Example sentences of "[vb mod] make for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may make for difficulties in terms of care . |
| 2 | And Tuathal , whose authority Groa had watched advance through the years , had said , ‘ I should make for Wedale straight off , and every fortified place with Normans in it . |
| 3 | The slippage principle should make for enervation and a general whittling away . |
| 4 | The first of these documents is likely to appear before any published part of the government 's review , and will amount to advice to government on what arrangements the government should make for R&D to best meet national needs Giving ACARD this job as a formal duty is a mark that the Council has established itself as a key body in reviewing and stimulating new industrial technologies . |
| 5 | Reunion as charged with forgiveness as this must make for tears . |
| 6 | This practice must make for speed and efficiency — and therefore economy — from the point of view of the consumer ( who ultimately pays the bill ) . |
| 7 | However , the fear remained that excluding the working man from an involvement in the national political system could make for problems . |
| 8 | Then we could make for home , and you could meet Mother . ’ |
| 9 | I wandered in a desultory fashion into the family room which looked dead without the fire blazing and began to wonder what I could make for dinner . |
| 10 | Hoomey thought Nails would make for home , the mission accomplished , but he seemed disposed to come in Hoomey 's direction . |
| 11 | Mr Maxwell said that his alterations — which he would make for publication in his newspapers — were to substitute the term ombudsman for readers ' representatives and to widen the clause in the code of practice which refers to non-payment of criminals to include those benefiting from a criminal act . |
| 12 | Whatever keys are used , consonances between parts will make for euphony , while dissonances will form different degrees of harshness according to frequency of use and degree of conflict . |
| 13 | What a good article that will make for Query and Maggie Howard ! ’ |
| 14 | A limited number of periods of contrast will make for brevity ; adequate periods can lead to long themes . |
| 15 | ‘ The only thing Susanna can make for dinner is a reservation ! ’ |