Example sentences of "make [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However they will understand the difficulties of using such an unpredictable material as wood , and make due allowance for minor defects . |
| 2 | Purcell did not make extensive changes for the Fairy Queen revival — and indeed he had two excellent reasons not to . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't make that decision for you , ’ he said raggedly . |
| 4 | No one can make that choice for you . |
| 5 | Trailing variegated nepetas are often sold with the bedding plants during summer at garden centres as they make admirable subjects for hanging baskets and window boxes . |
| 6 | Police in Foxboro , Massachusetts made eight arrests for drunken and disorderly behaviour after last week 's England-US game . |
| 7 | Resorts : Cortina is international jet set , glamour and glitz ; Cervinia , Courmayeur and neighbouring La Thuile have a wide range of intermediate pistes , Gresonnay and Champoluc , also in the Aosta Valley , make tranquil alternatives for adventurous Italian speaking beginners ; and where is the noisiest of them all ? |
| 8 | Well here are the answers and they make shameful reading for Premier John Major . |
| 9 | ‘ If the vow you made that night for Minch 's safe return is holding you back do not let it , for there are many ways such a vow may be fulfilled , ’ she said . |
| 10 | More generally , colonial criminal law made little allowance for variations in caste status . |
| 11 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 12 | The benefit regulations make specific provision for those students , or in some cases their partners , to receive both income support and housing benefit provided that they meet the general qualifying conditions for those benefits . |
| 13 | The report will discuss this aspect and make specific proposals for further investigation . |
| 14 | These are all substantial and serious points which make specific decisions for and with individual old people morally onerous and professionally demanding . |
| 15 | Some go so far , though this is an excessive claim , as to argue that variable analysis is the embodiment of the scientific method , while more , if less fulsomely , do make strong claims for it as the epitome of objective , rigorous empirical social research against which all others are to be judged . |
| 16 | If the Loyalists are so determined to live under British rule , it would make economic sense for them to be assisted to move to the mainland . |
| 17 | Once the removal date is confirmed , make advance arrangements for the disconnection of domestic appliances — and do n't forget to make similar arrangements at your new address . |
| 18 | ‘ Make that journey for me … then make Moondream again . |
| 19 | ‘ I understand you 've had only a boiled egg this morning , ’ she said meaningfully , then returning her attention to the maid , ordered , ‘ Make that tea for two , Margaret . |
| 20 | I make that suggestion for this reason . |
| 21 | It may also make little sense for the social services to sever the birth links of say a ten or eleven year old , when the law gives that child the right on reaching the age of eighteen to seek out the birth parents and relatives . |
| 22 | All major publicly-funded housing developments will make adequate provision for the less well off . |
| 23 | Why do n't they make adequate provision for their children ? ' |
| 24 | Whatever the future pattern of health care in London , it must make adequate provision for the demands likely to be made in the immediate future . |
| 25 | Mrs Beamson 's eight-year-old son has been diagnosed as suffering from severe dyslexia and she claims the county 's education policy will not make adequate provision for him at secondary school level . |
| 26 | They talked to each other again , and then the first horse made clear signs for me to follow him . |
| 27 | In each age they had different demands and made different choices for the use of the land . |
| 28 | Knowing Louis 's concern for the Holy Land in 1147 he had led the French army on the Second Crusade — he put it about that all he really wanted to do was put his own house in order , make proper provision for his children , and then he would be off on crusade in his lord 's company . |
| 29 | If the precise boundaries of the demised property are of importance ( as where the tenant covenants to keep " the demised property " in repair ) the draftsman should make express provision for horizontal divisions . |
| 30 | Although the eighteenth-century house was essentially public with its absence of corridors and its interconnecting rooms , expressing what Henry Wotton had described in 1624 as ‘ the fond Ambition of displaying to a Stranger all our Furniture at one Sight ’ , it nevertheless made generous provision for those who wished to make their journeys privately , within the mind . |