Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And every human being has the right to fail ; it is what he or she makes of that failure which counts . |
2 | She is also well known locally for the soft toys she makes for various charities . |
3 | The report I commissioned on you makes for interesting reading . |
4 | I say to my honourable friend as far as the P I A 's concerned he will have an early opportunity er to consider er the prospectus on that which is indeed being published er and I take very seriously the point he makes about adequate monitoring procedures and the need for an audit trail . |
5 | Through the distinctions he makes between civil association and enterprise association and between the state conceived of as societas and universitas we can begin to understand the intellectual foundations of the tension within normativist thought between law and administrative power . |
6 | The hon. Gentleman is in danger of becoming like a vulture scavenging around every incident , irrespective of the facts and of the accusations that he makes against other people . |
7 | The difference between Anderson 's words and deeds here is a telling example of the emptiness of many pompous statements he makes in this scene . |
8 | If the law of life is struggle , the ‘ bottom line ’ in economic activity as with any other , is the contribution it makes to that struggle , and no sector can simply opt out of it , even if it can be shown by some other criteria that doing so would improve matters . |
9 | And the way that the Government has reduced the provision it makes for higher education erm is that it is has so far erm kept us with the same amount of resources while expecting us to take more students . |
10 | This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading . |
11 | There is no need hereto go into the rivalries of the various mathematicians involved in the search for the cubic formula — however it makes for fascinating reading ( [ 71 ] , [ 64 ] , [ 75 ] ) . |
12 | Nikolayeva certainly does not have the Horowitzian panache generally associated with Russian virtuosos — it is her mind and ears which are transcendental rather than her fingers — but that ‘ handicap ’ is actually a positive attribute since it makes for painstaking care and originality in all of her interpretations . |
13 | it prevents the group from becoming bored and frustrated ; 2. it trains you to identify essentials and to avoid waffle ; 3. it gives you practice in handling intellectual exchanges ; 4. it increases your sensitivity to the feelings of others ; 5. it helps you to " think on your feet " and gain self-confidence ; 6. it assists you with later revision and exam techniques ; and 7. it makes for better learning and it 's more fun . |
14 | Timidity in pop will get you nowhere , but it makes for great listening . |
15 | This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency . |
16 | It makes for easy division of the labour force into ‘ essential ’ and ‘ inessential ’ workers , and thus avoids the need to consider whether there is any degree of essential interdependence between them . |
17 | It makes for poor tips . ’ |
18 | The National Children 's Home wants the government to re-think the provision it makes for young people , increasing benefits for those on training courses and setting up grants for those leaving care . |
19 | It makes for static relations ’ |
20 | Choosing the most appropriate things to eat and in the case of man the most effective materials for tools and weapons is adaptive in the sense that it makes for biological survival : organisms which practise the keenest discrimination flourish at the expense of those less discriminating in their choices . |
21 | Pulling them together , we may see that in marriage in Britain today , while freedom of choice makes for great potential satisfaction in the marital relationship as such , at the same time it makes for some instability if the satisfactions are not up to expectations . |
22 | I think that is a , there is a need to look into this , it is an area where we have n't looked into at the moment , and when you consider the valuable work that our staff in the D S O organisation does , and the profit it makes for this county council , and the savings it makes for the county council , it would be sensible for us to also look into building maintenance as well . |