Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] not make for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In short , both of them combine motley membership with rigid structure — which does not make for relaxed , efficient teamwork .
2 There is nothing wrong with this ; the Commons is , after all , the nearest thing we have to a democratic assembly , but it does not make for thorough and well-informed debate .
3 Without following Jakobson 's analysis in detail — it does not make for easy reading — I shall simply give examples of the sort of relationship he identifies under each of these headings .
4 Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story .
5 It does not make for comfortable listening if one spends the First Act jumping up and down to raise the volume a notch , and the Third , mindful of the neighbours , turning it down again .
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