Example sentences of "make for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The row could make for a strained atmosphere as Mr Major spends the Premier 's traditional weekend with the Queen .
2 Without doubt the two best Cup teams in the country have reached Twickenham this season and it should make for a superb final .
3 It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition .
4 It is interesting to see the raw material of event transformed into poetry , though this does make for a certain degree of repetition .
5 The combination of malted wheat and the type of yeasts used by this region 's brewers can sometimes make for a spicy , clove-like character .
6 None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life .
7 Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one .
8 Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage .
9 There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago .
10 And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way .
11 In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture .
12 Religious networks could make for a unified effort or become the vertebrae of different segments of reformers whose conflicts were expressed in organisational diversity and competition .
13 Of course the addition of a stereo processor would require a slightly bigger case but would still make for a manageable little rig .
14 An identification consequent on a prior dislocation can make for a creative , empathetic partiality which is then the basis of a further identification and understanding of other kinds of discrimination .
15 50 races … solos and sidecars … should make for a thrilling showdown .
16 While Hoving 's career at the Met could make for a juicy and fascinating story , Making the Mummies Dance proves that he is not the man to tell it .
17 Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable .
18 BA chief executive Tim Godfray said the attractive location should make for a popular and well-attended conference .
19 So I thought an illustration of Mark 's later playing , as demonstrated on Dire Straits latest album ‘ On Every Street ’ , might make for a welcome change .
20 I think that often it was jealousy — mixed with booze — that made for a lethal cocktail , with Bogie as the stirrer .
21 It always made for a grand fightfinisher .
22 In combination with his ardent desire to improve the living standard of the British working man , this made for a potent brand of imperialism ; few politicians took the Dual Mandate more seriously than Ernest Bevin .
23 All this made for a disappointing start but I am happy to say that much else is on an altogether higher level .
24 Varese as well as Ives , and an Elliott Carter premiere — not much feminine sensibility there , though it all made for a classic Oliver Knussen pile-up of Americana , topped out with a violin concerto by Marc Neikrug that Pinchas Zukerman had brought to London for the first time .
25 They were too alike , they annoyed and inflamed each other now and then , which made for a tricky situation .
26 Green also anxiously records bouts of measles , his youngest son Thomas having fits as a baby , and Joshua being troubled with erysipelas , which made for a tiring journey for him back to Keswick .
27 This was popular for warships but it made for a heavy hull .
28 I think in any marriage or in any family the father and the mother both play different parts , and in my own life I can remember things my mother did and things my father did and together it made for a happy home .
29 It made for a magnificent setting that culminated in that miracle of Verdi 's old age , the choral fugue that ends the opera , here sung with brilliant clarity and precision .
30 Stimulating because new ideas , creativity , brain-storming sessions and the prospects of winning make for a great feeling of esprit de corps .
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