Example sentences of "makes for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Very common nowadays and makes for flabby , colourless prose . |
| 2 | Harriet makes for her wine cellar . |
| 3 | The crisp Highland air makes for a fine display of steam form K1 No 2005 as it hauls the Royal Scotsman along the shore of Loch Eil on the Fort William to Mallaig line in 1988 . |
| 4 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 5 | The pad oscillates very fast ( 10,000 orbits/min ) , with an orbit diameter of 2.4mm , and this makes for quick and efficient swirl-free sanding . |
| 6 | The poet can not lose ; whatever claims he makes for the momentousness of his subjectmatter are vindicated simply by the way those claims are made . |
| 7 | And one tends to conclude that all attempts to be poetic in some manner or other defeat their own end ; whereas an intentness on the quality of the emotion to be conveyed makes for poetry . |
| 8 | It links the three floors of the shop and makes for a glamorous , if vertiginous , catwalk . |
| 9 | His hero-worship results in him reiterating the same claims that the cinéaste makes for himself . |
| 10 | The 1360cc 85bhp all-alloy engine is free-revving yet willing in the mid range and , combined with a close-spaced , slick-shifting five-speed gearbox , makes for a car that loves to be driven hard but which is equally at home trickling through town . |
| 11 | It 's a good , plumb torque curve , which makes for easy overtaking and fewer gearchanges . |
| 12 | Diamond patterned cane with cotton covered cushions makes for comfort on the patio . |
| 13 | You do n't need guests , you do n't need freezing weather or any other excuse to put pudding on the menu — although it is true that a good pudding shared with like-minded Billy Bunters makes for a convivial party , and if the day dawns cold and frosty it may give an agreeable edge to appetites . |
| 14 | So when one producer or studio is responsible for a string of hits , it 's only necessary to find out what distinguishes its operation from that of other , less successful , operations , or what has changed when the same producer or studio hit a bum run , to discover what makes for successful film production . |
| 15 | It makes for a pleasant evening that reminds us once again of the slimline precision of Coward 's comic dialogue and his habit of rendering heterosexual love in terms of recriminatory bickering . |
| 16 | But maybe this ideal state of inconstancy we advocate only makes for fitter participants in capitalism . |
| 17 | Far more than incipient political change , it is the random violence that makes for the sense of dread among whites . |
| 18 | Trained to conform to the million tiny rules that each family makes for itself . ’ |
| 19 | The steel piston is fitted with brass piston rings which , says Hytek , makes for longer life . |
| 20 | Despite the fact that it can seem at times as if half the figures on the red benches are comatose — a chastened Lady ( Barbara ) Wootton concluded after eight years in the place that at any one time about ten per cent of the participants in a debate were fast asleep — the quality of argument can be incomparably higher than in the House of Commons , and the pool of expertise available from the ennobled professors , judges , generals and bureaucrats makes for more informed contributions . |
| 21 | All this makes for a sea change in our lives , yet passes without comment during this campaign . |
| 22 | It all makes for a village-type feel , which was a little like a ‘ theme park ’ with no public . |
| 23 | Life must go on , and eight records makes for a tight fit in a 40-minute programme . |
| 24 | A low failure rate makes for an attractive proposition |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | Excursions : Liechtenstein , the tiny principality which lies on the Austrian/Swiss border is not too far away and makes for a fascinating destination . |
| 28 | A lot of the argument among the authorities on these animals is about the equivalence or otherwise of certain bones in dinosaurs and bird skeletons ( and particularly the Jurassic bird Archaeopteryx ) ; this makes for rather dry reading for the layman . |
| 29 | A wintry landscape at Torside in early 1980 , as a lone 76047 makes for Dewsnap — it was doubtful however that it would haul a train back to Tinsley , there being very few daytime workings at this time . |
| 30 | The use of this type of fitting makes for easy cleaning and less cluttered bathrooms . |