Example sentences of "make for [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not make for your typical comic fare . |
| 2 | For when his job finished at night , he would make for his favourite pub(s) and spend the whole evening with his cronies , drinking , playing dominoes , and talking of the ‘ old days ’ in that far-off land of persecution and misery . |
| 3 | Christopher made for his favourite restaurant in his favourite town — Agen . |
| 4 | We were also aware that ‘ TTT ’ began to be in danger of becoming yet another over-used and under-defined primary slogan and all kinds of claims were being made for its educational efficacy for children simply because of the novelty , stimulus and enjoyment which it could give to their teachers . |
| 5 | At the same time , these large organisations are equally scrupulous in ensuring that tax and social security deductions are made for their casual workers . |
| 6 | Moreover , where more than one of such general characteristics are treated as identifying criteria , provision may be made for their possible conflict by their arrangement in an order of superiority , as by the common subordination of custom or precedent to statute , the latter being a ‘ superior source ’ of law … |
| 7 | Research has consistently demonstrated that the transfer of older clients from hospital to the community can be very problematic with older people being sent home without adequate arrangements having been made for their continuing care ( Victor 1983 ) . |
| 8 | Proud were ye , Mountains when in times of old , Your patriot sons to stem invasive war , Intrenched your brows ; ye gloried in each scar : Now for your shame a Power the Thirst of Gold , That rules over Britain like a baneful star , Wills that your peace your beauty shall be sold , And clear way made for her triumphal car Through the beloved retreats your arms enfold ! |
| 9 | ‘ I may have to miss the first game but I 'm hoping to get myself a boot made for my left foot with a steel plate in it to protect the toe so that I can practice as soon as I get to India . ’ |
| 10 | I was shown the furniture that Tom had made for his marital home — all of the drawers with dovetails , sliding in and out without effort . |
| 11 | In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction . |
| 12 | It started when Count Humbert of Maurienne gave his daughter into Henry 's custody and asked him what provision he was intending to make for her future husband . |
| 13 | That , together with certain northern species , and the legacy of limestone soil created in the ice age makes for our lush meadowland . |