-disk ’ string sound may be down to miking difficulties ; likewise the booming timpani and overly forward woodwind , and these things do not make for comfortable listening . |
| 11 | It does not make for comfortable listening if one spends the First Act jumping up and down to raise the volume a notch , and the Third , mindful of the neighbours , turning it down again . |
| 12 | This is in line with the editorial style of the magazines , and with design fashions , but it certainly does n't make for easy reading . |
| 13 | Of course , only the bad stories are told ; obviously , the good ones do n't make for good copy . |