Example sentences of "make for [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time . |
| 2 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 3 | Perchance , as he sees it , such will make for a stronger monarchy . ’ |
| 4 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 5 | Perhaps it made for a safer relationship if , instead of arguing to a standstill , the party who felt herself misunderstood took her grievance elsewhere and satiated it in transgression . |
| 6 | But such acknowledgements of the ‘ other ’ gender usually make for a fuller , more rounded , heterosexual identity . |
| 7 | All these conditions make for a higher incidence of illness among working-class than middle-class babies . |
| 8 | Optimistic views , not shared by Freud , that liberation from sexual prohibitions would eliminate neurosis and make for a healthier society have proved to be wrong . |
| 9 | This , together with an appreciation of the steeper slopes , soil erosion and the local changes in level and aspect , make for a finer assessment of the subtler aspects which may have been of great significance to the original selector 's choice of site for the particular settlement under study . |
| 10 | Leaving the track a pathless beeline may be made for the lower end of the trees , there ascending a short way to find Yordas Cave . |
| 11 | Before expanding , arrangements must be made for the higher cash requirements needed to support trading at increased levels . |
| 12 | The Friar made for the further side of the water , skirting it to the north . |
| 13 | Dr Remondino attacked the ‘ debateable appendage ’ in his History of Circumcision ( 1891 ) , and compared circumcision to ‘ a well secured life annuity ’ , ‘ a better saving investment ’ , making for a greater capacity for labour , a longer life , less nervousness , fewer doctors ' bills . |
| 14 | The underlying assumption ( or , more accurately , hypothesis ) of this paper is that client participation makes for a better social work intervention , and thus the higher the degree of client participation the more effective the intervention will be ( Kurzman and Solomon , 1970 ; Freedberg , 1989 ; York , 1989 ) . |
| 15 | If she is lucky she may find that at least a few children appreciate that ( 4 ) makes for a better drama game than ( 3 ) , and that ( 1 ) is so bland that it does n't feel like a game at all ! |
| 16 | The correct shaft makes for a better shot and added length . |
| 17 | We believe that this aspect of general SVQs makes for a better programme , because it emphasises the vocational relevance of skills like numeracy and information technology . |
| 18 | Greater descriptive flexibility makes for a greater flexibility in the formulation of laws . |